The China-Laos Railway serves Yunnan's Pu'er city and Xishuangbanna, and the railway is a crucial factor in facilitating travel in the region. The Lao tourism authorities anticipate that around 368,000 Chinese travelers will visit Laos this year, up 21 percent compared to last year.

At 12:27 am, the D887 train arrived at Mohan station in Yunnan, before running onto the Laotian section. Yi gets off the train and spends the rest of the day visiting her grandparents who live in Naka village, Mengla county.

Yi says that the railway connects her family and her dream. This September, she plans to take her grandmother, who has never seen a train before, on a journey.