Leaving Hue we took the overnight train up to Hanoi; about a 13 hour journey. With my shoulders still red from sunburn the hardest thing for me was running along with my rucksack trying to get on the train. Extreme pain. Ouch! The sleeper train was actually pretty good with 4 people to each room, each with their own bunk. Myself, Kenji, Steve and Brooke shared one, (a room not a bunk). The train food that was included with the ticket leaved a lot to be desired. It looked absolutely disgusting.. 5 nasty objects floating in liquid, meat of pig skin, fat, flesh, bone and innards, something resembling soup and some rice. Whilst most people could only eat the rice, Kenji loved everything apart from the rice. “Rice Bad” he said. It was pretty funny! Luckily,
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