Saturday, September 02, 2006




Train journey to Hanoi

Tourists here must pay far more than locals, and we ended up having to pay $35 each to get from Hue to Hanoi. We heard alot about the trains with seperate compartments with two bunkbeds in each and air conditioning. We didn't want to get the buses anymore, so were quite excited! On entering the train there was a family of farmers, and two were in our bed. They were four in the other bunkbed, nice people, but they kept throwing things onto the floor, and spitting! 15 hours later we arrived in Hanoi.

Aprés Hue, on a prit le train diresction la capital Hanoi. On pensait que le train serait mieux que le Bus. non, non... 15 heures dans une cabine minuscule avec 4 couchettes. Le plus gros probleme c'etait la famille de 4 paysans qui était dans notre cabine. 6 pour 4 lits, pas terrible. Ils parlait bien enttendu pas anglais, mais tenaient absolument à nous parler!!! Ils étaient sympas (on comprenait rien) mais malheureusement un peu degueux!! Ils crachaient partout...
Cote positif, la vue du train