Vietnam/Cambodia Aug 2022
Jul 3, 2022, 6:21 pm
#31
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: DEL
Programs: SA, JAL, EK
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Quite satisfactory. There are food carts with snacks, instant foods and packaged meals. Two of the large stations on the way (Da Nang and Hué ) have shops selling food, drinks, clothes and slippers. The carriages themselves are clean and toilets well maintained. The views from the line are excellent.
Jul 3, 2022, 6:25 pm
#32
Join Date: Aug 2021
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Quite satisfactory. There are food carts with snacks, instant foods and packaged meals. Two of the large stations on the way (Da Nang and Hué ) have shops selling food, drinks, clothes and slippers. The carriages themselves are clean and toilets well maintained. The views from the line are excellent.
I've heard parts of that trip are spectacular, particularly near Da Nang and Hue, but didn't have time for train travel when I was there in 2019.
Jul 3, 2022, 6:52 pm
#33
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: DEL
Programs: SA, JAL, EK
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6-berth airconditioned class (there's a 4 berth also available)
Shops on the railway platform at Da Nang
One of the many food carts that rolled by within the carriage
Jul 7, 2022, 9:14 pm
#36
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Jul 7, 2022, 10:44 pm
#37
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: DEL
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Sausages, fried chicken (without breadcrumbs), shrimp, dumplings, soup, ready to eat meals in bamboo baskets, packaged snacks, instant noodles, breads, local cakes, tea, soft drinks, its a long list. The carriages have a hot water dispenser which is commonly used for instant noodles and tea.
Jul 7, 2022, 10:48 pm
#38
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A better question is what do they not sell !
Sausages, fried chicken (without breadcrumbs), shrimp, dumplings, soup, ready to eat meals in bamboo baskets, packaged snacks, instant noodles, breads, local cakes, tea, soft drinks, its a long list. The carriages have a hot water dispenser which is commonly used for instant noodles and tea.
Sausages, fried chicken (without breadcrumbs), shrimp, dumplings, soup, ready to eat meals in bamboo baskets, packaged snacks, instant noodles, breads, local cakes, tea, soft drinks, its a long list. The carriages have a hot water dispenser which is commonly used for instant noodles and tea.
Jul 8, 2022, 12:07 pm
#41
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Jul 8, 2022, 12:20 pm
#42
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Jul 9, 2022, 10:14 am
#44
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: DinHo Ecotour (Mekong Delta, Vietnam)
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Jul 9, 2022, 1:54 pm
#45
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 187
Anyone been to Vietnam recently? Curious about both the Covid rules and Covid realities. For example, Thailand is supposedly wide open with no mask rules, but I've heard everyone is still wearing masks and expects everyone else to as well. Not interested in a Covid debate. Just have no interest in flying halfway around the world and then walking around in a mask in 90-degree weather. Thanks.
Where the mask wearing is strong is Kuala Lumpur (didn't visit the rest of Malaysia to comment).