DAY 21: After i get my visa, irun quickly to Kunming Railway Station, where there are at least 3 Bus Stations, I asked them if i could get a ticket to HE KOU, all the answer is NO. FULL! So i have to take a bus to GE JIU instead. I paid 70 to the bus driver.
DAY 22. the bus starts at 21:45, stops from time to time, arrived at GE JIU at 4:00 in the morning.
DAY 22: we take another bus to HEKOU at 8:00, it takes me 5 hours to reach there.
Day 22: No Health Certificates (JianKangZheng), bribe the Vietnamese Hygene official (female) 20 yuan, and was let pass.
Day 22: Take the train SP2 Lao Cai --Hanoi. First Class Hard Sleeper. price: 250.000.00dong.
When i got on the train, i found to my astonishment, this is the worst train ive even seen. 6 beds in the room, the air-con is bad, the room stinks, its something like a prisoners jail. Were tricked by the vietnamse! FIRST CLASS HARD SLEEPERS is actually a prisoners room! Since the vietnamese often cheat people, so you are not supposed to be too annoyed.
The following VN dong to RMB exchanging rate is the rate of the date23, 07, 2009:
the latest RMB to Vietnamese Dong Exchange Rate
(published by LiMu 18zi, July 23rd, 2009)
100 RMB=2700.00dong (He Kou)
100RMB=2750.00dong (Lai Jie)
100RMB=1690.00dong (He nei)