After a 4 hours ride by bus from Nanning we arrived to Pingxian - The border town, from there we took a Motorbike taxi to the border - Friendship Gate it called.
There is 500 meters walk between the Chinese and the Vietnam's frontiers.
Before having our passports stamped at the Chinese side, we were asked to follow the officers to a side room and have our bags checked, they were interested in anti Communist sensitive materials such as Books, CD's, notebooks etc.
the border gate:
At the Vietnamese side we had to fill up some costum forms and get a health check, well, you can be as sick as you want when you get to Vietnam as long as you pay the voucher that says you are alright (1 Sheqel), we guess this is how the system works here ...
We had to bargain a lot at the border to get a ride to the closest town from the Vietnamese side - Lang son, it was very strange to get used to a new currency all of a sadden. From Lang son, we took a local bus (4.5 hours) to Cao Bang and spent there the night, the road was a breath taking, we crossed many rice fields and authentic villages.
We left our hotel at 7:00 A.M in China and checked in in our new Vietnamese hotel at 19:00 P.M, except the border crossing which was on foot, we spend all our day in public transportation.
We didn't feel like we moved into a new country except the differences with the language, currency and signs on the roads ...
Have fun,
Efrat and Yoni.
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