Monday, February 06, 2006

Go west 2

After SunriseExpress departed Tokyo on time, I explore inside of the train.


This is called Carpet Car. You can lay down without sleeper supplement ticket. We took this on the outbound.



And for inbound, we took a private sleeper. A blanket, pillow, and Yukata (onepiece pyjama) are provided.
There is an alarm clock and electrical door key. It was quite comfortable.

After checking the lounge, vending machine, and smoking area, I went back to my place and opened a can of beer.


Oh, I love train journey.


Train has passed Atami. It's almost midnight.

By the way, Hidekis is known as a well self-organized man (I don't know why), but often forget the most important things.

This time I finally realised a very important issue regarding a sleeper train journey....







.....I CAN NOT SLEEP (due to my jetlag)



I should have simply taken a day time bullet train (big tears).

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

In comparison to the Sunrise Express…Indian Railways stands no where!! Express Train which I travel always while going to Calcutta is quite similar service wise..they provide pillow , blanket and a hand towel..but no alarm clock and pyjama…
I am in Delhi for about 9 years now and every year I travel twice …only one thing I can think about is sleep for rest of your journey..thanks they don’t give you an alarm clock.

Hidekis said...

When you woke up, you found yourself in Chittagong (went too far)?

Anonymous said...

I knew it...
I always make it sure to board a train with the last stop at calcutta.

Hidekis said...

I found following train.

Delhi Janata Exp
Poorva Express
Rajdhani Express
Lal-quila Express

Which one do you take, or am I missing more?

Anonymous said...

I take the rajdhani express..it takes about 19 hours.
Poorva takes 24 hours..
rest two take their own leisure time to reach...