Peace and Hope at Friendship Village
November 21st 2007 November 7th - November 21st:
My trip to Ha Noi started with an agonizng overnight train from Hue. After a two hour routine delay I climbed aboard and entered my sleeper car to find the room inhabited by an extra 3 passengers - instead of 4 people we were now 7 and every inch of space was taken up by luggage or sprawling appendages. I wrestled my top bunk bed space free and had to use that to s
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