Could You Survive 16 Hours On This 'V.I.P.' China Sleeper Bus 🇨🇳 

Long-distance buses must rest at service areas from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m., as required by regulations, to prevent safety hazards while driving at night.This regulation has been implemented in China for many years.

有一说一，这俩老外尝试了很多国人都未曾尝试过的体验。 是个合格的旅行者。

原本想打英文的，但是实在无法表达我的敬意，只能说这个年代，还专门去坐这种车，是真的牛批，真系犀飞利

In fact, the sleeper bus is gradually disappearing in China. The government of China has banned factories from producing new sleeper buses. Existing sleeper buses will naturally retire at the end of their life.

Hats off to both of you for trying this. The overnight bus is famous for its bad experience, and I had never had it as Chinese. Respect the courage.

作为一个中国人，我不得不说，卧铺巴士已经成为过去。当中国的基础设施不那么发达时，它们在城际旅行中很受欢迎，因为它们很便宜。但这些巴士最初并非来自中国。制造商实际上复制了 1930 年代在英国流行的卧铺客车，并将其提供给公众。然而，由于安全问题和不太好的骑行体验，中国政府在 2018 年后开始逐步淘汰它们。公交车站买不到新的，所以你看到的那些都很旧。看起来卧铺巴士最终会消失，人们将主要乘坐高铁、飞机和拼车等新能源汽车出行。

You guys always pick up the hardest trip in China we can find in whole RU-vid. 😂 ❤

you guys are real travelers. respect!

The snoring is hilarious! 😂😂😂

Wow! The journey suddenly pulled me back to China in the 90’s, I miss it so much! ❤

Some rules for the long distance bus drivers here: 1. 2-5 am, not allowed to drive 2. Max continuous driving time: 4 hours during the day, 2 hours at night. At most 8 hours in total for 24 hours, 44 hours in a week. 3. Every stop must be longer than 20 mins 4. Snoring is ok. :) These all for avoiding drowsy driving but definitely improved a lot of price. Safety always comes first here in China.

The overnight buses are being phased out due largely to safety concerns and being replaced by high-speed trains.

OMG you guys are amazing ,no wonder you dare to take an overnight bus in china,because i ensure you it’s definitely much better than India’s.

Watched many other travel vlog from other channel but you guys are still my favorite one😃 Feel more related to the budget way of traveling.

I admire your courage to try this backward way of transportation which was popular in China in 1990's and now is replaced by high speed trains. When u come back, u can try China-Lao railway, which was built by Chinese a couple years ago.

That snoring! I always love that you have subtitles 😂

your experiences actually are heavily related to one particularly deadly accident. at midnight 08/26/2012, an accident involving a sleeper bus killed 36 of 39 onboard. many were unable to escape due to poor safety of this kind of buses. this accident shocked the entire nation so the governmment later decided to stop producing new sleeper buses. also, regulations then requires all overnight buses to stop from 2am to 5am to prevent fatigue, and installs gps stuff on comertial buses to ensure that. drivers are not allowed to drive continously for too long, and they clock-in their rotations using some cards which explains why the bus stopped every 2hrs or so. basically this is why people talk you out of these buses, they are notoriously unsafe.

travel is for experiences, and you are doing just fine! years from now, this little episode will bring you smiles!

According to Chinese law, It's mandatory to stop the long-haul bus at midnight to have a rest from 2-5am, and every 2 hours drive in the night time must take a rest at the service area for at least 20 minutes, and every 4 hours drive in the daytime must take a rest at the service area for 20 minutes; There's alarm system device mounted in the long-haul bus that the driver must click the button once every certain minutes(not sure how many exact minutes) otherwise the alarm will put on and report it the bus company and traffic police station so that the can immediately call the bus to check everything is normal. The punishment for breaking these traffic rules for drivers and bus company are actually very severe. Back to 10-15 years ago, the long-haul buses were popular (these days it's extremely rare ppl take it), there was lots of bus accidents and lots of ppl were injured and lost their lives, so that's why the traffice laws regulate long-haul buses are very strict and the drivers have to stop the bus to take a break. Honestly I didn't take long-haul buses for almost 12 years, and I don't recommend you guys to take it, it's better take a train/highspeed train or plane. The experice of taking a sleeper bus or train usually ended up with noisy snoring passengers, haha, that's why I don't like it.

During my youth as a junior engineer who travelled a lot under tight budget I could sleep under the couch of a train. But I never could make it through overnight bus. The smell and the snoring were just simply horrific. Because of it's notorious safety record it has been banned in many province s. It's a thing of the past. You guys should always take train or daytime bus.

