What sort of public transport do superheroes use?
Bus Lightyear
11th February 2020
So after coming back from the beautiful Ha Long Bay it wasn’t long until we found out, you guessed it, that the schools would be closed for another week. BUT we are now on full pay and doing no work so it’s less worrisome. This meant only one thing now, where else do we want to go and see…Ninh Binh.
Now, getting to Ninh Binh was so easy task. First, we had to find our way to the bus station. This should have been easy enough but when you type the name of it into google and three different places pop up without any clarity on any website then it becomes a little tricky. As it’s us obviously we were ready to go and decided that we’d aim to get to the station with about a half hour to spare to give us some time, and obviously because it is us we ended up at the wrong station the first time round. After some panic and a very helpful local we got the actual address and got to the bus with about two minutes to spare. Now for the three hour bus journey. This probably sounds as dreadful to you as it did to us but once we stepped on to the bus it was a different story. We each got out own reclined seat with a pillow and a blanket. Better than any mode of public transport I’ve been on before. With Netflix and my headphone I was good to go and the three hours flew past, until in the final hour I realised there was no toilet and the dreaded urgency crept up on me and that final hour lasted longer than the entire trip so far.
We were dropped off in Ninh Binh, pretty much in the middle of nowhere. However, we could see a Big C superstore and that meant lunch so off we went and found a basic fast food place which was fine for the price we paid and got sucked in to watching a compilation of amazing tricks and attempts on the tv as we discussed our plans for the day. Once we sorted ourselves out we got our grabs and headed for the hostel. Back in the UK, if I told you I was only paying seven pounds a night for a hostel each and I wanted a double bed, an ensuite, a pool and free breakfast you would pretty much laugh in my face. Not in Vietnam. We were greeted by a very friendly owner, who only spoke a little english but he was giving us his best efforts and we had a little explore around the place.
After a short nap and getting refreshed we went out to find some food. Beth and I had booked a different hostel than the others, who were only a ten minute walk away so we met them in the centre and it was time to choose a restaurant, all of which now served vegan and vegetarian options which opened up our groups choices. Once settled in we sat, ate and had a few drinks but it was definitely an early night kind of day so we wandered back to our hostel and prepared for an amazing nights sleep. I think we’re going to like it here!
– Dan
Beth and Dan go to Vietnam 