Travel with Trains.

  I have taken the train here in the Philippines once, with my friend, just for experiencing the feeling of the trains here. The trains here in Manila are poor old and lagging. I even can hear the sounds of the trains here in my living place. They ring the horns everytime when the train will pass the streets and roads. Trains here are slowly move and just like the trains in the movies that I have ever seen, almost all the southeast Asian countries have the same situations like the trains and railways are very undeveloped, people crowd in the carriages and most of them do not have a seat. Almost all of them catch a bag or baggages, like the traditional business men, they carry their baggages to every where and do their businesses.

  Beside the railways, there are a lot of houses that people live in and the railways themselves even do not that formal, grasses grow around the railways and garbages are every where surrounded the railways. The station is even much more poor, some of the stations even do not have any covers. People stand on the station and wait for the train when ever it is hot summer season or it is rainy season. The railways are simple, you can say you could go to anywhere by taking the trains. It just cross the city, not the main transportation services could be use. Only fews of people use it.
  So, compare the trains in the Philippines, the trains in China are in the much more higher level. The services on the trains are much more HIGH，I could say there is no comparison. Chinese railways have many many routes, they are distributed in every cities ,people travel with trains everyday, the Chinese railways net are the second to the largest nets in the world, and China High Speed Railways are the first in the world. There are too many things about Chinese railways to talk about, but I will not to talk about it here.

  When I was young, I traveled with my parents back to my hometown, which is Guilin, GuangXi province in the south of China, it is very far away from the place we were living.  We took the the train from Beijing Xi station, because the trip would cost us around 30 hours, so my parents bought the berth tickets for us. The berth ticket means there are assigned beds on the train with the number on the ticket, so we could have rest on the beds during night time. Imagine 30 hours on the train, it was a long trip on the way. After we entered the carriage, we found the assigned number of our seats and beds, they were jointly. We settled down all of our baggages, wait for the start of the train. Most likely, people should go to the rail station at least 30 minutes before the train departure. Since we got a lot of baggages ,my parents took me to the station 50 minutes before the train departure. After while of the train started, the radio in the train broadcasted the greetings to all passengers and wish us have a nice trip with the train, introduced the station that the train would approach and stop and the time ,shcedules for the train. After that the attendant approached us for collecting tickets, instead of ticket, she gave us a hard card for reminding us to exchange the tickets before we get off the train.  There is a unique carriage of the train built for the restaurant, not only the restaurant, but also the train provide foods sending by the attendants, snacks and drinks are also available on the train, even in the station that the train going to stop, there are a lot food corners and food carts. So, do not woory about what to eat and drink during the long trip. Every carriage has its own comfort room and the attendant will clean the comfort room time to time. There are also small televisions on the train, video some advertisements and films. If the train will stop at some stations during the night, do not worry because the train attendants also provide the wake up service.  During the day time, along the way, train stop one station, and passengers are allow to get off the train for a while and experience the local special foods or buy the souvenirs. And of course , appreciate the sightseeing along the way.

  Nowadays, China railways even more developed, we can travel everywhere without to take the train. Chinese trains now have several kinds, High speed rail, intercity EMU trains, bullet trains ,direct express train ,express fast train and the normal train.  The railways are like the symbol of development of China, they provide the first class servive in the world and it will become more and more better.