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Originally Posted by motion
Yeah, it looks like both Guilin and Xi'an are 19-20 hour train rides. I can't decide if I want to poke around Shanghai for 5 days or commit to that much time on the train. Plus, soft sleeper is the only available "upper" class. No First or VIP on these trains. I'm probably going to really regret hanging out in one city for that long, and not seeing the countryside.
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Don't take the train for long trips. Flying is very affordable there and their airports are nicer and more efficient than anything we have.
If you really think riding a motorcycle in China is in any way comparable to that photo of almost no traffic on a side street, then I can only sit back and wait for the "I told you so" moment. I would rather hang glide at night or be the target holder at a rifle range for blind people than ride a motorcycle in China. And you know I'm a motorcycle guy.
I strongly encourage you to read this entire thread.
China or bust... - ADVrider
Some of the memorable accidents I've seen in China:
On the way to Mutianyu with light traffic and a large media strip, single car accident, car flipped over. We drove by as they were pulling the lifeless, mangled body of female passenger out. Looked like a scene from Faces of Death.
Watched an angry mob holding a truck driver down, as he tried to flee after hitting a woman on a bicycle. She was still laying under the truck. Saw a woman on a moped hit the pavement, face first, after a car turned in front of her, seemingly completely ignoring her.
I was in the back seat of a Ford Escort when my buddy backed into a guy on a bicycle, who flew across the back of the car like in European Vacation.
Again, I saw this stuff happen every single day in China. The only time I didn't see it was when I stayed in a Tibetan village where no one had cars and there were no roads.
But don't take my word for it. I have no experience in China and I hate adventure travel.