I might have been wrong to love so blindly. I might have been a bit overeager with my spoken passion. I might have acted on a notion that was more romantic than factual.
After my most recent fifteen hour love affair gone wrong, I think I have to abandon my love for train travel.
It is devastating and completely heart shattering, but even for a
person who can travel rougher than some, it was a difficult journey.
We had reserved the 4-perth soft sleeper cabin with
air-conditioning on one of the best trains in Vietnam; but even so the
trip from Hanoi to Hoi An (8/7-8) was less than enjoyable.
It did offer beautiful views of the countryside - all lush and green, a view out onto the ocean - as we passed near the coast and glimpses of cities - as we rode along.
But leaving all that aside - our cabin was a tiny tin box with air-conditioning so cold it was unbearable, questionable bedding and mini cockroaches that could be seen walking around at times.
Not ideal.
Not romantic.
Yet we survived.
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