怎么说呢，卧铺巴士在中国越来越少了，再过一些年估计就消失了。因为这些年随着高铁动车的普及，长途路程有普速火车的卧铺和动车高铁作为平替，短途路程只需要座位式巴士就可满足，卧铺巴士的定位就显得很鸡肋，失去市场定位。而且早些年卧铺巴士存在卫生较差，安全性较差（卧铺不能系安全带）等问题，因此法律规定卧铺巴士2018年起全面停产，已有的卧铺巴士则继续运营直到报废年限。再过一些年中国就见不到卧铺巴士了

长途巴士是历史产物了，他既不便宜，也不快速，由于空间狭小，他还很不卫生。我感觉这东西快被淘汰了

Ear plugs are a necessity sharing sleeping space with others.

couldn't stop laughing.....while knowing I shouldn't....killing me😅

Great blog as always guys safe travels could you not buy some mini fans hand held ? Stay safe you’re both awesome 👏 when you get back come to London I’ll show you about 😊😊

Wild,crazy,uncessary thought to torture yourselves 😂

Hahaha! Love this! I don't know any Chinese person that has been on one of those. Thank you for your service for showing us!

Lamo😂 I’ve experienced this similar thing before in the US and was very amazed that people can snore that loud.

As a Chinese this is the first time I know that there’re sleeper buses in China 😮, I know there’re sleeper trains, eye opening 😊

Even the majority of Chinese won't take these kinds of overnight buses now 😂

19:11 Shannon shakes her head like an Indian to show appreciation.

Now in China, the bus restriction is from 2am to 5am, for driver's sleep to passenger's save.

Jesus, this is the most hilarious travel vlog ever ! The man was snoring like a PIG ! I couldn't stop laughing . I was just ready to hit the bed and now I'm fully awake. Ha ha Ahh ! Next time please don't forget to bring along a noise cancellation headphones ,

Sorry to say I actually enjoy this guy snoring! You have a nice microphone. Good job! 😂😂😂

You two have a lot of chemistry. Have you considered dating each other?

bro put themselves to torture for no reason🤣 i wouldnt get on one of those at gunpoint, apart from the snoring or whatever, sleeper busses are notoriously unsafe and has a very spotty accident history, mostly why they are getting phased out of China

Haha I could not stop laughing when you guys found out the snoring guy was the bus driver hahaha 🤣

I’ll admit it. Every time I questioned why you stay in the cheapest of the cheap places and travel on the least popular and cheapest modes of transport, I’m glad you’re doing it so that we don’t have to ! 😂 At least now you know why everyone warned you against it ! And you can also tell everyone how you were one of the last to experience the sleeper bus before the fleet is retired.

I enjoyed so much watching your video. You guys are GREAT!

Can't wait for watching your guys' more experiences

I remember taking a sleeper bus when I was a kid and never wanting to do it again.

Great video. Saw your Nanning video (I live there) and then you kept on popping up with other videos. Keep up the good work. Enjoy your travels.

真的是勇者，居然敢挑战长途卧铺汽车。从来没有坐过。

LMAO It's so hilarious. OMG That guy deifinitely brought back a lot of memories from my past.

I would never punish myself like this.

I think you put too little waters in the box noodles, if you look closely, you would find some kind of apophysis on the side in the box, that's the mark of how much water you should add.

😂 I guess that guy must had a very good dream.

Thanks!

打呼噜的笑死我了🤣🤣

Well this was quite the roller coaster of emotions. At first it looked bad with the old bus, then the bed looked cozy and nice. Then you got a Chinese Wilderbeast as a neighbor. Imagine if you had gotten a nice little old grandma there instead, that could have been a full 8 hour sleep and arriving fresh in Kunming.

I went on an overnight bus from Nanning to Chengdu back in 2007. There were two drivers on board so they took turns in driving. Horrible experience travelling on bad roads covered in mud and potholes. Didn't get one minute of sleep in 18 hours

I like how you guys always try something different or new. Life is an adventure, isn't it? Especially you are so young, you should try more to feel the real world.

You guys not going to Lijiang and Dali ?

Really enjoyed watching ur China videos. I like the way you guys travel. U guys deserve to stay in a nice hotel after this horrific bus journey🤣

Your guys got the true spirit of backpackers 😆.

You guys really should try the Sino-Laos train 😂😂. Though it’s slow comparing to the other bullet trains in China. 😂

Can't remember when did I take a sleeper bus last time , maybe 10+ years ago ? Thr railway in China expanding so fast that buses are replaced even more faster .

You guys are very brave.

This transportation way almost has disappeared in China.

哈哈，不得不说，我作为一个中国人，我从没做过卧铺巴士，我基本都是坐高铁或者飞机的，涨见识了。

You see, they're very safe traveling everywhere in China, very few countries can offer this kind of experience.

The snoring was funny LMAO

I am afraid for them as they are always in a difficult situatiion. We should all donate some money so they travel more comfortably and safely.

China's cross-border buses are mainly located on the Yunnan border. These so-called VIP buses are actually very simple cars purchased for cost considerations. There are real luxury buses in Japan, which are also a real VIP experience, but the prices are very high!

You guys are incredibly rude. If you go on a sleeper bus, you have to accept the fact that people are going to be sleeping, and that some people may snore. Snoring is not something a person can control. But, laughing at someone snoring is absolutely a choice you don't have to make. No manners. Rude foreigners.

