The train hit around 155mph today - double that of UK trains? You can see from the picture in the station, the environment provided to the people who travel in this way seems much nicer than that for other classes of train! We had a panic where Stu nipped out of the waiting area, and then wasn't let back in. It was only because I happened to turn around that I saw him waving frantically in the distance, realising that he needed his ticket from me to get back in! Me seeing him was timely as the train was ready for boarding by this stage!
The time was passed eating various forms of bread
(including some tasteless "uncooked" variety!), playing chess, Stu learning
Backgammon and ordering coffee (thatwas actually hot chocolate). Two "coffees"
put us back double the price of our meal at the local restaurant the night
before!
On arrival in Zhengzhou we had to find an Internet
Cafe to see where our hotel was (and what it was called!), since I failed to
write this in
advance. The map directions were not great... 20 minutes of walking later, we
found it two doors away from where we started! Within minutes of arriving at the
hotel, we blew the fuse by plugging in the faulty fridge!
