The night train from Hanoi to Hue

After having spent nights on this trip in hotel rooms of different standards, on planes, on a boat and in a motorhome, we thought we'd also try the sleeper train experience.






At Hanoi main station things were as busy as expected. Lots of people everywhere, including quite a few who had spotted us and volunteered their services to get us to the right train (against a tip, of course). Fortunately, we already had our bags with one porter and so when we politely declined their advances they all left us in peace.



Our cabin was, well, compact:



But relatively clean and, most importantly, with air-conditioning.



The kids slept very well, whereas Sabine and I didn't really. But, hey, it's all part of the experience. Including the big cockroach in the aisle outside our cabin which greeted me this morning...

13 hours later we arrived in Hue in the center of Vietnam (NB: "Ga" means train station in Vietnamese; probably influenced from the French word "Gare"):



Ready for the next city (...and for the next night in a proper hotel bed again).