This kind of Sleeper Bus is disappearing in China，nowdays，people like to take high speed train to travel，so most of these kinds of Sleeper Bus are old，the government and Bus companies are elimnating them。

This is so cool, I never had experienced a sleeper bus

12:48 😂that's one of the reasons not recommended for overnight bus 😂😂😂😂

China bus's manufacturer no longer make sleeper bus as most people now catches high speed train and this industry will be fade away, this bus looks quit old.

Have you ever heard of noise cancelling headphones?

11:08 Shannon looks gonna cry😭，I won't do that challenge if i have choice to arrive the destination as fast as I can ，when i was young ，my family send me to a pravite school ，it's faraway from my home，there’s no bullet train that time in my area，so I need to beer 7 hours bus，I’m allergic to the smell and travel-sick，and it would happen every month！Thank to the bullet train ，and I‘ll never choose bus if I can

It a lot of fun with this sleeper bus ,it’s different experience.

You two are experiencing traveling in such a get-real fashion. We salute ya! =)

You know, trains and high speed trains also have sleepers.

You're doing so many fun things that I haven't even thought about & I live here! Ha. Thank you for doing the "forward research." 😅 This looks way better than the overnight trains! When I lived in 富阳, the bus to Hangzhou bounced a lot and made me nauseated, but was itself clean and efficient. Edited to Add: oh no re: AC! You gotta have the aircon to sleep well 😭

You now know what OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea) is! At least he did not stop breathing intermittently. Surprised that you have not guessed that

That's funny and unique experience to sleep in the bus! 😂

Just dang rude to keep waking the guy who snored. Get yourself bloody earplugs for goodness sake.

Since 2012, Chinese sleeper bus related enterprises and production enterprises have stopped producing sleeper bus products in accordance with relevant regulations. Sleeper buses have basically withdrawn from the stage of transportation in China. There are actually not many sleeper buses in China, accounting for only 1% of all buses, but the death toll accounts for 10% of all buses. The mortality rate is high because most passengers are lying down during accidents. The hidden crisis is too high, which is also the reason why the country has formulated this policy. The sleeper bus is a microcosm of China's transportation in the past 10 years, and the ticketing method you see is also the same as it was in the past 10 years. Perhaps in two or three years, China will no longer have sleeper buses.

Ear plugs are very effective and don’t take up much room, I’m surprised you don’t use them in that sort of situation. 👍🏻

dang, i can use that snore as an alarm sound.

So brave of you. I took a similar bus in 2011 for 19 hours, and never want to take it again. Bad air condition, smoking on the bus and overload people sleeping on the narrow corridor. If I want to get off the bus for rest, I need to take care of not step on them.

I took a bus when I couldn't get a train ticket and it was the WORST! A 9 hour trip turned into over 24 hours because it was during the holiday. At that point I didn't know about the 2-5am stopping rule and it was not fun. It's cool seeing the sleeper bus though!

Your videos are very funny 🎉🎉 haha snoring , heavy thunder

snoring like aughhhhhhhhhhhhh lmao

Between this and the previous videos, it seems China has made you real fans of hot pot.

“Could you survive” You’re riding a bus, not entering a warzone 😂

The religion knows as "Snoring" proves that we all on this earth are same and one people. That's why we should stop fighting.

when I travel, I will bring some pairs of ear plugs

😂 that snoring!!! omg, that crack me up…😂😂😂

2:43 Don't buy the power bank promoted by the station staff, it may be fake. It only contains a few batteries and is not a real lithium-ion power bank. If you want to buy it, you can ask your Chinese friends to help you purchase it on JD and deliver it to your hotel. JD in China is very fast, usually ordering today and arriving tomorrow. Orders placed in first tier cities before 11am will arrive in the afternoon of the same day.

15:23 finger pointing at the "goblin" , you must have been really cheesed off by him all night 🤣🤣

Glad to see you are safe and sound after touring India. Enjoy your trip in China. You should be safe there.

as a chinese ,last time i took this kind of sleeper bus was in 2007 or 2008, thanks for your video reminding me happy childhood time

Actually in the front of the bus it says "eurostar"..... 😂

It's been over 20 years since I took the sleeper coach to Shenzhen when I was a kid. This type of bus has been banned in Guangdong area as early as more than a decade ago because of safety concerns.I can't believe it still exists.

HEY GUYS !!!! THAT WAS EPIC !!!! I Was in Kunming Last November 2023 for 3 Weeks !!! Lots of Friends There !!! Thank You For Your Videos....I Just Subscribed to Your Channel. ALL THE BEST !!!

You guys sound entitled. You been warned not to take the sleeper bus and you guys didn’t listen. No one to blame but yourselves.

you should try sleeper volvo laxmi holidays bus in india

If you're sensitive to noise, wear noise-cancelling ear buds, or just get ear plugs when you're on these kinds of overnight transportation trips. Saves your energy having to complain through half the video. And you'd probably get more sleep too. Good travel tip there.