Good-Bye Linfen

One of my last pictures in Linfen as I waved goodbye out the train window. I must admit I got a little choked up; I had grown attached to the dirty little city and the friends I had made there. The people are warm and the life is more relaxed, not to mention the food I've grown fond of and the Chinese I speak has been forever influence by this place. My friends would often joke how I'm a Shanxi native, and I'm ok with that.

Night Train Back Home

Moh-jong cards (麻将牌)




After an exhausting 24 hours of hiking we caught the 11:30pm train back to Linfen (临汾), we were barely awake, but again we had no seats for half the trip. At least there was enough room for me to sit on my bag in the aisle way, but I had to move ever 5 minutes to let someone pass by. We arrived sometime around 4 in the morning, and I came home to find no water coming out of my shower, nor was there any for over 24 hours after that. I smelled wonderful that day.