A friend of mine just got a train ride back to his town.. since its spring festival all of the seats on the fast train are taken.
He had to take the slow train, cramped, extremely rude people... only one or two dirty bathrooms to share amongst everyone, no ventilation, people smoking, poor people who smell like sweat and barf everywhere, people letting their children do whatever they want. Chinese people also tend to scream or talk loudly into the phones and the seats are so uncomfortable that you can't sleep because you are always in the upright position.
Now thats the easy part. He has a 40 hour train ride home and its all standing. (there are no seats available).
He had to take the slow train, cramped, extremely rude people... only one or two dirty bathrooms to share amongst everyone, no ventilation, people smoking, poor people who smell like sweat and barf everywhere, people letting their children do whatever they want. Chinese people also tend to scream or talk loudly into the phones and the seats are so uncomfortable that you can't sleep because you are always in the upright position.
Now thats the easy part. He has a 40 hour train ride home and its all standing. (there are no seats available).