火车从坤敬到廊开

我订的座位是二等卧铺，带空调。我记得车厢里大约有 20 张双层床，中央通道两侧各有 10 张。据我所知，车厢里几乎满员。因此，20 张双层床上大约有 40 名乘客挤在一节车厢的狭小空间里。考虑到大多数西方人都不太习惯在熟睡时与陌生人如此近距离接触，大多数乘客都是泰国人--相对于其狭小的国土面积，泰国的人口数量庞大。因此，换句话说，泰国人更习惯于与陌生人近距离接触，因此，在密闭空间内与 39 个陌生人近距离接触时睡着并不是什么问题。我注意到车厢里有几个西方背包客，他们的态度与泰国人类似。但他们之所以接受这种情况，是因为经济拮据而非文化规范。我想我是车厢里唯一的西方中产阶级。除了西方背包客，我不认为这种车厢对普通西方人来说有什么吸引力。但对于泰国人和背包客来说，这是可以接受的。就我个人而言，我觉得这种体验还不错，因为我事先就知道自己无意睡觉。实际上，我只用了一半的床铺作为行李存放空间就心满意足了，而另一半床铺则被我改造成了临时椅子，上船后，我花了一点时间将提供的枕头和毯子小心翼翼地铺在质量还算不错的床垫上，结果发现其实还是挺舒服的。总之，我的体验还不错。我很乐意再来一次。但我要重申的是，我认为它可能最适合泰国人和西方背包客。

The seat I booked was in the second class sleeper with a/c carriage. My recollection is that there were around 20 bunk beds in the carriage, 10 to each side of the central passage way. The carriage was close to full from what I could tell. So there were about 40 passengers in 20 bunk beds crammed into the confined space of one carriage. Given that being physically so close to strangers while one is asleep would not be something most Western people would be comfortable with, most of the passengers were Thai - a country that is notable for its large human population relative to its small geographical size. So, in other words - Thais are more accustomed to being in close physical proximity to strangers - and as such, the idea of being asleep while physically close to 39 strangers in a confined space is not a problem. I noticed a few Western backpackers in the carriage who are similar in their attitude to the Thais. But their acceptance of the situation is due to financial constraints rather than cultural norms. I think I was the only middle class Westerner in the carriage. Apart from the Western backpackers, I don't think travelling long distance on a train carriage of this type of carriage would hold much appeal for the average Westerner. But for Thais and backpackers it is viewed as acceptable. As for me personally, I guess the experience was okay because I knew in advance that I had no intention of going to sleep. I was actually content to just use half my bunk as storage space for my luggage, and the other half of the bunk I transformed into as a make-shift chair was turned out to be actually quite comfortable after I spent a little time upon boarding arranging the pillow and blanket provided in a careful way on top of the quite reasonable quality mattress. In summary, the experience for me was fine. And I would happily do it again. But to reiterate, I think it is probably most suitable for Thais and Western backpackers.