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Dalat, Central Highlands Vietnam
Feb 7, 2006
"Sorry it's been a day or two , but we've been waiting for a break in the traffic. We have never seen so many little motor bikes! Crossing the street is a sort of dance: once you've ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
parry
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Fraicheur des Alpes dans le vieux Paris
Nov 29, 2006
(9 photos)
"Voila, nous avons raccompagne nos 4 aventuriers a l'aeroport d'Ho Chi Minh Ville et nous sommes partis nous rafraichir dans les montagnes a Dalat, la ville du kitsch vietnamien et ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
sebchant
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SOUTHERN VIETNAM...
Apr 14, 2003
(16 photos)
"SOUTHERN VIETNAM... Yes, we can confirm the roads are definitely better in Vietnam, but we won't say it is much cooler. After what will hopefully be our last long, dusty, and bumpy ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
jon_and_liz
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A Breath of Fresh Air
May 7, 2008
"We reached Da Lat, "The City of Eternal Spring", on Monday evening (the 5th). Laziness led us to check into the hotel where the bus dropped us off. Not a bad place mind you - ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
treasaor
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Motorbikes
Mar 1, 2008
(27 photos)
"I have bought an "Open Tour" bus ticket that covers my travel from HCMC to Hanoi for only $24. You can hop on and off at several places along the way. After 2 nights in ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
tayka
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Cold and Rain in the Central Highlands
Mar 26, 2004
"When I first arrived in Vietnam, the driving seemed absolutely horrifying to me - I couldn't understand which side of the road we were meant to be on, why they used the horn so muc ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
sarah.p
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Chillin' in da Lat
May 28, 2004
(3 photos)
"Greetings from 'the jewel of the central highlands', aka le Petit Paris, aka the City of Eternal Spring aka Dalat! We booked a jump-on/jump-off bus ticket from HCMC which is amazin ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
aliandcam
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Dalat
Aug 20, 2006
(7 photos)
"Once again we have swapped palm trees for pine trees. Nha Trang was hot and sunny, now we're fifteen-hundred metres up in Dalat and the weather is cool and sunny, much more like ho ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
benandcally
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Crazy Town
May 10, 2007
(11 photos)
"Dalat is about 5 hours from Saigon by road. Oddly, I was the only Westerner on the bus that morning. During the trip my bag in the undercarriage of the bus had a ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
bcc8
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Dalat
Mar 29, 2008
(11 photos)
"I arrived in to Dalat pretty late, so once i got my accommodation sorted, i quickly organized a tour for the following morning.Its not really a tour as such, its more like a guy on ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
bugs1983
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Cold and rain in Dalat
Jun 12, 2007
"After nice Mui Ne, I moved to Dalat for a couple of days. Dalat is known as the little switzerland of Vietnam. Actually it doesn't look like Switzerland at all, but it's green and ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
anonimous_lady
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Up and Down.
Apr 14, 2008
(7 photos)
"We went up a mountain to Dalat. Ate some food and drank some coffee and beer and then came down the other side of the mountain headed for Saigon. After spending 5 days on the beach ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
conlou
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Dalat
Nov 30, 2006
(3 photos)
"A change of scenery was in order so we headed for the Central Highlands. The main city here is Dalat, again somewhere that is richer than the north and with a better atmosphere. We ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
petef1
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Easy riders!!!!!!!
