May 20, 2005 - Yining

So how was that 22 hour bus journey, then? Well, it was 26 hours, for a start, and those extra four hours make a lot of difference when they're the last four. Aside from that, it was predictably good and bad. The good thing was that it was a sleeper bus. These are contraptions that have almost flat, narrow beds lined up on two levels in three rows, with two very narrow aisles between them. This was an early model, which meant more space per passenger (though all things are relative) but a knackered engine and an almost retired gearbox. This...