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Hanoi to Nanning in Ho Chi Minh City to Shanghai overland
Hanoi to Nanning in Ho Chi Minh City to Shanghai overland
The easiest but most expensive way to cross is the direct bus to Nanning from Kim Lien Hotel in Hanoi. There are also direct train services across the border.
The most popular route, though, goes like this. From Gia Lam station get on a bus to Dong Dang for around 60,000vnd. (You can also take a train, but the train station is further from the border.) They should drop you near the border and you'll only have to walk 200-300m to the Vietnamese passport control. The standard procedure requires you to throw your passport above the heads of the hoards of travelers through the hole in the office window and wait until you notice an official wandering about with your passport. Good luck.
Once you're stamped you can walk the short distance into China and enter the marble tiled efficiency of Chinese immigration control. When they set you free you need to get to Pingxiang 15km away. Don't accept the first taxi tout but wander around through the huge stone gate, see the motobike taxis and get a bidding war started. A taxi should only cost around 30rmb and a motorbike no more than 20rmb. From Pingxiang get the bus to Nanning. They are more regular than the trains and this will take about 2 1/2 hours. You will arrive at Lang Dong station.
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