The trip was definitely an adventure. The trains of Viet Nam can't compare to Thailand's trains. Since it was TET, each sleeper compartment had 6 bunks...Intrepid arranged it so we had only had 4 people per compartment....our apartment had Simon/Elizabeth/Jun and myself...see Jun climbing up to his bunk...I had the bottom bunk because of my frequent trips to the head... Our train car had a squat toilet with separate wash facilities...it was as clean as going on a boyscout camp out...but fun. See picture of a guy sleeping in an area between cars and people sitting in an area outside our sleeper compartments...there was limited room in the numerous coach since it was TET and millions of people were traveling...it was fun because we talked to some of them and shared some of our travel goodies.
The train rocked and rolled throughout the night...I believe I got about 5 hours of sleep. I would like to thank my loving daughter, Laura, for giving me as a Christmas present a sheet sleeping bag...kept something between my tender body and the bed covers...wheeew.
Departed Hanoi at 11 PM and arrived in Hue at 11:30 AM the next day...talk to you later. Pictures of the landscape as we traveled...notice the green rice fields....Viet Nam has extensive irrigation systems for their farmers...much different than Lao...also see a cemetery...
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