I ain't getting on no train!!

Ok, so when we last left you we were in Beijing and spent the day getting the website up and running........and a grand job we did to we think :) however, this meant we didnt leave ourselves much time to catch our first train out of Beijing to a small city known as Pingyao.

A quick trek to the bank first turned into a mini adventure with us carrying our life on our backs. I broke the cash machine - oops!! and had to have a quick chat with the chinese bank teller - not easy!!

Cash sorted - now all we needed was a taxi!! generally sticking your hand out at any available cab should work anywhere in the world but not so much this time round. we eventually flag one down - its 6.05pm, train leaves at 7pm and yep, we get stuck in a traffic jam!!

Stu - hope you are not laughing at us right now :) apparantly we dont learn from our old mistakes.

Pull up at the one of the biggest train stations I think I've seen and head off looking for the platform. We make it with 15mins to spare. oh yeah!!! we know what we're doing.

Erm, so how should we describe the train??? Another very bizarre experience. we've got two top bunks and there are two bunks below us each. Yep, we're 3 bunks high, its hot, no room to sit up - not much else to do but laugh. oh well, this is going to be home for the next 10 hours - estimated arrival time for Pingyao - 5.30 am - nice!!

I have vowed on the way to the train to pee myself before i set foot in the toilet - thankfully, this has not needed to be tested :)