Flying is expensive and not always practical, so a TikToker shared an amazing alternative: a sleeper train.
“These overnight trains in China is the best way to travel for someone who doesn’t like flying,” The Monkey Kang(@themonkeykang) said. “I have the whole day in the city I’m visiting to sightsee, save on that night’s hotel, and still be back in my home city at dawn.”
The trip was from Beijing to Shenzhen, a roughly 2,200-kilometer journey (1,367 miles) that takes three-plus hours by plane.
“I’d rather spend 11 hours on an overnight train and sleep away the night than go through airport security and fly,” the creator wrote. “I can get some work done, stretch out, watch some movies, and get some rest.”
The best part? A ticket cost just $120.
China is the standard-bearer for bullet trains, having added 45,000 kilometers (around 28,000 miles) of high-speed rail track since the 2000s. That’s more than the rest of the world combined.
