From SerpentZA on YouTube
1400 Miles by Train in One Day
Published May 10, 2018
Come and find out how it's possible to travel 2300 kms/1400 miles in a single day by train, all the way from the South of China near Hong Kong to the capital, Beijing.
https://youtu.be/3uZtRPlUbkA
I like this. The host of the video doesn't varnish the truth.
It's crowded! But it reminds me of my most recent trip on a plane on a low cost airline in the US. Chinese travelers seemed to be dressed as well or better than Americans at an airport. The video host was uncomfortable, but I think I'd be okay.
And just a brief glimpse of Beijing. It actually looks nicer than places near home, immediately around the airports in Houston. That little area shown of Beijing, (and South China's rail station) definitely looks better than anything you'd see around a bus station in Houston and most cities in Texas or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
I'm favorably impressed with the beauty, newness, and cleanliness of the train stations. Well organized. Nice food courts. As nice looking as anything in the airports of Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Washington DC, or Philadelphia. It seemed technologically up to date, maybe even ahead of America's airports.
Notice that I'm comparing China's train stations to America's airports. I think that's a better comparison.
If we compared America's trains and train stations to China's then China would beat America hands down. China is light years ahead of the US as far as trains and train travel facilities.
I guess I was still mentally stuck with images of China and Beijing from the end of the reign of Mao Zedong.
We need to copy China!
1400 Miles by Train in One Day
Published May 10, 2018
Come and find out how it's possible to travel 2300 kms/1400 miles in a single day by train, all the way from the South of China near Hong Kong to the capital, Beijing.
https://youtu.be/3uZtRPlUbkA
I like this. The host of the video doesn't varnish the truth.
It's crowded! But it reminds me of my most recent trip on a plane on a low cost airline in the US. Chinese travelers seemed to be dressed as well or better than Americans at an airport. The video host was uncomfortable, but I think I'd be okay.
And just a brief glimpse of Beijing. It actually looks nicer than places near home, immediately around the airports in Houston. That little area shown of Beijing, (and South China's rail station) definitely looks better than anything you'd see around a bus station in Houston and most cities in Texas or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Notice that I'm comparing China's train stations to America's airports. I think that's a better comparison.
If we compared America's trains and train stations to China's then China would beat America hands down. China is light years ahead of the US as far as trains and train travel facilities.
I guess I was still mentally stuck with images of China and Beijing from the end of the reign of Mao Zedong.
We need to copy China!
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