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.

Train Riding and Twins

The Yellow River (黄河)







The train ride to Hua Mountain (华山) in Shaanxi Province (陕西). It was my first real standing experience on Chinese trains. It's just a normal hard seat train but once all the seats are gone they sell "no seat" (无坐) tickets. People just stand in the aisle or wherever they can find space. This last image is the view down the center walkway. The craziest part is they still come through with the food carts to sell things. I was stuck standing in front of these two twins for a while so I occupied myself with taking pictures. Luckily after two ours the family got off and we snagged their seats.