Oct 20, 2005
(15 photos)
"Arrived in Dalat yesterday with Richard and Monisha. We went to this bar called 'Saigon Nites' because we were searching for a pool table. In the Lonely Planet it says it's run by ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
ladyadey
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A rainy night in Dalat
Oct 2, 2007
(4 photos)
"Departed from Saigon at 8am for our six and a half hour journey to a little town in the mountains called Dalat. Well in true Asian style things didn't go according to plan an ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
tonyandsara_rtw
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The beautiful Vietnamese Highlands - Dalat
Feb 3, 2008
(10 photos)
"From Mui Ne we caught a local bus which was heading inland to the mountainous area of Dalat. On waiting for the bus we got chatting to an Ozzie guy from Melbourne called Zach who w ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
nikandads2008
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Dalat
Jan 23, 2008
(12 photos)
"It's in the mountains. We had a a cool motorbike trip around the countryside with the "Easy Riders". ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
zuzagat
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Dalat
Oct 14, 2006
(4 photos)
"Got the bus to Dalat this morning. There was not enough space underneath this (yet again) bockity bus so it was put on the back seat. With not enough seats on the bus one poor fell ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
sarahtritschy
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Dalat
Nov 27, 2005
(5 photos)
"Dalat is a mountain village which is supposed to be very beautiful, although we couldn't see through the downpour on our way into the town. The bus dropped us all off outside a hot ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
alanjaques
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Cowld Dalat
Oct 24, 2006
(7 photos)
"The bus journey from Nha Trang to Dalat up a mountain was nothing short of spectacular. It was so steep, they turned off the air con because the bus needed the power. And boy did w ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
bennykenny
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Made it to Dalat
Jun 28, 2004
"Monday--June 28 Dalat We took a bus this morning from Nha Trang to Dalat. It took 7 hours and was an absolutely miserable ride. We are going to fly to Saigon rather than take anoth ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
tenvols
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Higgeldy Piggeldy Town
Sep 24, 2005
(10 photos)
"Dalat > >Strange little higgeldy Piggeldy town > >Built upon a mountain, this town is very spread out. Strange to >navigate, but quite a cute place. OUr general opinion was that >D ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
bec_and_macey
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Moped-ing (again!) in Dalat
Mar 6, 2005
(3 photos)
"Hello all. I am afraid I have been a bit slack with updating the travelpod - I have just about had enough with battling the slow and unreliable internet connections. We are now in ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
markandsteph
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The town of Kitsch
Sep 13, 2007
(16 photos)
"Yesterday, we took the bus up to Dalat from Mui Ne beach. We were on one of those open-tour tourist buses, which stopped periodically to pick up locals, tires, and chat with variou ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
yalenora
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Your skin like chicken..mine like Buffalo
May 18, 2007
"Hee hee- that is what one of the locals said to Shaunta when he saw her pale complexion compared to his own... Another good one we heard today - as she rolled up her pants to ..."
A travel blog entry from DaLat by
gandk
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Recovery in the Mountains
Jun 17, 2008
(2 photos)
"Entry by Eddie We had a long bus ride sporting a hungover w/ a hint of the bad stomach from the late night munchies. Ouch!! On the positive side, the weather was cool s ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
eddieandlynn
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Dalat Disappoints
May 5, 2007
"Dalat had all the makings for a worthy side trip--hilly landscape, cooler temperatures (we're moving back into the high 30's C as we slink our way south), evergreened for ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
jate
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Dalat, en tur med Easy-Riders
Jan 31, 2008
(105 photos)
"Saa er vi taget fra Dalat - dagene der, har vaeret de fedeste nogensinde! Ellers dagene i bjergene rettere sagt. For at starte fra en ende, og hvor vi slap sidst, saa kom vi til Da ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
sofieroemer
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A Stroll on the Champs Elysse?
Mar 17, 2008
(3 photos)
"Spending a few days in the central highlands town of Da Lat. The atmosphere here is much different from everywhere else in Vietnam so far. Da Lat is often referred to a ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
scottflinders
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Cold in Dalat
Oct 25, 2005
(5 photos)
"Welcome to Dalat, located in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. This charming university town has bombing weather of 20C where Evan and I had to put on long pants and long t-shirts. ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
evanlinda
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The Hill Town of Dalat
Jan 29, 2007
(19 photos)
"Hello!! We departed from Nha Trang at 7:30am for the 6 hour bus ride to Dalat, which is a town in the central highlands area of Vietnam. The area is up in the hills and is a ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
vannhansen
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Final destination - Dalat
Jan 15, 2007
(6 photos)
"After a short night, we made the best of it, got up and strolled to the lake. As it was around 6am, the sun was about to rise. We sat on the lake, watched the fishermen and marvell ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
fitzlee
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Mountains for Christmas
Dec 23, 2007
(19 photos)
"We've come to the mountain resort of Dalat for Christmas. Apparently it was quite famous for the French to visit and it does have a bit of a ski resort feel to it. Well ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
anslwithers
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Day 27 - Nha Trang to Dalat
Sep 29, 2007
(5 photos)
"Jesus CHRIST. I am hardly functioning after arriving in Dalat after that bus ride. Instead of the "18 hrs" we were quoted (which was enough), it was actually a shade over 21 (TWENT ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
al_fey
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In the country!
