Sa Pa was amazing. The people were great. The views fantastic. The Food delicious. Returning back from Sa Pa to Hanoi was already bitter sweet. We were ready to go to Ha Long Bay but we could have spent weeks more enjoying the landscape and hiking in Sa Pa. So alas, we boarded our train back to the big city and found our nice four berth soft sleeper to be cramped but still cozy.
We had been with our cabin mates throughout our Sa Pa adventure and had gotten to know them a bit. When we settled into our cabin we noticed a bug strolling across the small table, on further inspection it was realized to be a cockroach in all its glory. As the train started to meander away from the station more cockroaches began to literally come out of the woodwork. We then pulled the blanket back on the bed to discover hundreds more that were flowing from every cranny in the cabin. At that point our feeble attempts at controlling the problem were marginalized like no buddy's business. I had duct taped the first invasion point thoroughly but my half role of tape wouldn't hold up against the colony.
Daren our cabin mate then went to find a train attendant and I searched for an empty car so we could just move cabins. I returned around the same time a train attendant did. I had not found any empty cabins but the attendant had a solution. A rubber flip flop and some air freshener. I had to just laugh at his optomism of solving the problem with such precarious tools. You do have to give it to Viatamese they know how to win a battle against all odds whether it be against the foreign invaders or cockraoches galore. The attendant then went on a killing rampage and managed to annhiliate nearly all of the visible bugs and seemed quite satisfied with himself. But of course soon after he left the sheets were filled once again and we begged for mercy and finally got moved to an empty cabin. Actually we were uprgaded to the swanky VIP cabin which only had two beds but the four of us made due and were extactic to be done with the Cockroach Express!
Take note of the duct tape on the wall. That continued down to the floor in hope of staving off the invasion.
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