Our stay in China was short and sweet mainly because we were so keen to get to Vietnam as, for us, this is really where we hope our adventures will begin. It sounds sad to say that we saw China as a means to an end but that is how it was. Whereas in the past we have both flirted with the idea of visiting China, on this occasion, neither of us harboured any desire to explore this huge country or its enormous cities and we therefore made for the Vietnamese border as quickly as we could. This journey was going to require us to take two trains, two metro trains, two buses and three taxis. Sounds exhausting? Actually it wasn't. Day 1 began at Hung Hom station in Hong Kong. Checking in for an international
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