Journey to Hanoi
We booked on the sleeper train to Hanoi and found out the journey will take 25 hours. Yikes!
It was really comfortable! We had a cabin to ourselves with two beds and Phil and I just relaxed, read a book and looked out the window. Periodically, the conductor would knock on our door and bring us food and drinks and otherwise, we were left to our own devices. It was a really great journey.
We ended up chatting to a couple of people on the train but for most of it, we chilled out and listened to the Vietnamese radio station. We got into Hanoi station at 4.30am and then tried to spend some time doing nothing until the hotels opened and we'd be able to get a room.
Got picked up by a random man on the street as people in Hanoi don't get up as early as people in the south and he took us to his hotel which was ok-ish. But while we waited for our room, I met this girl who turned out to be an osteopath! How strange is that? Anyway, got some advice from her for the old back and then went to bed.
Hanoi is so cold! I'm freezing and Phil and I are wearing our buffaloes! I want my winter coat and ski trousers! There is no heating here and the floors are stone tiles, so you really feel the chill even in your room. Give me sunshine, please!
It was really comfortable! We had a cabin to ourselves with two beds and Phil and I just relaxed, read a book and looked out the window. Periodically, the conductor would knock on our door and bring us food and drinks and otherwise, we were left to our own devices. It was a really great journey.
We ended up chatting to a couple of people on the train but for most of it, we chilled out and listened to the Vietnamese radio station. We got into Hanoi station at 4.30am and then tried to spend some time doing nothing until the hotels opened and we'd be able to get a room.
Got picked up by a random man on the street as people in Hanoi don't get up as early as people in the south and he took us to his hotel which was ok-ish. But while we waited for our room, I met this girl who turned out to be an osteopath! How strange is that? Anyway, got some advice from her for the old back and then went to bed.
Hanoi is so cold! I'm freezing and Phil and I are wearing our buffaloes! I want my winter coat and ski trousers! There is no heating here and the floors are stone tiles, so you really feel the chill even in your room. Give me sunshine, please!
posted by Phil and Tanja @ 7:25 AM
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