Guangzhou Express to Xiamen

When I got Sean up this morning, he rolled out of his "turtle" position and said "Train ride!" Yes today we were going on a train ride! We headed out about noon to Hung Hom Station to catch a 2:47 train to Guangzhou. So with all of us pulling our luggage we were excited to get on a TRAIN. The ride was pretty smooth, you are still in Hong Kong, most of the folks on the train are Hong Kongese and spitting is very rare.

Guanghzou is China. The station although efficient was packet with lots of folks traveling for grave sweeping. So the station was packed. When we arrived I headed out to do some reconnaissance and Sean and Karla watched the bags. I found where our train was and came to get them. We ended up eating KFC because we were not sure what the food options on the train would be. It being 7pm we wanted to get that part settled. So with no complaints from the "little man" we had chicken nuggets in the train station. I got bing hong cha and we picked up some fruit too.

We have our own cabin! It was great, 2 bunks and two bottom beds. Sean climbed up onto one of the bunks and said "this is where I am going to sleep!" So I rigged up some blankets to make a safe barrier and we read some books and it was bed time. We went out to the washroom and brushed teeth and Sean peed on the train track! Sean fell asleep immediately. Karla was soon after him and I watched videos on my iphone till about 11.

Morning I woke to watch the scenery pass by outside around 6 and counted 5 dams on the river we were following. Sean didn't wake till 8! The excitement tired him out.