I'm not sure if my strategy to adapt my system to South East Asia has been a good one. Eating the local food and brushing my teeth with tap water, may be the reason for my 3rd course of antibiotics this trip. Either that or being at altitude again is disagreeing with me. In Australia we brought something called a gastro pack from the docs. It contained different strength tablets depending on the symptoms, lets just say I'm on the strongest set. With an overnight train journey ahead I'm hoping they start working pretty quickly.
There is a huge variation in pricing here, the bus from the hotel to the train station costs $20, the one from the tour office down the road costs $2. Why am I surprised at the quality of the $2 bus? The taxi drivers seem to work on a "how rich do you look basis" and despite my best efforts to look like I haven't washed for a week, I reckon I'm still being charged what I should.
After an hours trip back down the mountain to Lao Cai we boarded the overnight train. As you can see from the photo very luxurious. This time our carriage was at the back of the train so a little quieter.
Highlights: Luxury train ride
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