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| Description | A serene view of a riverbank in Beijing. I think this was still Beijing, though it has been so many years I tend to forget. We traveled up from Canton to Beijing, mostly by train, which turned out to be a very time-consuming way to travel--China is so vast, it's hard to imagine the amount of time we spent just getting from one place to another. Mostly that had to do with getting travel reservations. The trains had this unique system: You could only book a seating three days in advance, but by then the train was fully booked. They didn't seem to be able to comprehend more than three days. We would say, Well, three days from tomorrow then, and they would reply, You have to come back tomorrow. Again, the train would be fully booked. The train ride was worth it though. Each compartment had four bunks, a small table with a tiny lace-covered lamp, a large thermos of hot water (to make tea), and a radio that you couldn't turn off. What I particularly liked about the radio is that it only played Western music and then only Western music that had the word "red" in the title, like "Red Sails in the Sunset" or "The Red River Valley." I suspect they thought they were communist tunes. The food was always hit-or-miss. Since we couldn't communicate with the woman who sold tickets for the dining car, I would just hold out some money, she would take some, and hand us tickets. Sometimes it was a sumptuous meal. Other times it was just a bowl of noodles. I suspect it had more to do with the chef than with us. As foreigners we were expected to be rich and therefore able to afford their most expensive meal. The dining cars opened in shifts, but they were usually no more than half full, if that. My favorite meal was stir-fried Spam. In the outbacks Span and cold, baked beans seemed to be popular items. I suspect it was from the war, since these were items that were usually contained in Care packages air dropped in during the Japanese occupation. They usually also contained cigarettes, Hershey bars, and condoms. |
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| Author | Marcy Hargan from New York City (Manhattan), USA |
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