Train Ride to Urumqi
August 9th 2010 Kayleigh and I started our 3 week adventure by taking a 40 hour hard (yingzuo 硬座) seat train ride from Beijing to Urumqi (Wulumuqi 乌鲁木齐). At first I thought it was not so bad compared to the hard seat we took to Taishan, but then more and more people with standing tickets got on at every stop until the aisle was totally packed. Going to the bathroom was always an ordeal. (To Taishan
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