Hotel Dai Loi (Fortune Hotel) Dalat

... it costs 16,000D to walk around it is well worth a look. Apparently she had built another similar building in Dalat, but the locals protested it and it was torn down, they thought it was out of character and ugly. This place was close to the same fate but it still stands at the moment.<br><br>Next we headed to the Prenn waterfall, its about 20 minutes from the center on a motor bike, its 15,000D to get in. The waterfall was not as big as we expected but it still had power ...

... dragons. In VN, there are 4 mythical/spiritual animals: the dragon, the unicorn (which looks nothing like a unicorn but rather like a tiger on a bad acid trip), the phoenix and the turtle. That is why so many pagodas have these strange creatures on their premises. When we got there, I immediately got on my knees to say a prayer of thanks for coming out of the bus trip from hell in one plump piece.<br><br>Then we went out into the beautiful countryside ...

... one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win." - referring to France and America in their wars in Vietnam.</li> <li>"It is better to sacrifice everything than to live in slavery!"</li> <li>"The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man."</li> <li>"We have to win independence at any cost, even if the Truong Son mountains burn."</li ...

... t have anything better to do that night. <br><br>The next day we were picked up by two tour guides and a new receptionist of the tour company named Rose. Rose was accompanying us in order to learn the ropes of the tour so that she could explain it to potential customers. We drove for about fifteen minutes and were dropped at the entrance of a park. At this point I figured our canyoning experience would resemble our Sapa trekking tour - ie lots of fellow tourists to somewhat ...

... parking lot. I think we counted about 30 huge buses<br>which meant the area had more people than nature, hehe. The falls<br>themselves weren't all that impressive but it was all the vietnamese tourists that made the day fun. There was a guy dressed up in a bear<br>outfit that you could take pix with, you could rent American Indian<br>outfits to try on for a photo op by the waterfall, and there were so<br>many people around it was hard to get a clear shot of the ...

... for my cell in Saigon! The manager directs me to a delicious Vietnamese restaurant where I proceed to have intense food orgasms. I return to my spotlessly clean room to watch a large TV with more than one English channel, yay! For the first time since my stay in Vietnam, I use the comforter on the bed - the cool Dalat air is setting in, and a thin sheet just won't do! I think I'm going to like it here... <br><br> <br><br><br><br>

Today we headed on a bus for 10hrs to Da Lat in the central highlands. We ended up eating in a place called the Peace Café and started to talking to a few locals who ran the Easy Rider tours and booked a day tour for Tomorrow.<br><br>We got up this morning and Nat and I climbed aboard the back or a motorcycle each and headed of to the Da Lat country side in the hands of two locals. It was a great day. We visited coffee plantations and saw the different types of ...