Aug 20, 2006
"Next stop, Dalat - a 1500m high old French station up in the mountains. Onto the tourist bus we go and got dropped off at another hotel of their choice. But when its 8 US Dollars f ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
aldo80
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Dalat - Dreams and Easy Riders
Nov 20, 2004
(10 photos)
"Day 21 Saturday 20/11/04 Ho Chi Minh City - Dalat HCMC hasn't really impressed us and there isn't a lot to do for the size of the city so we're off to Dalat. Dalat is located in th ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
skcoll
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The Lake Tahoe of South East Asia
Apr 13, 2007
(4 photos)
"After leaving Mui Ne, we took a harrowing bus ride to Dalat, or the Lake Tahoe of Vietnam. The ride was harrowing, because our psycho bus driver insisted on driving 75 miles ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
itsgotime
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The Curse of Ho Chi Minh City
Feb 9, 2006
(2 photos)
"Well, I don't have anything very interesting to report from Ho Chi Minh City... In fact I think it is fair to say that I only actually saw three things, which were as follows: (1)T ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
kerchang
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De la plage aux montagnes
Jul 21, 2004
"Bonjour tous, Apres avoir quitte Hoi An, nous nous sommes diriges vers la destination plage et party du Viet Nam, la ville de Nha Trang. Nha Trang est choyee puisque, protegee de t ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
philippeachkar
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Dalat
May 29, 2005
(3 photos)
"Next stop on the open tour bus ticket was Dalat, 3 hours from Mui Ne in the Central Highlands. Dalat is a nice little town at 1475m above sea level. Although we rquired jumpers, th ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
aaron
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Up into the mountains
Mar 20, 2006
(21 photos)
"Up early to get the bus, which turned out to be a very uncomfortable mini bus. We were on that for 2 hours before meeting the big bus to take us to Dalat. The bus journey was prett ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
rachndave
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Dalat - The central highlands!!
Mar 20, 2007
(30 photos)
"We drove 6 hours by bus from Mui Ne to Dalat, the last hour was up winding mountain roads, very slow and steady. After reaching the top and driving through forest you come into the ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
jsgc
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The quirky side to Vietnam
Feb 24, 2007
(5 photos)
"Dalat, a former French hill station used by the colonials to escape the heat of the low-lying areas of the country, wasn't quite the quiet, relaxed place I had been hoping for. Alt ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
mrconfused
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Da Shat!
Oct 2, 2008
(8 photos)
"After another wondrous bus journey (taking 8 hours instead of the quoted 5 hours) we arrive at Dreams hotel around 6pm. After being told they are full we were asked if we would lik ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
danandcarl
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Whole lot of Dalat (Thank Goodness for Thanh)
Nov 7, 2006
(6 photos)
"It takes forever to get anywhere in Vietnam... Dalat is only 300km away from Ho Chi Minh City, yet it took us 8 hours by bus to get there, mainly because we had to share the road w ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
tabonyhl
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Mountain breeze and a nasty cold
Jan 27, 2006
"So I left the beach for the mountains. I was long overdue for some fresh cool mountain air. My next destination...Dalat...the kitchy hill resort town of the south-central coast. Th ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
ania23
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Oh, for the katmandu Valley.....
Dec 15, 2006
"My final day in SGN was spent as a continuation of my newly rekindled walking fest. A shite hangover, after the 5am finish the previous night and a hearty walk accompanied my fresh ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
jamesemorrow
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Dalat
Jun 15, 2006
(8 photos)
"June 15 I am now in the mountain town of Dalat after arriving yesterday following a 6 hour bus ride from Nha Trang. Duncan and I ended up leaving Al who arrived today with our pass ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
bfaulman
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Honeymoon capital
Feb 21, 2007
(4 photos)
"Dalat is known as the honeymoon capital of Vietnam so, as we're also on our honeymoon, we had to come and see what it was like. It's up in the highlands, so it was a long and ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
timreis
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Les montagnes et Da Lat
Jul 24, 2008
"Dalat est une belle petite ville tres haut perche dans les montagnes. On y est arrive apres un trajet de 8 heures d'autobus, apres beaucoup trop d'arrets-pipi au gout de Domin ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
mimichat
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Fraicheur dans les montagnes
Dec 16, 2006
"Arrivee a Dalat a 15h. Je me trouve un petit hotel tenu par une famille. En fin d apres midi visite et dinner au marche. Les gargottes sont au premeir etages circulaires au d ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
nycos
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Hiking in the mountains
May 25, 2008
(32 photos)
"In Dalat, I decided to skip the seemingly requisite motorbike tour of the countryside and instead signed up for a day-hike through the nearby coffee plantations. It was defin ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
laura1
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A 'Dalat-ful' couple of days
Sep 28, 2008
(14 photos)
"The ride to Dalat was torturous, cramped up in a tiny minibus with an aggressive driver who kept shouting and tailgating everyone. We were very relieved to get there at all! Dalat ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
