The only way to get to platform four at the station is to cross the tracks
I had booked a 'hard sleeper' as I was told that this was all that was available, it was actually really comfortable.
There were five sweet Vietnamese women sharing my cabin and the only laughed a little at my clumsy assent to the third bunk. Once there I wasn't moving as there was no guarantee that I would be able to climb up again.
We arrived in Dong Hoi at 4.30am and headed straight to the Farmstay at Phong Nha
