Victoria Orient Express

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Our flight was delayed and we arrived in Hanoi just in time to get to the travel agency, get a quick bite, and then off to the Victoria Orient Express. Our memory of Hanoi has changed. Although we arrived in the dark, the city was vibrant and frenetic. When we were last here, there were two routes to the city from the airport. One a toll road and the other was the general road. At that time, the toll road was vacant. Now it is the central passage and is no longer a toll road. Unlike Saigon, Hanoi has narrow roads that are also filled with throngs of weaving motorbikes. After a brief ride to the train station from APT travel, we boarded our sleeper car. Our mahogany birth was small and cozy. Alex and Ariel got the top bunks. It was kind of a treat as Alex just finished Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. We figure we were fine unless we ran into Hercule Peirot

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