I travel to China in the end of June and plan to cross the
border from China to Vietnam in the beginning of July.
My last place to stay will be Kunming, where I would like to
take the train to Hanoi. Does anybody know, where the train
crosses the border, how often the train goes (what days)from
Kunming and if it is difficult to get a ticket (and a visa,
for that matter)in Beijing ?
Would be very thankfull for information !
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Train Kunming Hekou(China) Lao Cai(Vietnam) Hanoi.
Fridays and Sundays. Kunming North Station. tel. 5153506
Departure Kunming 14,45hrs. Arrival Hanoi one day later
7,40hrs.Tickets easy available via Hotels in Kunming or
tourist offices. I do not know if it is possible to buy
traintickets already in Beijing.
Sleeper Yuan 273.Entry point for VN.visum in your passport
should be Lao Cai.This visum you can arrange best before
your trip, otherwise in Beijing or maybe Kunming.
There is a restaurant on the train.Good Chinese menues,
you should take English-Chinese Menue cards from home.
The trip is very beautiful and long.In July last year I was
the only foreign passenger on the train. I had a waggon for
myself. Customs from China very friendly. Customs from
Vietnam very friendly also but they liked to have English
Lessons and I had to pay 1 US Dollar for Mr.customs personel
affairs. I forget to ask 1 US Dollar for the English
lessons. I often passed this border crossing and it was
always a pleasant trip without problems. You should consider
buying a ticket to Lao Cai. From the train station in Lao
Cai you can easily reach Sapa a very famous Vietnamese
tourist spot.From Lao Cai there are daily trains to Hanoi.
Dear Erik,
thank you very much for the detailed information. The trip
sounds great and I can┤t wait to go abroad the train !
If you need to know something about Sweden at some point,
I'm glad to help.
Greetings from sunny Stockholm,
/Pamela