Lao Cai

... 'e, nous prenons la voiture pour rejoindre Hanoï vers 18h30 à l'hôtel de Parfum d'Automne. Pas de temps à perdre, notre train pour Lao Cai est à 21h10, vite, une bonne douche, un dîner copieux et convivial. Il est déjà 20h, notre taxi est ...

... . You gotta love the dodgy cops. He has offered me a sleeper seat fro 450000. I took it cos I was thinking I might get stuck in Lao Cai. As soo as I payed him he let me put my bag in his office to look aftre it before the train. He did heaps of business ...

... to sleep on the train. (much better than sleeping on rough waters!) (of course Gravol helped Jennifer pass out immediately!) We woke up at Lao Cai at 6am. Lao Cai is actually right at the Vietnam-Chinese border. We were then shuttled onto a bus to ...

Arriving by train in Lao Cai late afternoon we were again 'surrounded' by hungry taxi drivers all competing for our fare. This town didn’t appear large but I knew from past experiences that looks CAN be deceiving. Again we chose NOT to go with the ...

... who had just come from China & they shared their horror toilet & bus trip stories!!Caught 5pm  mini bus from our hotel to Lao Cai. The road seemed windier & more hair pinned than the ride here a few days ago & I could feel my stomach ...