13 hours down, 17 to go!
I'm the one who has a thing for trains so I thought it'd be great to take the Reunification Train from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi. I'd like to say that it was a really good idea but....well it's been an adventure and I did get to see the scenery. We got very lucky in some ways. Lower bunks and two very nice swedish boys as cabin mates. Sebastian and Simon slept most of the trip which started at 11pm and then they departed at Hue around 5pm. About an hour out of Hue Simon says 'that wasn't very long'. I wish I was a teenager who could sleep 14 hours straight!
From 11pm-5am a sweet family with a baby joined us the rest of the way to Hanoi. They generously gave us 'happy new year' gifts of a 20,000 vnd bill and we were able to politely give the baby a dollar bill."Is tradition"she says.
I'm the one who has a thing for trains so I thought it'd be great to take the Reunification Train from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi. I'd like to say that it was a really good idea but....well it's been an adventure and I did get to see the scenery. We got very lucky in some ways. Lower bunks and two very nice swedish boys as cabin mates. Sebastian and Simon slept most of the trip which started at 11pm and then they departed at Hue around 5pm. About an hour out of Hue Simon says 'that wasn't very long'. I wish I was a teenager who could sleep 14 hours straight!
From 11pm-5am a sweet family with a baby joined us the rest of the way to Hanoi. They generously gave us 'happy new year' gifts of a 20,000 vnd bill and we were able to politely give the baby a dollar bill."Is tradition"she says.
Photos: our travel mates, scenery, $5 train breakfast
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