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	<title>China Travel Blog &#187; China train travel</title>
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		<title>Shangri-La Express: Slow train to Tibet</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2009/02/08/shangri-la-express-slow-train-to-tibet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lhasa express]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lhasa train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qinghai Tibet train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qinghai-Tibet Railway]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have a spare 17 grand that’s been burning a hole in your pocket? Book a berth on the Shangri-La Express, due to roll from Golmud, China to Lhasa, Tibet beginning in 2007. For $16,995 single occupancy, you can take a deluxe International Railway Traveler Society rail tour of China that begins and ends in Beijing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>T 166 Lhasa express to Xian and Shanghai</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2009/01/31/t-166-lhasa-express-to-xian-and-shanghai/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2009/01/31/t-166-lhasa-express-to-xian-and-shanghai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cici</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[K918]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labrang Monastery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lhasa express]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Qinghai Tibet train]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[T163]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most passengers prefer to take train from Beijing to Lhasa, it becomes almost impossible to get a ticket in Beijing!  So we flew to Lhasa from Beijing, not so difficult to reserve a train ticket T 166 Lhasa/Golmud/Xian, then flew to Shanghai and ended our tour there. 
In fact, the Lhasa/Beijing train journey takes 48 hours!  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Train Trip to Tibet &#8211; Qinghai-Tibet Railway</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2009/01/24/the-train-trip-to-tibet-qinghai-tibet-railway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2009/01/24/the-train-trip-to-tibet-qinghai-tibet-railway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lhasa express]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lhasa train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qinghai Tibet train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qinghai-Tibet Railway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Friday 11th January 
Not only was it still dark when we left the hostel at 0700 it was also raining very lightly. Luckily the bus was there within 5 minutes just as Judy had said it would be and we were at the railway station within 10 minutes. 
The atmosphere at the station was mind-boggling. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Train Z19 Beijing to Xian</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2009/01/04/train-z19-beijing-to-xian/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2009/01/04/train-z19-beijing-to-xian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cici</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Train Z19 Beijing to Xian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Train Z20 Xian to Beijing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Chinese New Year&#8217;s Eve, I did the Beijing &#8211; Xian trip by taking Z19 express train, the Z19 leaves Beijing West train station at 20:28, and arrives the next day in Xi&#8217;an at 07:58. Back to Beijing, the Z20 departs Xi&#8217;an at 19:23, and arrives in Beijing the next day at 06:53. A soft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) in Kaifeng</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2009/01/02/chinese-new-year-spring-festival-in-kaifeng/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2009/01/02/chinese-new-year-spring-festival-in-kaifeng/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cici</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events and festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese New Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaifeng]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We woke up a few minutes before the sun on Feb.7, our first morning in the Kaifeng countryside in the province of Henan. The thermometer read 36deg F . . . in our bedroom. We made a mad dash from our mountain of blankets, grabbed for whatever layers we weren&#8217;t already wearing, and stepped out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The maiden journey of D302 train Shanghai to Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/12/21/the-maiden-journey-of-d302-train-shanghai-to-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/12/21/the-maiden-journey-of-d302-train-shanghai-to-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cici</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing to Shanghai train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D301]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D302]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D305]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D306]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shanghai to Beijing train]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We took the D302 train&#8217;s maiden journey from Shanghai to Beijing on Sunday, Dec 21, 2008.
The express trains offering sleepers were faster than normal express trains between Shanghai and Beijing, it left Shanghai at 9h46pm, took 10 hours en route, 1 hour and 29 minutes shorter than the previous fastest non-stop express. Eventually we arrived Beijing at 7h46 am next morning.
 
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardens and Canals in Suzhou</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/12/03/gardens-and-canals-in-suzhou/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/12/03/gardens-and-canals-in-suzhou/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cici</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attractions and activities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suzhou]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[David and I took one of the days and rode the train to Suzhou&#8230;. city of gardens.    We bought the train tickets in Shanghai.   
We found the track and got onto the very  clean double decker train &#8230;. we were very pleased to see that our seats were upstairs.  We had never sat upstairs before&#8230;. People [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing to Lhasa train and ticket</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/11/14/beijing-to-lhasa-train-and-ticket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/11/14/beijing-to-lhasa-train-and-ticket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing trains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese trains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lhasa express]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lhasa train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qinghai Tibet train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qinghai-Tibet Railway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Train travel in China]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The train to lhasa leaves from the Beijing West Rail Station at 9:30PM. You can see from the below schedule that the train makes a number of stops along the way. If you look closely you will see that the stops are very short and do not allow much time. It would have been nice to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Train experience Shanghai to Guilin</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/10/23/train-experience-shanghai-to-guilin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/10/23/train-experience-shanghai-to-guilin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/?p=227</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve never ridden a Chinese style train, you&#8217;re in for a treat! There are different comfort levels: hard-sleeper=dormitory style with plywood bunkbeds. Softsleeper=private 4 berth room with a relatively softer bed. While the train is rolling along, you have snack carts going up and down the isle offering everything from fresh fruit to hot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing to Xi&#8217;an train tour</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/09/11/beijing-to-xian-train-tour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/09/11/beijing-to-xian-train-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cici</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We decided to travel by train from Beijing to Xi&#8217;an with Rene and Mariska. This journey was to be a 12 hour overnight leaving Beijing at 7pm.
