Ich hatte einen Sleeper Express von Sa Pa nach Cat Ba und es sollte nach Plan 10h dauern, war die schnellste Option.
Der Bus stand im Depot, Abfahrt sollte 07:30 sein, ging dann um 08:00 los. Fernsehen oder USB gingen nicht, aber die Klimaanlage.
Es gab jede Menge Stopps unterwegs, ist vielleicht üblich, aber bedeutet keine schnelle Fahrt. 2 Pausen bis Ha Long, das war ok.
The company Sapa Dragon Express was great. We got detailed information and a comfortable seat while waiting for the busdriver. However, the trip from Hanoi to Sapa was awful! We had to sit in the back of the limousine bus, where the airconditioning was not working to well. Also the seatbelts were to small for tall people. Our biggest problem however was that the driver was a maniac. The driver drove incredibly fast. He overtook many vehicles in the mountain while we were in a very sharp (hairpin) turn, so with no sight if there was oncoming traffic. Also he overtook many vehicles on the road that was meant for oncoming traffic, which almost lead to frontal collisions several times. We had an actual accident with a motorbike. Several people in the bus asked the driver to slow down multiple times and said that they preferred to live and that there was no need to rush, but he ignored us. Good news was that we arrived in Sapa on time… but that was not worth the fear.
We were told 2.30pm leaving and get there half an hour before, 2pm. The driver was non stop messaging us and someone else that we were late. Which we weren’t, had to rush our lunch which wasn’t nice.
Very good vehicle, even the front row is the same limousine style so you cant get a bad seat. first stop after 2 hours and then the next stop right after the highway exit for Lao Cai
Smooth ride in a comfortable van with many fancy extras such as massage chairs and charging points. Good communication via WhatsApp. The only drawback was the placement of large stickers right in the middle of the side windows which prevented me from gazing out into the beautiful landscape.