Would You Take Vietnam's LONGEST Train Journey?

I took my longest train journey ever, a 43 hour adventure from the north of Vietnam to the south on a local train. For $40 a ticket it got you a small a bed with a pillow and blanket and nothing more, not even food was included. We had no idea what to expect but we were ready for the experience! Would you take Vietnam's longest train?!
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[@johnwilliams2768]

Kat is such a good traveler, we want more videos with her.

[@BackpackerBen]

🤝 coming

[@kenttheboomer721]

Yeah, she's awesome. Love the Roma aesthetic she's rockin' in this video.

[@greg794]

Spicy 🌶

[@Lionking1190]

@@MillaSofia-mo8xf why would he gets jealous if he is with her?! 😂😂😂 nonsense and petty you are coming the same subject in all his videos! Seems childish to me 😅

[@thany3]

Yes, they're a cute couple. And it's something different from the endless amount of solo travellers on youtube.

[@737T1C130]

Ben, I hope you fully realize what you've found in Kat. She's rare, brother. Safe travels.

[@BackpackerBen]

A top security

[@Pookasita]

Much easier on the eyes than that Bald MFer you often travel with.

[@user-ne6ik6jn5l]

😂😂😂

[@kade_kam_dad]

Kat has the best attitude. She’s adorable ☺️

[@miwaresoft8641]

Cat is a gem. She makes your videos come alive with her fantastic energy.

[@user-hi6ki5ck8r]

You're not a sad chap but you seem happier when Kats around! In saying that,so am I.

[@PJS_PJS]

You two are such a great couple 😃

[@BackpackerBen]

Up next a country that many of you have perhaps never heard of…any guesses where it can be? Stay tuned in a few days you’ll see me there 🚀

[@chilbertuk1960]

Are you going to see the sultan of Brunei Ben?

[@vgshwk]

Myanmar or Bhutan maybe?

[@Hundredakerwood439]

Laos 🤔

[@nielsrosink5051]

Bhutan?

[@jokerall]

Cambodia

[@Tyblubearboy]

Another great video Ben.. hope you and Kat made the most of the capsule 😉

[@sicr7373]

Don't come a knocking when the capsules a rocking!

[@harvey22]

Another really great video, Ben! I love your laid back attitude and subtle humor. Kat's a real sport and adds loads to the overall trip -- great chemistry between the two of you. I think I am enjoying your videos more than Mr. Bald's! I look forward to the next leg of your journey. Cheers from Richard in Reno

[@BackpackerBen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SilverfoxJB]

Mr Bald has lost his spark, needs to do more collabs with Baldr (Who also has lost his Spark) Simon Wilson or Ben (Who is are both on a roll). (Definitely not Tim K or that Johnny FD dude though!)

[@pierreverschueren8382]

@@SilverfoxJB Johnny FD Is nothing more than a whinger 🤣

[@SilverfoxJB]

@@pierreverschueren8382 I can't stand him or Tim K

[@NazrulAsit]

Kat is always happy

[@shanepower1992]

Brilliant Video as usual Ben mate great to to see you back on you’re Travels. And what a woman Kat is her smile is the best!

[@BackpackerBen]

Absolutely⭐️

[@JesudeGannes]

Kat's energy is excellent! Ofcourse everyone want's pics with her lol Great video again Ben, really shows what the true experience is like. Thank you.

[@BackpackerBen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JesudeGannes]

@@BackpackerBen Always! ... So far 😂

[@KjayCarving]

LOL so adorable when she shows you the capsule 😂 what a fantastic travel Duo

[@03085716]

cat is looking great

[@liamburns8554]

Been binging on Ben’s vids. The appalling diet pains me, puts me off doing any backpacking at 40! In my 20’s it didn’t bother me. Great vids though!

[@druidical]

Thanks for your regular updates. Always very entertaining and informative. Greetings from Scotland

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks for watching!

[@pierreverschueren8382]

Kat you look like a hippie from the seventies. love it 🥰

[@bondmood]

Fantastic video! The previous train medley was a nice touch. As soon as I see a video title starting with "Would you..." I immediately think no and I didn't even see what it's about yet! Hahaha. I'm more of an adventure in a nice hotel. Maybe when I was younger, though! Thanks Ben and Kat!

[@BackpackerBen]

😆 the dreaded would you

[@sarahjane8949]

Love the Ben and Kat vlogs 🤗🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@BackpackerBen]

😬🤝

[@sarahjane8949]

@@BackpackerBen Ben what’s your take on the Israel and Gaza war

[@johnwhite1832]

Fantastic work and content again safe travels both of you .

[@BackpackerBen]

Many thanks!

[@skchoraiya3472]

Is Cat this sweet off camera as well? What a keeper!

[@giraffesinc.2193]

She's adorable!!

[@tokingreens]

So good - keep it going and have fun!

