Beijing- Train to Xi'an
#3
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 10,509
Wander the aisles of a supermarket. 
Fruit - oranges, apples, bananas. Crackers and/or cookies. Sliced cheese (excellent when combined with the apples).
Honestly the train left late enough in the evening that I wasn't awake and hungry for very long and pretty much just had a couple snacks and went to bed.
Definitely take bottled water. There is a hot tap near the bathrooms to make a bucket of instant noodles, but that's it. You can probably buy water from the snacks cart but it's easier to just have what you'll need.
Fruit - oranges, apples, bananas. Crackers and/or cookies. Sliced cheese (excellent when combined with the apples).
Honestly the train left late enough in the evening that I wasn't awake and hungry for very long and pretty much just had a couple snacks and went to bed.
Definitely take bottled water. There is a hot tap near the bathrooms to make a bucket of instant noodles, but that's it. You can probably buy water from the snacks cart but it's easier to just have what you'll need.
#5
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 6,342
All the above are great suggestions with the bowl of noodles being the best. Wake up early and look out the window 1 1/2 hours before arriving into X'ian. You will see lots of people living in caves and other interesting sights of life in the Chinese countryside.
I did a trip report on the ride a couple of years back if you are interested:
http://tinyurl.com/4aqat4y
Aloha!
I did a trip report on the ride a couple of years back if you are interested:
http://tinyurl.com/4aqat4y
Aloha!
