Overnight Train to Hue

Adventures on the overnight train....

The sleeper cabins on the overnight train turned out to be much more comfortable & clean than I had expected. I think I was imagining something along the lines of Slumdog Millionaire (?!?)
The cabins are pretty much basic hostel standard. Clean enough to feel comfortable, basic (cleanish looking) bedding on hard bunks -with our sleep sheets on and our luggage stowed under the beds we felt relaxed enough to bunk down and get some sleep. 

We were lucky to share a cabin with two lovely, polite Korean students - June & Tom. We chatted for a while - soccer really is the international language - before all retiring to our bunks to read and listen to music. Pretty civilized really! 

I think I managed about 6 hours of sleep (be it a bit broken, a bit tossy turny) to awake at 3am to a view of rice fields in the darkness. As the sun rose & the fog lifted we watched rainforests pass by and give way to more rice fields & tall rocky mountains. We passed through small villages and arrived in Hue at 10am. 


Not only is soccer the international language - but so is "iPhone"! Tom works as a graphic designer and he showed us the applications that he has contributed to. June made sure we arrived safely at our destination, he is working in Hue for 6 months as an English teacher. A lovely couple of blokes.

Jess x