An epic rail journey across Vietnam
Restored immediately after the Vietnam War, the country’s North-South Railway is still seen as “a shining symbol” of a “progressive, unified” nation. More than 1,700km long, it links Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City and passes close to many famous sights in between, says Alex Robinson in Wanderlust. There are sleeper cabins, but it is also worth staying overnight at various places along the way. Your stops might include Ðong Hoi, for the Phong Nha caves, with their towering stalactites; Hue, the capital of the 19th century Nguyen emperors, replete with temples, palaces and tombs; and the “beautifully preserved” old trading port of Hoi An, from which the 1,500-year-old ruined city of My Son (a sort of “Angkor Wat in miniature”) is easy to reach.
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