[@DJ33970]

Thanks for another great video! You had me lmao a few times! Cheers!

[@user-iv3qd9tz1n]

Great video Ben Kat enjoying each and every one keep safe looking forward to the next subscriber Australia ❤

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks so much! More to come matey

[@ireland647]

Love these videos your train journeys are good content

[@BackpackerBen]

Glad you like them!

[@themaverickprotocol]

Wow! This trip was even better than the last one! It's always good when you bring Kat along. The train ride was great and I liked the look of the hotel at the end - not the capsules coz I reckon they're too small, but the look of the hotel in general is sorta cool.

[@andrewhammond2699]

35 hours on a train is nothing. I spent 7 days on a train from Moscow to Beijing a couple of years ago... The longest train journey in the world. And 90% of the 7,000 mile line is just a single track railway, travelling through all of Russia, Mongolia and into China.

[@unelectedbureaucrat2003]

Ooh you're ard 💪

[@muzzap21]

Kat and Ben videos are the best videos. ❤

[@BackpackerBen]

🫡

[@GannAinm]

That train looked better than the Glasgow to London and no mistake. Also, chopstick protip - rest the bottom stick against your ring finger and do not move it, the other moves using your middle finger or wedged in the crack between your middle and index fingers with you thumb supporting it. But like all things, practice makes perfect.

[@dansharpe2364]

I'm impressed how clean the loos are, they are cleaner than most UK train toilet loos!

[@BackpackerBen]

Agreed. They were a state however shortly after we left

[@giannishen]

沒想到歷經43小時的酷刑之後, 你們還是選擇繼續接受酷刑! Unexpectedly, after 43 hours of torture, you still chose to continue to be tortured! 😂👌 P. S. When you come to my country, I will teach you how to use chopsticks correctly!

[@BackpackerBen]

Torture is content for you guys 😅

[@giannishen]

@@BackpackerBen Thanks a lot for telling me, you are very nice! That makes sense, thank you for your British humor, hahaha!

[@Bigwillz]

Ben, you make my hunger for traveling grow every time I watch your video. Nice to have Kat back and fully in this time.❤❤

[@BackpackerBen]

Glad to hear it mate! Hope you see the world

[@Bigwillz]

@@BackpackerBen I hope so too. I've started traveling around my country seeing places I've only heard of or read about and making videos here on KZbin it's been a blast.

[@brionsvenson1642]

Wish you both safe travels. Any chance you can show a map when traveling long distances? Love your videos

[@will_274]

Good content Ben. Cheers

[@BackpackerBen]

You got it mate!

[@marcusskidmore7290]

Great vid.

[@toddburgess5056]

Even though a 40+ hour train ride may seem like it would be a daunting journey, Cat and Backpacker Ben make make great travel companions, and the trip goes fine. Can't wait until you two get out into Ho Chi Minh, this is really shaping up to be a fun adventure, thanks again for sharing !

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks man! No Vietnam vids though now. Next place up next

[@deanandconner5194]

@@BackpackerBen anytime

[@PropertyReview]

Great videos Ben love following you1

[@BackpackerBen]

Awesome, thank you!

[@websurfer5772]

Cảm ơn - Thank you! I like this alot. I do wish you'd show us some of the scenery out the window that you're riding by. The capsule hotel was cool - love the blue light - so relaxing.

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks for watching 🫡

[@AwesomeFish12]

Looks like a fun trip. At least as fun as a sleeper train can be.

[@BackpackerBen]

Well said Churchill

[@123theroyal]

Yay more train videos Ben! I did Bangkok to chang Mai which was awesome and I'm planning to do Vietnam next year train from one end to the other... respect!

[@BackpackerBen]

Sounds great!😎🚀

[@menikmati9057]

These videos do not exactly give me the urge to get up and go travelling but its nice to experience some of it vicariously through the channel

[@BackpackerBen]

😂 understandable

[@Krulle37]

I love the adventures with the both of you. You guys are funny together and Kat is always smiling having fun 😃👍

[@PositivelyKyleHikes]

Your Tanzanian train ride from hell is what brought me to your channel a few days ago. Such a hoot

[@Lionking1190]

Best video ever!

[@PeRcH72]

Great video, that capsule hotel looked amazing. Hope to do that one day as well

[@BackpackerBen]

Ain’t all that 😆 annoying rules and everyone around you

[@jamesfrommanitoba.1992]

Ben, thanks for picking up a new shirt, I should have said something last Video !! Please hold on to that beautiful lady with a great sense of adventure.

[@BackpackerBen]

It began to rot that shirt 😆

[@rayholmes4402]

What happens in the capsule , stays in the capsule 😅 . Great vid as always Ben 👍🏽

[@BackpackerBen]

Appreciate it pal

[@oldandbankrupt]

@ray Oh don't worry... there's a camera behind that two way mirror... in every capsule! 🫣

[@DrainArchive]

Keep these coming!!

