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Sleeper Train Success!

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September 30th 2006
We have arrived in Xi'an on the sleeper train from Pingyao! It was our first sleeper train journey in Asia and Devlin's first sleeper ever. I took one previously when I was in Italy. The hard sleeper class has 3 "berths" (bunks) on either side, but no door or any separation from the aisle. We lucked out and got the top and middle bunks, the bottom one is nice because you don't have to climb up ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more