rachandstu
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Nice vietnamese people :o)
Aug 8, 2007
"Just a quick one as I have done basically nothing today. Got up early and on a bus by 8am. Sat on the bus for many many hours, and eventually arrived at 5pm, 1.5 hrs late. Not an o ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
laura_sheen
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Poisoned, by the French
Jan 23, 2006
"The French legacy in Vietnam includes baguettes and wine. We tried the best red wine, Vang Dalat. It's bloody awful. I try a roadside baguette sandwich and come down with mild food ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
davidbowmaker
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Dalat and all that
Dec 19, 2006
"So from Ho chi minh City me and Scotty boy decided to make our way to Dalat, we had been warned that it may be chilly but wasn`t quite expecting bobble hats and jackets from the lo ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
mothmanstravels
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Getting higher in Dalat
Jan 23, 2005
(4 photos)
"Arrived in Dalat at 4pm on Friday 21st. Staying at 'Highland Hotel', as the name suggests we have climbed to higher ground and are now 1500m above sea level. The climate in Dalat i ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
richworld
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... and in limbo
Jan 30, 2005
(4 photos)
"Hi all, I'm in Da Lat now, a city of 150 000 up in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam. The city is located around a beautiful lake, and has a very comfortable climate. For me it's l ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
tommix
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Hitting the highlands near Dalat
Jan 27, 2004
(18 photos)
"After a week on the beach at Mui Ne (no we didn't go to the sand dunes, the waterfall or try kite surfing - we are just lazy gits), we took a bus to Dalat, which is in the Central ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
liz_hawkins
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Dalat
Sep 8, 2007
(9 photos)
"5th to 8th Sept 2007 Well during the last few days I have been just relaxing in Nha Trang, either sitting on the beach or walking round the town. Loads of Italian restaurants in to ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
duncanm
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Eggs. Fertilized.
Jan 15, 2004
"We left Saigon on the night bus arriving in Mui Ne after 1am. The next day we rented scooters and explored a bit. We passed the stinky fish sauce factories and looked out on. Drove ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
julesdick
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Mountains and Waterfalls
Sep 10, 2006
(3 photos)
"Dalat is very different from any other place in SEA that I've visited thus far (although I honestly haven't seen a lot of it yet). In the Central Highlands, Dalat's altitude at 147 ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
sabarod
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Don't think twice it's alright
Dec 15, 2006
"Tonight this entry comes to you from Dalat, a hillside town in the central highlands of Vietnam. I arrived here this afternoon on a bus from Mui Ne, a resort town on the South Cent ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
colonel_kurtz
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Tourist heaven
Oct 15, 2008
(6 photos)
"We enter Dalat bus station at 4 pm, after 11 hours on the bus and a brief stop to buy potatoes. This time I knew where I was and where I wanted to be. I started walking down the hi ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
martin84
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City of Love
May 6, 2006
"Oh my goodness, there was just the biggest clap of thunder. Probably apt for my last full day in Vietnam, given the rainmaker tendencies through the rest of my trip. *** If Nha Tra ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
semperfelix
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Born To Be Mild
Jan 23, 2005
"Encountered a bit of Vietnamese road rage on the bus from HCMC to Dalat. The roads here are wide in places, a legacy of the Americans and their need to move troops, vehicles etc du ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
nial
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Colder climates
Apr 6, 2006
(11 photos)
"Dalat was a beautiful refreshing break from the heat. the temperature there averaged the low to mid 20's. meaning jumpers in the evening. our first full day there we booked some of ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
doughboy
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Dalat
Jun 18, 2008
"HI!! So after our last entry, we had to stay in Mui Ne for the rest of the morning since our bus got cancelled to go to Dalat. So we just chilled by the sea in the hammocks a ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
ericabg
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Stop Sweating!
May 29, 2008
(1 photo)
"Stopped for a couple of days in the central highlands to get away from the heat ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
finn_steve
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Dalat
Dec 18, 2006
"A city in the Central Highlands. Nice surroundings!! And home of the Easy Riders! ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
ruudbatta
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Arrival into the mountains
Aug 8, 2008
(27 photos)
"Not much to write about today as we spent 8 hours of it on a bus to Dalat. When we got to Dalat we had a nice meal at a Vietnamese restaurant and then hit a Vietnamese nightclub. N ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
vickersontour
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A Slice of Swiss
Nov 30, 2006
(3 photos)
"Another place, another long bus journey. This time, it was onto Dalat, a picturesque town high up in the central highlands of Vietnam. As we drove through, the jungle shrubbery bec ..."
A travel blog entry from Dalat by
manisha
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