It seems like I just had vacation but yet again I found myself with not just 3 days off but 4. However so does the rest of China. I’d been warned by everyone that everywhere would be packed. I didn’t find out the exact days I had off until the week before so when I checked train tickets it looked like everywhere was booked. Standing tickets as well. However 4 days off was too long of a time for me to stay home when there are so many places to visit. After spending about 3 hours searching for a cool place to visit that also had train tickets left I managed to find tickets to Jiujiang where I could then take a tourist bus to Mt. Lushan National Park. The first plan started out like this: after work on Friday I would go home pack and go the train-station where I booked a hard sleeper seat directly to Jiujiang. That way I would be well rested to do some sightseeing right when I got there. I should have known that planning wouldn’t work because when I woke up the next morning I got an email saying the train was overbooked and my seat to Jiujiang was canceled.