Wouldnt say it was a pleasant train ride due to the long hour ride and for not getting enough rest. However the journey was rewarding enough to have seen rainbow in the desert above the train during dinner time, it was 2 of them to be exact, buddhist believe its a good sight.

we've been shifting cubicles to cubicles for trying to change to a better seats, those with sleeping lot. wasnt a pleasant experience to have dragged our beggage from cubicle 1 to cubicle 16.

we finally reached Urumuqi, a very crowded place, filled with ... (more)