China is full of Chinese. I don't know where the foreigners are, not where I am. Have seen maybe 4 since I got to China.
The train 30+ hour train from Shanghai to Kunming was hell, like a very bad movie. Because of the passport mess, I could not make it earlier to get a bed. And many days in the future for one because of the New Year and Spring Festival. Chinese trains are the busiest in the world. Heard the term-hard seat? Boy howdy, it was. No table to lean on, arm rests or any thing else I think of as having with a train seat. All faced each other, no leg room nor much space to share foot space. They do sell standing room, and, many people were. So inventive in finding a bit of space to rest. Children were put behind the corridor doors on top of luggage. Others sat on theirs in front of the sinks and one man laid across the sinks. So many children, lots of crying and screaming. No toys were seen, they entertained themselves. Only one snorer, humm. Not a C-PAP to be seen. Movies going on individual players, train music, mobile phones that MUST be shouted into, loud voices are normal. Oh, one must not forget the coughing and gagging. I did research on this phenomenon in China, it is not physical to Chinese, only cultural. I think it rids one of 'evil'. Won't do that again.
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