Train, Shenzhen to Beijing

I'm on a train to Beijing. Their long national day holiday has just begun. Almost all Chinese are on vacation. Like I mentioned in a much earlier post, it's a twenty four hour journey. I enjoy that aspect because it lets me unplug for a little while. And by 'unplug' I mean 'write mobile photo-enabled blog posts'. So as you can see, these trains are reasonably comfortable. The mattresses are soft. There's a restaurant car, but it's considered relatively expensive, so a minority of passengers go there to eat, bringing their own food instead. One photo from the restaurant car shows the ubiquitous green tea containers. I've found these are popular everywhere, and essentially indispensable among folks in the factories.
By the way, I decided I like this form of communication, so if you currently get email notifications of updates, I'll end them soon so email boxes don't get cluttered. If you don't mind a cluttered inbox, let me know and I'll keep you on.