On this return train trip, I traveled from Bien Hoa Train Station (Ga Bien Hoa) to Hanoi (Ga Ha Noi). I boarded the train at Bien Hoa when it was blazing hot. When the train was leaving the station, it started pouring down: I had been sipping my tea gazing at the rain through the train window.

On this return train journey through Vietnam, you will find the forest in the South of the Central Coast, of the coconut forest and areca palm trees in Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai, of the blue sea and white sandy beaches from the Hai Van Pass between Da Nang and Hue, of the idyllic green rice fields in Quang Tri and Quang Binh...

The journey concluded in Hanoi in mid morning with bright sun and with temperatures building up. It had been like autumn weather when I left the city three weeks ago. No problems. I headed home when cold beer was calling my name...