New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- A foreign woman traveller has gone viral after sharing her night-time journey on an Indian Railways train, describing it as far better than she had expected.

Ines Faria, a 25-year-old backpacker who left her job to travel the world, posted an Instagram video titled First night train in India as a woman, in which she spoke about her positive experience.

"I thought this was going to be chaotic. First sleeper train in India and it was actually such a good experience. Note to self: stop overthinking everything," she wrote in the caption.

Faria boarded the train with a friend and said she was surprised by how clean it was, especially as she had assumed it might be unhygienic.

"It was a bit small with our big bags, but...