First sleeper train in China...what i learned.
Do....
get to the station early or fear legging it down the platform with your
20Kg backpack...yep I fell flat on my face!
take your shoes off before climbing into your bunk, or you may accidently hit a not very friendly Chinese man with one when you drop them to the floor...oops!
take ear plugs...not just for the snoring and throat clearing...but mainly for the chorus of slurping of noodles that will wake you at 6.00am!!
Don't
forget to put your shoes back on when you go the loo...yep my socks go soaked before I realised the puddle coming out from under the loo door wasn't the wash basin!
sleep curled up over your backpack because you didn't realise there was a luggage rack above the bunks....doh!!
Ok so I wasn't the most adept at travelling rough style in China, however I did meet some interesting locals along the way, like the guy who couldn't speak English but had a full conversation with me via his
mobile phone translator...then there was the young Chinese girl that took a liking to my mate Mike...waking up to the cheeriest person alive wearing a neon pink track suit didn't really amuse me...so I grunted and let Mike do the chatting.
