Friday, February 20, 2009

trip in review: train to Chongqing

After we left lovely Guilin, we took a long train (21 hours, I think?) to Chongqing. Along the way we gained a new little friend.




This little guy is probably about 4 or 5 years old, and was riding with his dad in the sleeping berth next to ours. He was kind of scared of us at first--didn't even want to make eye contact, even though he couldn't stop watching us--but we eventually lured him in using Oreos and the opportunity to wrestle with Nathan, the supersized foreigner.



After I took a couple pictures of him, he became enamored of my camera, and asked to take a few shots of his own. Here are some of the things that caught his attention.



The guy sharing our sleeping berth who was not amused, not amused at all.


The bottom half of Nathan's face

The ceiling light in our berth

The patch on the knee of his jeans



Super-close-up of the book Ben was reading


His dad
He probably took a dozen other shots, but this last one was the one that brought about the end of his photo-snapping extravaganza.
Definitely made the 21-hour trip seem a little shorter.

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