Howie’s wished me goodbye with a smiling sincere bear hug before I disappeared into the secured area of the train station . I thought about how fortunate I was to have met him by chance years ago when I was visiting Suzhou. 🙂

I boarded the train- destination Guiyang.
The route began by heading toward Chongqing .

Along the way we passed by some nice rural scenery.

After a bit, daylight gave way to dusk, and then the dark of night.

It’s all good. 😊