Vietnam Part 3

January 1 was a rough morning and I didn't even make it to midnight.  We rode back to town from the Farmstay to catch an early morning train.  I ran across the street for some coffee to go.

 Max continued to shy away from Asian women as Isabella watched on.

 We were originally told that we could make arrangements for a sleeper cabin on the train when we arrived in Vietnam.  Of course, when were tried to make those arrangements, only seats were available.

We were not amused as the train ride south was 14 hours. That's almost the same as our flight Stateside to Korea without the decent food, nice seats, friendly service, inseat videos, pillows......you get the idea.  It sucked, but it was an experience.

I will say that for about a 2 hour stretch of that ride, it was stunningly beautiful.  The ocean out one side and the jungle on the other. 

 

I finally had to take the kids to the dining car if that's what you want to call it.  We ordered noodles which was OK.  The only problem was the motion of the train made our soup slosh all over the table and eventually down my pants.

Finally, we made it to Nha Trang.