Traveling in a tight sleeper!

The way to a Hill-Tribe heart is a song by West-life

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February 6th 2007
So....after an amazing dinner at our fantastic Viet/Melbournite friend - Trang's families house...We took the 9 hour train-ride to Sapa. We had a sleeper - which although intimate - with 6 in a room - it was quite comfy and I got to sleep well. We arrived in Lao Cai train station at 5.30am and after a quick 'cafe sua' (strong black vietnamese coffee with sweetened condensed milk mmmmm) we took ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more