A day round Dalat - including the summer palace of the last king - a wonderful french railwaystation.
Then onto a boat trip and an elephant ride that nearly was followed by a water fall.
But the highlight of the day was meeting up with our friend ...
... pose for a photo with them!) then returned on the cable car. After the cable car ride we took a taxi to the Crémaillére RailwayStation where we checked out a few cool trains then walked back around the Xuan Huong Lake to return to our hotel. We ...
... lake was almost completely dry, so much so there were cows grazing in it. Afternoon was spent walking out to the old DalatRailwaystation, past the 'Eiffel Tower’ and then on to the very surreal Hang Nga Crazy House. The house or attraction is ...
... are more vegetable gardens and most restaurants serve up fresh vegetables with the meals.
We also visited the Emperor's Summer Palace, the railwaystation (no longer in use) and the lake. All in all, a rewarding day and it works out a lot cheaper ...
... on a tour today which went to a few places not worth mentioning. A summer palace that just looked like a big house and a RailwayStation (I know now if anything includes the words "French" and "Architecture" im not really interested. Bor-ing) but we ...
... . It was closed, although it still didn't explain the lack of cable. Finally the same driver took us onto the old railwaystation and to the cremliare.
The cremliare is the oldest working train/station in Vietnam. It's effectively just one track that ...
... around, although the ride through the countryside was quite enjoyable. Making our way back to town, we stopped at the Cremaillerie RailwayStation, an old French relic which still runs a short way for tourism. We then stopped at the Dalat Cathedral, ...
... of her own and would have appreciated the flowers of Dalat. Afterwards, we continued our way around the lake to the DalatRailwaystation. The French had built a railway up to Dalat but the line is no longer used except for a 7km ...
... Despite the Lonely Planets horrendous map and Erica's doubtfulness on my map reading skills we made it to the old railways station. Cremaillere RailwayStation has an active cog railway that goes for a few kms up the valley, the station though it nothing ...
... , full of really tacky but incredibly skilful embroideries of tigers, flowers, goldfish and beautiful girls. Then I was taken to the old railwaystation built by the French in the 40s but now not in use except for small tourist trips - has an old russian ...