Its only just begun....
People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia)
After 4 days couped up on a boat, we headed for the railway station in Yichang to buy our onward tickets. Unfortunately, we were informed that there were no sleeper births to Sanjiang any time soon, so we had to buy hard seats for the 15 hour journey. On the up side, this was an incredibly cheap option, only costing just over 3 pounds (50Y, $6)! Tickets in hand we checked in to the station hotel and headed out for a meal with a lady from New Zealand and her son.
The following day, we checked out and jumped on the 13.02 train for an arse numbing 15 hours, hard seat, journey south. Unfortunately the water boiler in the carriage wasn’t warm, so no tea and noodles, which left us with 1 cold can of beans, a bag of skittles and a few biscuits to last us for lunch, dinner and supper!
After several games of cards and many albums on my MP3 player, we eventually pulled into Sanjiangxian station just before 4.00am. I’m not sure what the xian stands for, but my literal translation would be ‘the arse end of nowhere’. With little other choice we got in a taxi and paid 30Y for the journey to the town.
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