First night in Lao Cai, I stayed at this $4.30 a night room, with no private toilet. I helped a Chinese man check into this same hotel, after he was denied a room at another place, because of fear over the coronavirus. He couldn't speak a word of Vietnamese or English. About 40, dude had been in Vietnam on a 30-day visa, and was scheduled to leave the next day. I met him on a minibus from Dien Bien Phu.
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2 comments:
do you speak enough chinese to be of full assistance, or were you doing what you could under the circumstances?
Hi Craig,
I speak no Chinese. The guy had some translation app on his smartphone, so I knew what he needed.
With all the Chinese tourists gone, it's grim in Lao Cai, and even grimmer in Hekou, from what I can see across the river. There are almost no vehicles or people on the streets there.
Linh
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