China Day 6 - Beijing Xi (West) Railway Station to Xi'an Railway Station

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17 Jan 2016
Beijing Xi (West) Railway Station

Tonight we will be taking the overnight sleeper train to Xi'an. Kali ni dapat beli soft sleeper (the 2nd most expensive of all 4 types of seat). Hard sleeper sudah, soft seat sudah, this time soft sleeper pula kan.  Hard seat jak yang belum kami try ni. Differences memang obvious. Nanti last entry China ni, insha Allah aku buat comparison. Gitu berjanji kan (harap ndak lupa, amin).

Soft Sleeper (2 pax) : CNY 892 (RM 262.00 per pax)

Destination : Beijing to Xi'an

Duration : 12 hours

Bought via Ctrip

Please take note, subway passengers need to exit the subway station to get to the railway station. From -1F of subway station, follow sign to Beijing Xi Station & get there by stairs or escalators. 

#1 Outside Beijing Xi (West) Railway Station. 

#2 View of the main entrance. Refer your waiting hall / platform from that big digital screen

#3 Food is available on board but they can be rather expensive so it's advisable to buy food from the station prior boarding the train.

#4 So many stalls selling snacks & fruits. 

Panic no more as this was our third time taking the long distance train in China. Bila gate buka lambat pun, kami duduk relaks. Layan handphone & layan perut.

#5 Time to board the train

Excited lah dua ketul wanita jelita masuk carriage. For the first time, we'll be in the same carriage & same room. Berkat fare mahal, maybe? 

#6 Corridor

Unlike the hard sleeper carriage we rode from Beijing to Harbin, there's no table provided at the corridor. Only one chair outside each room. Concept melepak tidak digalakkan di situ.

#5 Motif lah pun posing senget 

#6 Rather privacy room that occupies 4 berths. Soft sleeper carriage has door at each room 

All four ladies in a room. The other 2 are from Hong Kong. Aku tiada buat sesi beramah mesra sangat as all of us were pretty exhausted. Memang ndak sabar mau melabuh tirai. 

Anyway, just to share some info about this soft sleeper room. Each berth provided with blanket, bedsheet, slippers & a hanger. Only two charging socket is available for each room (both below the window; easily reach from the lower berths). We can control our own light, and also the room temperature. Found out about the room temp controller rather late. Sikit pengsan dalam peluh & rimas panas tengah malam tu.

#7 I put my backpacks under the bed because my legs fit just nice on the bed, no extra space at the end

After settling in the room (and enjoying my compulsory supper time), I went to the end area of our carriage. Bersihkan diri sambil ambil gambar sekali. Buat laporan dalam blog katanye kan walau tertangguh bertahun lama. Tettttt

#8 I got the lower berth this time. Senang lah buat lawatan tandas di tengah malam

#9 Sinks area

#10 Western style toilet & sink room

#11 Love! Free unlimited supply of boiled water on board. Boleh buat hot drink or masak ramyeon berulang kali sampai pengsan

Malam tu tidur super lena. Terjaga sekali sebab bilik panas gila rasa mau pengsan dalam peluh sendiri. Nasib baik nampak controller near the door else memang aku buka pintu bilik malam tu. And lagi sekali terjaga untuk kunjungan toilet.

Other than that, memang tidur al-mati. Si Jea lagilah. Dari naik katil sampai lah dekat sampai Xi'an, memang ndak bergerak langsung. Amboi kau kan, penat sangat mendaki Great Wall. 

Alhamdulillah, we reached Xi'an around 8am. Tiada kejadian pelik throughout our night journey. No death eaters, no Voldermort, no whatsoever. Eh? Kentara tengah layan Harry Potter sekarang kan Bie #kernadunyaperlutahu

#12 Tu dia menonong jalan ke depan. Ndak sabar check in bilik lah tu

# Xi'an, zao an!

Sampai Xi'an ni terus rasa familiar sangat macam sudah sampai few times gitu. Sebab ni antara tempat yang aku study gila-gila prior coming. Apa tidak, masa tu few friends baru balik, so mendapatlah info yang berguni-guni. 

Tiada masalah untuk setting bearing bagai. We walkertapaki to the hotel which is just a walking distance from the train station. 

The rest I will continue in next entry.

Till then, wassalam.

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