Central China
January 25th 2010 Keeping my expectations of Chinese long distance trains to a minimum proved to be a very good venture as I found the train surprisingly comfortable. We took a gamble at the ‘hard sleeper’ tickets and won a tremendous victory! These were 100RMB cheaper and probably the best few hours sleep I’ve had in ages, warm, dry and quiet.
We travelled to Datong as the train to Xian was fully booked. We
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