So we booked a soft sleeper (4 bunks) and got ourselves comfortable with Yahtzee, playing cards and a decent supply of beer. We played games until about 12 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleeping train to Xian</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/09/02/sleeping-train-to-xian/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/09/02/sleeping-train-to-xian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terracotta Warriors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally managed to get some sleep on the train!  12 hours later and I&#8217;m in Xi&#8217;an, happy days, all for the bargain price of less than a tenner.   Train Z19 Beijing to Xian&#8230;
Xi&#8217;an is a cool city, home to the 8th wonder of the world, smaller than Beijing and way bigger than Pingyao, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trains Guilin to Kunming</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/13/trains-guilin-to-kunming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/13/trains-guilin-to-kunming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Train travel in China]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After 4 days in Yangshuo, it was time to get a bus back to Guilin and hop on a train to Kunming. I wanted to go to the water falls near Guiyang to break up the 18+ hour train trip to Kunming, but my friend was short on time and didn&#8217;t want to miss Tiger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Favorite activities in Yangshuo</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/11/favorite-activities-in-yangshuo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/11/favorite-activities-in-yangshuo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events and festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cormorant fishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Li River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yangshuo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We arrived here in Yangshuo (near Guillin, Guangxi Province) yesterday morning after a night train ride from Yichang. As seems to be our group&#8217;s custom, we arrived in the driving rain, but the weather has since dried up (it&#8217;s very hot and humid). Yangshuo has experienced loads of rain in the last few weeks, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Train from Hong Kong to China</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/train-from-hong-kong-to-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/train-from-hong-kong-to-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong tours]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Book a Hong Kong-China train ticket by emial
You can book departures from Hong Kong to Beijing and Shanghai by email at the official (cheap!) ticket office price through KCRC (Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation) Customer Services.
Visit their website at www.mtr.com.hk (click &#8216;customer site&#8217; then &#8216;intercity passenger services&#8217; then &#8216;more information&#8217;. Note that the online booking system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing-Xian and Beijing-Shanghai &#8216;Z&#8217; category trains</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/beijing-xian-beijing-shanghai-z-category-trains/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/beijing-xian-beijing-shanghai-z-category-trains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing trains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese trains]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Z&#8217; category trains are the fastest and most modern long distance trains in China, running on routes such as Beijing-Shanghai and Beijing Xian.
They are composed of the very latest air-conditioned sleepers, plus bar and restaurant. Traveller Jim McCorry reports: &#8220;The train journey was exceptionally good; the sleeping accommodation was first class as was the service. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buy a train ticket at the railway station</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/buy-a-train-ticket-at-the-railway-station/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/buy-a-train-ticket-at-the-railway-station/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China FAQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China train travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can buy tickets yourself at the station reservation office, remember to take your passport with you. In big cities such as Beijing or Shanghai you should use the special reservations office for foreigners.
Reservations for the best Z-category express trains open 20 days (or in some cases 10 days) before departure, reservations for most other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Railway stations in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/railway-stations-in-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/railway-stations-in-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two major stations in Beijing, Beijing Main (metro Bejingzhan) and Beijing West (also called Beijing Xi or Xizhan, metro Junshibowuguan).   Please double check the tickets!  Ask a Chinese friend to read the ticket to you in advance.  Because there is no subway transfer between these two stations.  In case you made a mistake, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese train tickets</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/chinese-train-tickets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/chinese-train-tickets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese trains link virtually all main cities and towns in China, and are a safe, comfortable and civilised way to travel, even for families or women travelling alone.
They have 4 classes: soft seat, soft sleeper, hard seat, hard sleeper.
Short distance trains normally have just hard class seats, although some inter-city trains also have soft class [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cabin types of Chinese trains</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/cabin-types-of-chinese-trains/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/cabin-types-of-chinese-trains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[4 different tickets available for Chinese trains:
It is important to know what to expect if you decide to travel by train in China.
Deluxe Soft Sleeper Cabin
Deluxe Soft Sleeper = 2 berth per compartment (the deluxe soft sleeper between Beijing &#38; Shanghai equipped with private washroom). Certain trains do not have deluxe soft sleeper, if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to take train in China</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/how-to-take-train-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/how-to-take-train-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1)  Buy tickets in advance.
If you go to the train station without a ticket, you might be lost in a crowded railway station in China.  Hundreds of people waiting in front of a small window at the station, a small notice in Chinese posted on that window, which you can not see 12 yards away.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Train travel in China</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/train-travel-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/27/train-travel-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking the train in China can be a very interesting experience and a good alternative to the airplane. The train tickets are divided into four categories, namely, soft-sleeper, hard-sleeper, soft-seater, and hard-seater.
Each carriage has two washrooms at both of its ends including a Chinese-style toilet (you better bring your own toilet paper).
If you have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Sleeper Trains</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/26/chinese-sleeper-trains/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/26/chinese-sleeper-trains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China FAQ]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Z&#8217; category trains are the fastest and most modern long distance trains in China, running on routes such as Beijing-Shanghai and Beijing Xian.
They are composed of the very latest air-conditioned sleepers, plus bar and restaurant. Traveller Jim McCorry reports: &#8220;The train journey was exceptionally good; the sleeping accommodation was first class as was the service.
We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The highest railway in the world</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/05/06/the-highest-railway-in-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/05/06/the-highest-railway-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 07:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lhasa express]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some informations about the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
The thoughts and process for planning this railway have been in the making for five decades. It has been very controversial because of the extreme conditions of the land on which is is built on. It also crosses areas with some of the most delicate ecosystems on earth. Great measures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chengdu Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/04/06/chengdu-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/04/06/chengdu-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After getting our bags we exited the train and went through the Chengdu station to the outside. There was a large fenced off area with hundreds of people waiting for passengers to get off the train. There were many signs being held saying the names of hotels and hostels. Unfortunately ours was not one of them. [...]]]></description>
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