CHINA’S RAIL SYSTEM IS INCREDIBLE | Traveling Over 1000km From Guangzhou To Zhangjiajie

China has the most expansive rail systems in the world, so I was super excited to get to try it out for the first time with a trip from Guangzhou to Zhangjiajie. On a map it may look fairly close, but in reality it is over 1,000km away so it was quite a journey to get there. I would recommend booking all your train travel on trip.com as a foreigner even with the extra service charge because trying to do it on the official Chinese Rail website is a bit confusing and a lot of people report having their card be declined. I also loved the hotel I booked at in Zhangjiajie so I will put those two links down below:

Booking a train on Trip.com: https://trip.tp.st/jdl1YHRq
The Hotel I stayed at: https://booking.tp.st/GT25PVBr
What E-Sim I use in China: https://airalo.tp.st/wHCallXk

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