CHINA. From Beijing to Sichuan

Our tour is very intense and interesting. confirmed what China incredible organization after our first night sleeping on the train. Unlike other trains in the world, there are no classes or categories. The difference in price is given by the height at which you want to sleep. There are three levels of bunks and between higher is cheaper. 

Despite the magnitude (giant trains, thousands ...), timed everything works, with their waiting rooms, huge and all the passengers got off the platform organized to catch the train. So within minutes, the train leaves on time. The bunk beds are spotless and the driver has a file with notes and awakens the passengers when they arrive at their destination. It's amazing, even has hot water faucets in stations and wagons to prepare tea. 

Beijing went to  Pingyao , a walled town, very touristy (too), but all very good place with ease. Our first hotel was an old house, with courtyards, for 8 €.

Before, we visited a Buddhist caves impressive, with stone sculptures of pharaohs size of 1500 years old, in Datong .

For now, outside the capital, everything works the same way. The cities even though they have great development in Beijing are quite modern and are laid out as well. But it feels more trouble. All cities are enormous, with millions of people, but people are quiet and less populated. It looks much dynamism, works everywhere and new neighborhoods with more than 10 blocks of more than 20 plants or more, built at a time. Are many three-lane highways and everything flows.

 

The worst city has so far been Xi'an , noisy, people are less friendly, chaotic traffic, but they are building underground (also in Chengdu ). If not for the army of terracotta sure no one would come. It's amazing the army that the emperor had built to guard his tomb, over 7,000 figures of soldiers, human size. Although there are only about 1,000 is exposed to an idea that these Chinese were never put anything ahead and are capable of doing unimaginable things.

We visited one of the four sacred mountains, a Buddhist, Emei Shan . We save the entry for that day was fulfilled 1 year of the earthquake that caused extensive damage in the region. Of course I was llenísimo of people and of course finally feel the crowds. We imagined that we could walk through the woods, but the roads are all with stairs and with so many people enjoy less. But at least it was free and we saw crops of tea, rice and how people live rural.

We also visited the giant Buddha in Leshan , the largest in the world. Spectacular, the trouble is that the head has badly restored and looks like a patch.

And we're already in the region of Sichuan (Four Rivers), a land of bamboo and pandas, but few remain.  So far, we have been through crops are supercuidados, working men and women alike (not just in the field, everything, including construction), all super-clean. We want to see rural, because not everything can be so well put, do you?