This train had cabins of four, with very narrow bunk beds on each wall. There was no option to fold them into seats, which was fine for us who all knew each other and were happy to share the space, but must get awkward when you have strangers together and have to stay crammed on your bunk.
There wasn't a ton of space to move around, getting up and down could be tricky.
My minion came along for the ride. While we were in Halong Bay he remained in Hanoi guarding the bags we left behind. He looks happy to be on a train.
In the photo above you can see the mustard colored pillow and blanket that were on the bed when we got there. I've never been so glad to have a sleep sack in my life. We pretty much all shoved the stuff they gave us under the bottom bunk. I used the pillow, but with a towel and my sleep sack over it. Partway through the night I got cold since there was no way to stop the AC from blasting, and pulled one of the blankets over me, but touched it as little as possible.
When the morning came, a woman came in to deal with our linens. She was extremely unhappy with us when she saw they were all mostly shoved under the beds. She took the blankets, folded it up and placed them at the head of each bed with a pillow on top. Who knows when the last time those were washed, ew.
The train arrived (late, as we suspected might happen) into Hue, though at first glance we weren't so sure we had arrived, as there didn't appear to be a station. The train seemed to have just stopped randomly. As we exited and began following all the other people we found pavement and eventually a station.
With that, we left behind the north and entered South Vietnam.
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