Well, I literally just landed/arrived in Guangzhou. The train took 21 hours, and I was smart enough to get a bed. I read a new Hanyu book that I got in Shanghai for most of it, and slept for the rest. As for the train, the sleeping compartments are a lot nicer than the seating ones. They don't smell, there are clean sheets, and the beds are fairly comfortable.
Buying the ticket was perhaps the most fun. I walked up to a Chinese-speaking counter, and gave it a try. In the end I wound up with a lower bunk for 369 yuan. Divide that by seven -- not a bad price (~54 dollars). I left Shanghai thinking that I would be there at some weird hour of the night and ended up there at 7:00 am. The trains are much slower than they are between Beijing and Shanghai.
Hopefully my mindfog will clear after a nap and some food, but until then, this post shall be a most painfully slow one. So, I will take a break, and then after a day of two out on Guangzhou I shall be back!
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