We take the 9 a.m. train out of Hanoi, towards Ninh Binh in the countryside. The train is pretty easy. We are the only non Vietnamese (falang = gringo in Latin America), and squeeze into our seats with the rest…

We take the 9 a.m. train out of Hanoi, towards Ninh Binh in the countryside. The train is pretty easy. We are the only non Vietnamese (falang = gringo in Latin America), and squeeze into our seats with the rest…