Today has been totally crazy from start to finish.
Firstly the power cut I mentioned. I have my pack stored at the hostel and hire a bike from them. I Make my way to the railway station (also called a Ga). Ga Nga Trang.
When I got there, there were hundreds of people lined up an waiting in a seated area to buy tickets. It is a take a number and wait situation, but when I took my number I was advised I would have a one hour wait. Not only that, but the numbers are read out over a poor loudspeaker in Vietnamese .Two young vietnamese girls saw that I was a tourist and unlikely ever to get a ticket here and urged me toward the information counter...which is where a huge fight was underway. I saw a line of people where they were jostling and fighting...and I mean literally rolling on the ground fighting. Realising I was bigger in size, I decided take my chances.
I went right in. There were small vietnamese people going in all directions. I had to be very careful to keep a hold of my bag as it contained my passlort and everything. I managed to drag a few people off each other and try and form a line (behind me of course!). Still the shouting continued, so I got me camera going and tried to film it as a selfie movie lol
Eventually I got my ticket, from arriving to exiting the Ga, was about 10 mins lol
321000, was dearer than I was expecting, and its a 'soft' seat, what ever that means. I was told that the sleepers were allo booked. My train will leave about 7:45p, and not get in to Da Nang until approx 6am.
From here I make my way to Long Son Pagoda and the Giant White Buddha.
