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[GO BACK TO CHINA, WITH TRAIN]
April 2023, China-Laos Railway was finally fully operating.
From then on, people can travel to China from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and through Laos/Laos via railway. As early as the 1980s, when air tickets were still very expensive, many old Chinese diaspora in S.E.Asia who were in their prime at that time, were eagerly discussing the possibility of traveling to Yunnan, China, once the railway opened.
Then 40 years have passed, like a flowing river. The young ones who made heroic ambitions back then, some of them have passed away, and some of them have become elderly people in their 70s and 80s, troubled by old joints, weak muscles, and sickness, became unfit to travel.
I hope with my lens and experience, my story can quench the curiosity of these elderly friends who became inconvenient to travel, and also provide a reference for those, who are still fit and interested, in taking this route.
Railways can run for centuries, the road will always be there, but time waits for no one. To those who wish to go, I wish you all the best and a smooth journey.
But for me, Ah Shui, this time, I will travel to the origin of the 19th century Chinese diasporas, which is Guangzhou, Chaozhou, and Fujian.
But as soon as my trip started, stumbles and tough challenges awaits ...