It's HOW long from Guilin to Kunming?

Yes, 22 hours! Not 2.2, not .22 but 22! Almost a full day to be spent in a little car, crammed in with God knows how many other people.

We thought the "hard sleepers" would be an ok choice for this length of trip. There is the option of a "soft sleeper" but it's about twice as much as the hard. Of course after walking through the soft sleeper car, we almost, almost said we would do that next time. But we need to save money and that luxury is out. I can't begin to imagine how the people felt in the hard seats on this ride! There were quite a few of them.

The car was full, but once it filled up, Jenni and I went over to the little tables beside the window across from the beds. We must have sat there for quite a while, and it wasn't too bad because we could open the window (because the hard sleepers don't have AC) and take in the nice warm breeze! Had our instant cup o noodles for dinner (more cheapness...it was 15 Yuan for a dinner on board!) then pretty much went up in to our beds for the rest of the night.

Surprisingly the night went fast, for me at least and at 5 am we're up and getting our stuff together.

Overall, it was a great experience, although I'm in no rush to do it over again any time soon...