today we are taking a first-class overnight train from da nang to hanoi
this is gonna be interesting only one problem is we're separated
we're going to embark on a 20-hour journey starting hanoi which is our
last stop here in vietnam and i don't know how this first class experience is gonna go
it's absolutely nervous
we are traveling from the south to the north of vietnam and doing everything in between after
spending some time in ho chi minh city flying to da nang and spending a few days in hoi an
house now we are at the danang train station but before we embark on this 20-hour journey we're
gonna fill ourselves up with a bowl of food and i think we are really trying to prepare ourselves
for this 20-hour overnight journey we've never taken a train here in vietnam this is the first
time so we're actually super super excited but first let's show you where we're eating
here we are we're eating some fur here's the train station what more could you ask for
it's crazy here you just sit wait your turn and then they call out your train and there
you go okay the train arrives in 20 minutes
have we got some snacks we booked our tickets on 12 go asia but the problem the problem is
so many people booked that we are actually in separate births we're not together we're either
gonna have to be really really nice to somebody or it's going to be an interesting 20 hours
okay our train is here and we're in separate booths so i don't know how well this is gonna go
how do you know this is the first time that we're gonna be apart in three and
a half years don't have too much fun with that i'll miss you okay okay
okay on the bottom oh this is gonna be interesting okay good luck me kind of made it run see 20.
so i just found my c that there's a huge confusion because of them i'm c20
but in booth four this is booth this is room for no twenty
are you from south africa
i think i'm sharing a birthday family
so i'm the fifth one and there's no air conditioning in here
it's absolutely careful david's doing okay
all right so we are on our way
i'm already missing shape so i'm on my way to go and find those she's in a different coach
hello my room is okay i have a family on four they are so sweet and i have the cutest little kids
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hello
19 hours 50 to go there's kind of like a communal atmosphere here on the train so everybody is sorry
everybody is kind of getting out of their rooms chatting to their friends and
walking up and down even though it is going to be a very very long and loud 20 hours
i am really excited to take the train because you just see the country in
a completely different light compared to taking a plane which is only an hour or two
so oh going to give you a quick tour of my little cabin that i'm sharing
all my friends this is kind of what a first-class birth looks like which means we have four beds
instead of six the second-class bunks have six beds in each of them i think i put one
yeah put your foot there do you want to take your shoes off shoes shoes shoes on first shoes
relatively firm sturdy hopefully it won't fall off there's meant to be an aircon up
there i think this is where it's supposed to be but it's just not there the sheets are clean
i would say a few days i've got some lights so i'm currently with a family of
five now there's an extra family member it's really hot in here so hopefully devon's cabin
is much cooler than mine this is home for the next 20 hours oh what's in the cart
right now we're winding our way along the coastal
track and it's absolutely beautiful everyone was standing outside of their booth and we were like
really confused why you're not inside on your bed but now we get it the views are spectacular
19 hours to go but luckily we got some very good housemates and i think we're gonna have some fun
so as we're making our way down i really really hope it didn't sound like we were ungrateful
i think we were just in a bit of a shell shop because we were separated now that we're together
we're just so grateful that we get to do this we get to take the train we get to be in vietnam and
we're super super grateful for that this is an experience i will never ever forget
you really get to learn about your neighbors and you get up and close with them
they're actually so lovely they're all amazing they're super friendly and they're welcoming to
us because technically we're in their space we have the cutest neighbors in the world
snacks
like harry potter
we couldn't stand not being together so we decided to just plop together in
one person's booth and since devin's booth has got aircon we chose that one wow fruit trolley
look at that all kinds of fruits
wow your english is so good you speak so well
here let's let me show you shape sim no no no
from
where am i going
making all sorts of friends
we just made a new friend on the train you speak so well we're so happy to meet you
so it's about almost 6 p.m now and we've just made it to the province
of hawaii which if you will see on the map right now is only the second
stop on our trip these are our new friends what's your name who what's your name
girl is just trying to enjoy the view
look how well behaved the girls are so we've been on the train now for almost three hours
and so far it's been very entertaining we've made so many cute little friends
i've got to say that i have a newfound respect for solo travelers because if we weren't together
i don't actually know how i would be doing this 20-hour trip well done to you we don't
have as much courage as you do that's for sure so we can find at the train station
she stole my chips
so it's about 8 pm right now and we're in the province of don dong we're in the province
of dongha and we just checked google maps it says that we have about 11 hours to go
i just wanted to say that there are so many people sleeping in the sleeping alleyways
the corridor sleeping near the bathroom and we were kind of complaining that we had a heartbeat
that we were separated which in this case is not really valid and we have a major respect for these
people because they are so lovely and friendly it's about 10 13. i think we're gonna call it
oh
good morning from the train it is about 8 am so we we tried to sleep in
as much as we could i don't know how much sleep i
got i was awake about every hour i don't know how we managed to sleep but we did
also this has been going on for a while we are about two hours away from hanoi
now which i cannot wait to get there shaven iceland in the same bunk because
we couldn't be apart and it worked out okay
ladies and gentlemen the trance has taken you to namban we are correct we look absolutely correct
oh please stay with us goodness gracious
good morning
also we are about two hours away from hanoi and we haven't booked a hotel yet
so we're going there but we have no place to stay so we need to book that
right now and then hopefully we'll arrive soon
this is me every morning cooking an accommodation to check in two hours later
this is the side of travel that nobody sees
said any of you wanted to know what the bathroom situation is like on the train
toilet
gosh we actually made it
after 20 hours we can officially say we have made it to hanoi we will be here for
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