I remember as a kid doing Beijing - Changsha in 2 nights/3 days on the old bunk bed trains. It was kinda fun tbh because you stopped for a while at the bigger stations and you could buy street food from the vendors on the platform. But being able to do it in half a day now is so sweet. My parents live in Guangzhou now and they can see my grandparents who are still in Hunan any weekend they want (and they can visit). It’s really awesome how it’s enabled families to see each other more.
I remember as a kid doing Beijing - Changsha in 2 nights/3 days on the old bunk bed trains. It was kinda fun tbh because you stopped for a while at the bigger stations and you could buy street food from the vendors on the platform. But being able to do it in half a day now is so sweet. My parents live in Guangzhou now and they can see my grandparents who are still in Hunan any weekend they want (and they can visit). It’s really awesome how it’s enabled families to see each other more.