Sa Pa, Vietnam
We caught an overnight train from
Hanoi to Sai Pai. I had memories from my Thailand to Laos train from back in the day on a boys trip, and thought if it was anything like that, then a lot of complaints would be coming Dads way from Ruby. However it was the opposite, with cabins of four resulting in Dad and myself with two randoms, who I thought were Malaysians as I could understand their dialogue to a degree due to my Indonesian.
We arrived in Lai Moi around 7...