Our next destination was some way north. Since we hadn't been on a sleeper train in Asia, we thought we might as well give it a go!
As we booked late we could only get what they call 'hard sleeper'. This is 6 bunks per cabin on a hard bed.
This is the tiny corridor that fit Mark snuggly.
This is our cabin and we were on the bed above Marks head which is the middle bunk. There are no seats only the corridor to stand. We shared our cabin with a Vietnamese couple with a baby we managed to discover was 6 months old by sign language as they spoke no English lol!
Well into the 15 hour journey they were sharing food with us and even bought us breakfast, trying to make us feel as welcome as possible!
Five hours into the journey the lady under Kate got off and a Vietnamese man got on , probably about 11pm by now. The man woke us all up after a couple of hours loudly talking in his sleep seeming very distressed- it was a bit scary.
When light arrived about 5.30am we got to se a bit of the countryside.
We finally arrived after 16 hours to Da Nang - our stop, followed by a 40 minute taxi ride to Hoi An we were shattered but it was an experience!
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