Xi’an, China, Asia Well I officially hate dorms in China. I think I’m getting less sleep in the dorms than I am on the hard sleeper train rides. The strange this is that down south I could get a single room at a hostel for about $10 a night, but up north I’m struggling to see any for less than $25. When I can stay in a dorm for $7, it just makes no sense to pay that much more…
Xi’an, China, Asia Well I was right. They were all Chinese in my dorm, and I didn’t get much sleep again. Some guys came in around 11:30pm, put the light on without caring that I was asleep, and then left the door open for a ridiculous amount of time so all the mosquitoes in the world could come in. When they finally turned the lights out, they decided it was the perfect time to call their best friend and have…
Xi’an, China, Asia I didn’t get a great night’s sleep on the train last night. They turned the lights out at 10pm, but a bunch of people stayed awake until about 1am chatting quite loudly, right at the foot of my bed. One guy sat on my foot twice, but I guess that’s to be expected on a bottom bunk. The train was scheduled to arrive in Xi’an at 7am and again, it was right on time. I hopped off…