Comments on: A Virtual Ride On A Chinese Train http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/a-virtual-ride-on-a-chinese-train/ travel culture worldwide Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Train Travel Bucket List: 11 Trips in the U.S. and Canada http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/a-virtual-ride-on-a-chinese-train/#comment-39468 Train Travel Bucket List: 11 Trips in the U.S. and Canada Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:36:18 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=3669#comment-39468 [...] many adventurous travelers, but it’s a commuting rail used by locals to get from point A to B. Train travel in China is a fantastic way to roam around the massive [...] [...] many adventurous travelers, but it’s a commuting rail used by locals to get from point A to B. Train travel in China is a fantastic way to roam around the massive [...]

]]> By: Jocelyn http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/a-virtual-ride-on-a-chinese-train/#comment-38787 Jocelyn Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:28:48 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=3669#comment-38787 Your article brought me back to the many trips on Chinese trains I've done in the hard sleeper class -- you're spot on about the top bunk being best (always my first choice)! The descriptions really drew me in. Admittedly, though, I've done part of a night in the hard seat section, with all of those migrants -- and that is a completely different journey. Anyhow, bravo for the outstanding writing! Your article brought me back to the many trips on Chinese trains I’ve done in the hard sleeper class — you’re spot on about the top bunk being best (always my first choice)! The descriptions really drew me in. Admittedly, though, I’ve done part of a night in the hard seat section, with all of those migrants — and that is a completely different journey.

Anyhow, bravo for the outstanding writing!

]]> By: Getting Out of Havana. Again. http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/a-virtual-ride-on-a-chinese-train/#comment-38258 Getting Out of Havana. Again. Sat, 08 May 2010 04:42:54 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=3669#comment-38258 [...] Cuban trains are not the Trans-Siberian. Nor are they fast and efficient Chinese ones. We’d been warned against taking them. They’re slow, and we were told of stories of trains [...] [...] Cuban trains are not the Trans-Siberian. Nor are they fast and efficient Chinese ones. We’d been warned against taking them. They’re slow, and we were told of stories of trains [...]

]]> By: WorldFriends http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/a-virtual-ride-on-a-chinese-train/#comment-38242 WorldFriends Fri, 07 May 2010 06:32:00 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=3669#comment-38242 Great non-fiction writing! Great non-fiction writing!

]]> By: Photo Essay: Beijing to St. Petersburg via Rail http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/a-virtual-ride-on-a-chinese-train/#comment-38210 Photo Essay: Beijing to St. Petersburg via Rail Mon, 03 May 2010 13:03:29 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=3669#comment-38210 [...] editor, Sarah Menkedick, gives A Virtual Ride on a Chinese Train. var ids = new Array; ids.push(8339); Tagged under: Beijing, China, Mongolia, Russia, train [...] [...] editor, Sarah Menkedick, gives A Virtual Ride on a Chinese Train. var ids = new Array; ids.push(8339); Tagged under: Beijing, China, Mongolia, Russia, train [...]

]]> By: Naomi http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/a-virtual-ride-on-a-chinese-train/#comment-38138 Naomi Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:18:01 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=3669#comment-38138 Love it. This should definitely be the start to a series :) Love it. This should definitely be the start to a series :)

]]> By: Manu Stanley http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/a-virtual-ride-on-a-chinese-train/#comment-38060 Manu Stanley Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:29:53 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=3669#comment-38060 Nicely detailed entry, Sarah. I live and work in India. I was feeling the early morning wake-ups I did when I occasionally traveled to meet my relatives living some 3,500 km away. It used to be a 2 night/3 day journey from New Delhi to my native state of Kerala, and the scene used to be similar to what you mentioned: the group-breakfasts/lunches etc. There is always the curiosity about what the foreigner is doing/thinking/feeling. Not just that, the same curiosity extends towards typical singletons (like me) as well. I remember one incident when the German guy sitting next to me stepped down to record the voices of tea vendors when the trains stopped in a station; and people were staring at him. Nicely detailed entry, Sarah. I live and work in India. I was feeling the early morning wake-ups I did when I occasionally traveled to meet my relatives living some 3,500 km away. It used to be a 2 night/3 day journey from New Delhi to my native state of Kerala, and the scene used to be similar to what you mentioned: the group-breakfasts/lunches etc. There is always the curiosity about what the foreigner is doing/thinking/feeling. Not just that, the same curiosity extends towards typical singletons (like me) as well. I remember one incident when the German guy sitting next to me stepped down to record the voices of tea vendors when the trains stopped in a station; and people were staring at him.

]]> By: Jennifer http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/a-virtual-ride-on-a-chinese-train/#comment-38043 Jennifer Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:50:19 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=3669#comment-38043 This is was so well written. It was my exact experience of travelling on a train in China from Beijing to Xi'an over night. Especially the foreigner comment and wondering what we are doing. With myself and my boyfriend being the only foreign people in our specific train car it was quite interesting. You captured this so well and it brought me right back to my same journey. This is was so well written. It was my exact experience of travelling on a train in China from Beijing to Xi’an over night. Especially the foreigner comment and wondering what we are doing. With myself and my boyfriend being the only foreign people in our specific train car it was quite interesting. You captured this so well and it brought me right back to my same journey.

]]> By: Google Tourism: Is Nothing Sacred Anymore? | LunarTravel.net http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/a-virtual-ride-on-a-chinese-train/#comment-37817 Google Tourism: Is Nothing Sacred Anymore? | LunarTravel.net Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:49:15 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=3669#comment-37817 [...] If you wanna kick it old school, Sarah Menkedick absolutely nailed it in A Virtual Ride on a Chinese Train. [...] [...] If you wanna kick it old school, Sarah Menkedick absolutely nailed it in A Virtual Ride on a Chinese Train. [...]

]]> By: Tim Patterson http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/a-virtual-ride-on-a-chinese-train/#comment-37731 Tim Patterson Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:51:24 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=3669#comment-37731 Gorgeous. Gorgeous.

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