Forty-six and a half hours on a train. Six people to a cabin and unless you're on the bottom you can't sit up all the way. We were on the top. I couldn't imagine such a trip could be as enjoyable as it was. After everyone got settled in the Cast of Characters came out. The four guys below us brought more food than you can imagine, Garlic (whole), Onions (whole), Entire cooked chicken, Coconuts (they cut open and drank and shared!), A huge tub of hot sauce, Fish card (like Fish Jerky), All kind of sauces, a whole case of beer... the list continues. My non-existent Chinese and Carl's semi-conversational Chinese soon stirred interest in us. There ended up being Pajama Man, who wore his PJs the whole way on and off the train,
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