We found a place called Leshan that was not too far away from Chengdu and it had a few things to do there so we decided to head there. We booked a train ticket and the journey was only 3.5 hours so we did not think it would be that bad of a journey. It seems we never learn. We had a ticket for a seat each and once we headed off we did not think it was that busy on the train, all the seats were full and so were the aisles but we thought it would be bearable. At each stop more and more people crammed on the train and they all have about 3 bags to one person. At one of the stops the people could no longer fit through the doors and so about 8 people with about 12 bags climbed through the window on top of us, we kept trying to close the window on them but they just kept coming. Two of the people who came in through the window ended up squatting on the very small table in between the seats for 3 hours. The guard lady came and informed us that we would be approaching Leshan soon and we tried to follow her to the door to get out but there were just so many people you could not move. We had to put our backpacks in front of us and just push, it was the only way to get through. There was one man on the floor who could not move and the people with him could not move him, he was passed out drunk and not stirring so over the top of him we went. Once we got to the door the lady made everyone who was not getting off at that stop move but there was nowhere for them to move to. It was mayhem. Once we were off the train we stood and watched the chaos of the people trying to get on. In the end there was lots of arguing and they were told the train was too full. I wish they had done that about 10 stops before hand, it would have made for a nicer journey for everyone.
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