Woken by a very loud American making his daily call home earlier than I had expected, but still about 06:30 - 20 minutes before I had to get up anyway. Finished packing, checked out, did my flashcards and waited. Taxi (private hire car) very early drove like a madman through heavy traffic. Through travel validation, with them not having the slightest interest in me. Into the scrum that is a Chinese queue to wait for 3/4 hour for the train to Chengdu.
The train line runs east of Tibetan Plateau and we are heading south. By 16:00 everywhere the train line went was green with lots of trees and lots of crops. The hills still a little mottled.
Train stopping for long periods at important places - Lanzhou - and apparently uninportant ones - such as a platform in a cutting; with no house or buildings visible. It is possible they were changing engines or adding an engine.
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