TSC Train
Hanoi to Laocai (Sapa) - Hanoi Deluxe
Express Train
The TSC Express Train is wooden
carriage, soft sleeper AC cabin with
soft 4 berths and two toilet at either
ends. Each berth is equipped with
individual reading lights, baggage
storage and spacious trunk for suite
case and hand luggage
TSC Express
Train to Sapa
TSC Express
Train is
wooden carriage,
soft sleeper AC
cabin with soft 4
berths and two
toilet at either
ends. Each berth is
equipped with
individual reading
lights, baggage
storage and spacious
trunk for suite case
and hand luggage.
The train provide
also water and cold
tower.
*Wooden deluxe cabin
4 berths at
US$ 60 are per
person for return
*Superior cabin 4
berths at US$ 50 are
per person for
return
- Free picking
up from Hanoi to
Train Station
- One way ticket
are available
- Ticket price
does not include
meals
Sapa
Sapa is the most popular place to go in
the Far Northwest amongst budget
travelers and packages tourists alike.
By using Sapa as a
base
you can hike off to more remote
‘traditional’ hill tribe villages and
sometimes you will be offered a bed in a
village for the night. Sapa was
originally built as a hill station in
the early part of this century and, in
winter, gets bitterly cold. If you are
going to be visiting Sapa in winter do
not forget the winter woollies.
Sapa is preparing itself for the
continuing tourist boom considerably
well. Behind Sapa, towards Phong Tho is
a high pass forming part of the Hoang
Lien Mountains that were known to the
French as the Tonkinese Alps. This range
includes Fansipan, the highest mountain
in Vietnam at 3,143m, which view at dawn
could be spectacular.
There is a weekend market in Sapa during
which the town fills up with hilltribe
people selling their wares. If you want
to see these tribes as they
"traditionally" live (as opposed to
flogging jackets to tourists), either go
for a hike or head over to Dien Bien Phu
from Sapa. This stretch has the most
traditional people you will see in the
whole of Vietnam. It seems that most
tourist groups pile into Sapa during the
weekend for the market. However,
travelers have reported that during the
week is a much better time to catch a
glimpse of the real Sapa avoiding from a
big hassle of tourists.
You can hike in the surrounding area and
visit a number of fairly traditional
predominantly Mong hilltribe villages.
Further afield is the colourful Red Zao,
Dzay, Tay and Xa Pho people. A home stay
in the Tay village would be
unforgettable experience