[@BackpackerBen]

🚀🫡

[@markcourt1097]

Thats a long ass train journey you guys have some patience and then some

[@johannpadron]

Love Kats energy!

[@acechimera7394]

I had the same experience on a Viet sleeper train, the fella below me was just watching Chinese action movies full blast well into the wee hours of the morning , interspersed with him violently clearing his throat

[@BackpackerBen]

Looool the throat clearing is constant out here. Horrendous noise

[@NO_Expectations]

The trains have improved a lot since I last used the Hanoi to Ho Chi Min sleeper, the AC system was freezing and I was on the lower seat, they had no beds back then. At night I was woken up and told to leave my seat for some women I refused and after I started shouting they left me alone. This was in December so with the AC blowing out cold air it was bad until we passed the halfway mark then it warmed up. Never book an hotel in Saigon there are plenty of hotels always look at the room first before booking in you'll get a better room and take plenty of $1 dollar bills, if you give them a $20 dollar bill for something that costs $2 you will get 18 $1 dollar bills back. I really liked Hanoi the people are so friendly while Saigon is a compleat rip off. The last trip i made from North to South we aquired a motorbike in Hanoi and rode the entire distace to Saigon, Bunny from Singerpore left me after that journey but it was her idea to ride that distance, I did warn her.

[@MichaelTapel]

Kat is a moral booster during your trips

[@biking-viking-claus-andersen]

Spend new years eve on that train a few years ago, where I ended up drinking about 25 cans of beer with a couple of rough guys from northern Australia. No complaints though. The beer was good and the food did not make me sick.

[@nuttyace]

Congratulations on the bird mate 💪🏻

[@chilbertuk1960]

i noticed you have some new tracky bottoms Ben! Traveldrobe getting a bit expansive now.. staedy on bro ;) keep up the good work

[@BackpackerBen]

Flashing that cash with my £12 chinos from Thailand

[@maureenalder8905]

WOW brutal 43hr journey 😮 Hey Kat 👋 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@kingpunter4557]

Awesome, loved it 👌👌👌👌

[@BackpackerBen]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@michaelanthony8895]

I did the same journey in 2008, It was wonderful. There was a macdonalds style restaurant outside Hanoi station, I stocked up there.

[@nedzdionica]

Cool video ! Thanks ❤

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks for watching 🤝

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks for watching 🤝

[@leeand75]

Love theese lond distance journeys amazing

[@BackpackerBen]

🤝😬

[@1mikefrost]

Excellent video. You and Kat make a dynamic duo ! 😂

[@EnzoAllie99]

You traveled to Vietnam with Bald, Tim K, and now again with this cute lady. Definitely you have a thing for Vietnam.

[@sicr7373]

Fantastic content as always Ben....Ah Ha!

[@BackpackerBen]

Legend! ;)

[@anotheruser9876]

This channel could be called "Have Kat, Will Travel."

[@EllisWR]

Looks fun mate just chill out for 43 hours ahah least you had a nice bed to lie on

[@BackpackerBen]

My lovely shelf bed

[@EllisWR]

@@BackpackerBen Least you weren't sardine canned on a windy road. Imagine that for 40 hours nahhhh

[@DannysVids444]

You love train trips , that's very clear

[@gavinbarbara]

Good one mate. I love Vietnam and their food :-)

[@BristolMatt]

Alls well that ends well. Something wholesome about this video.

[@stanislavkostarnov2157]

my regular train journey as a child was a 54 hours train trip between my parents homes... the train was similar, though an older model (stylewise, maybe something between this & that which you saw in Ethiopia). it did not make as many stops, but, by memory, that line was smoother than at least the parts of the Vietnamese network I traveled on (north of Hanoi). one of the fun parts was that the train did not have onboard catering, but had some stops which were 30 or 40 minutes, so you could quickly run to the stations makeshift market and return with something tasty (traveling as often as I did, you got to know the seasonal & local specialties of each town, and look forward to how the diet changed from fish and pies to fruits and feta as you moved south) this was before the time of the phone, so it was a place where I had read many books (for me, it would usually take a single journey to complete a standard sized short novel like Hound of Baskerville or later one of the first Harry Potters), other times, there would be a musician traveling in one of the berths, and everyone would gather around to hear him play... there were also storytellers and such, a whole culture to that kind of train travel. My grandmother *(who hated flying) would visit her cousins in Uzbekistan from her place (one day north of Moscow)... the whole journey would take 5 nights and 4 days on one train, and then a short night on another.

[@lovingyourshow]

Love your content especially when cat joins you

[@BackpackerBen]

Appreciated 😎🤝

[@garammasala9507]

6:35 Blimey Ben same t-shirt you wore

[@Slykkpkins]

You both survived this long train ride.

