I transferred our baggage to another train which arrived from Yunnan - for our own date at 2 P.M. The road here runs high above the *red muddy* Nam Ti River. The hills rise steeply to 5000 feet or so at times and beyond the waterfall are again well forested on cliffs & places too steep to cultivate. Much of our cargo on the train was grass sacks containing indigo. At kilometer 175 we pass over the wonderful dragon fly steel bridge spanning the *fear* Nam Ti River! We had a fine view of the bridge as we approached it & tried to take several photos of it but the sun was in front of us. The bridge spans the river 300 feet when it looks as if it was wedged in between the cliffs. The road winds along cliff passing thru many tun nels. After passing over the pass we reached a rolling country of limestone hills which was covered by