Wuhan (武汉市) is the capital of Hubei Province in Central China. The city is known as the Chicago of China as it is a major transportation hub for not only roads but also rails. And by rail is how I got here.
Taking the high-speed rail in China is pretty easy and economical. Sites like ctrip.com cater to the English speaking crowd but charge a lovely premium for their services. As a foreigner, if you purchase a train ticket online, you still need to go to the train station to pick up your train ticket allowing someone to validate your passport/ID. It’s kind of annoying but there’s no way around it. Fortunately for this trip work provided the ticket so I was able to skip that part.
About three hours into the five hour, 1000km journey it was lunch time. A lady came around taking orders, but I have no idea what I was getting as one of my coworkers ordered for me. Part of me wishes I knew what the options were as this is what was served:
Needless to say I’ll never complain about airline food again! And lesson learned: Plan ahead for long train rides and bring some food with you.
I’m now enjoying a bit of relaxing Sunday as it’s beer o’clock. Next up: dinner, poker game, and bed as tomorrow is a long day of meetings.