[@ceecee1876]

That was brutal Ben 2 days in a sleeper train good thing you’re with Kat 😅 Looking forward to more videos Ben

[@BackpackerBen]

More to come!🤝

[@e14ph]

this not even brutal, siberian is the true one.

[@handokoliamrianto8020]

I was watching your Tanzania train trip and this one after, it's night and day.

[@benleno]

We stayed in a spaceship pod too in Bangkok in June. Exactly the same.

[@vovobillinbrazil]

Yep. Keep Kat Ben. It gives a Ying/Yang experience for the viewers. Well done.

[@raidensnake9471016]

16:20 Looks like Cat was waiting to get with you on the same bed 😂

[@andyctube]

To be fair, it looks a lot better than I was expecting when I first saw this in my feed. I'd definitely give it a whirl for the experience.

[@BackpackerBen]

Good luck 🤞🏼

[@nicole2554]

You're spoilt. Try a 3 day train from Kerala in the South of India, to the North. Love your travels with Kat@@BackpackerBen

[@oldandbankrupt]

Im not sure... but i think Ben enjoyed Vietnam much more better this time around... with Kat K's company over Tim K's company. We need more of Kat's infectious smile and positive attitude in future vids! 🥰🤗

[@johnott2962]

You look nice with bandana Kat! Love you!

[@BackpackerBen]

She said thank you 😬

[@Tony-tourette]

Looking forward to this one ❤

[@BackpackerBen]

Hope you like it!👏🏼

[@Tony-tourette]

Love the no nonsense approach 👍

[@rumik-stahnke6512]

The train looks not so bad 🤔That surprised me 👍Good job mate 👏Thanks for sharing and stay safe guys 🤗😁🤣✌

[@BackpackerBen]

Many thanks 😬

[@dougieranger]

That capsule bed looked like paradise by comparison. Enjoy. 👍🏼

[@BackpackerBen]

Damn cold in there though like a closed fridge

[@dougieranger]

@@BackpackerBenNot too cold I hope. 😉

[@scoutjohnson1803]

I think you have missed the best part of the most interesting country I have ever traveled in. Rowing through caves. Seeing everything in Hue. Going to all the caves in Phong Na. And relaxing in Hoi An. That just gets you into the south. You didn’t even see the waterfall on the Chinese Vietnamese border.

[@BackpackerBen]

Did all that before 😬

[@MrABroad]

I have tried sleeper trains in Vietnam, but not 35 hours. Trains in Vietnam are comfortable enough to have this long trips I think. Nice adventure man.

[@laoshufen91]

How about some vlogs in Singapore Ben. Would love to see you and kat here

[@ANd-zf2fd]

kat seems awesome to travel with. shes always in a good mood.

[@Jaime00008]

The bumpy African trains were my fav, but these train videos are fun too. I just mostly like to see you suffer lol Very funny😅

[@BackpackerBen]

Cheers! 😅

[@RogueDog89]

I've taken it from Hanoi to Nha Trang a few times. The best is the scenery and the people you meet but yeah, it's definitely not comfortable.

[@Lionking1190]

Trains are a must for backpacker ben 😂😂

[@BackpackerBen]

Smellier the better

[@kbcvisuals]

Great video mate, suprised by the quality of the train, not surpised by your continued pursuit to make your suffering as terrible as posisble 35hrs is insane and you brang kat along for the suffering 😂

[@BackpackerBen]

Had to bring her for the torture 🤝

[@RanOutaNames]

IF that capsule can only talk, Ben :-)

[@Jackthesmilingblack]

I've done that train journey. If you buy the right ticket you can get on and off as many times as you like. Call that a long train journey? Try taking the Trans-Siberian "express" from London to Yokohama, which I did there and back in 1970. Takes two weeks, but you can fly the middle section which cuts the journey down to one week. Luxury! Jack, the Japan Alps Brit

[@SpacedToucan]

Kat representing with the Colorado hoodie 🙏🏼

[@tkearns4388]

I don't how you do it, but no way I could share a small compartment with 2 or 3 other strangers on a train. All it takes is one of those strangers to snore like a chainsaw cutting logs and let's face it, everybody has to fart. So count me out and more power to you and Kat.

[@BackpackerBen]

😆 trust me there was loud noises

[@elonmadetwitterracist]

@3:34 those are not hangers, it‘s to climb up on the bunk bed 😂

[@PulsalientMacrowave]

That blue light is definitely to help with cleaning the capsule.

[@darreninglis6353]

Great video. Mind your fingers n give kat her eye brows back.think u picked up the wrong g ones half sac.

[@bernardybernardy]

You & Kat are lovely people 😊.

[@volkaput9217]

43 hours on a train🤯. Amazing and interesting video as always. 👋

[@BackpackerBen]

Glad you enjoyed😜