Hotel Thanh Dat Dalat
8A Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Dalat, Vietnam
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On ya Bike!
... on roads that weren't really built for vehicles of that nature. We zigged and zagged through them, undertaking and overtaking for the next few kilometres, driving in ways that if it was seen by a cop in a western country, your license would be revoked fairly quickly. We stopped shortly after for some local coffee, Tien assured me it wasn't made out of Weasel Dung which I had been reading about in the Lonely Planet but he couldn't be sure about the blend ...
Knew we would need our down jackets again
... spent all day out on the bikes got to see all sorts in and around Dalat a great place.
So things we saw starting with the cathedral, then the crazy house like Alice in wonderland great value, and then out to the waterfall where there was also a Luge to ride to the waterfall, hopefully the vids on here soon. Then a cable car down the valley then to a lift yes a regular lift in a jungle (why not just build a path). Anyway the area ...
Palm trees and Pine trees
... The next stop was a derelict house which was bombed by North Vietnam and had been left as a memorial. Again Sinh was able to give us some really interesting information, this time about how his three brothers fought in the war for the South and his cousins fought for the Vietcong, Conor found all this particularly interesting. After that we continued the tour heading further away from town and walked up a hill to get some amazing views of the area, saw a ...
Biking
... stopped at 'Crazy House' , designed by architect Dang Viet Nga it resembles something from Alice in Wonderland or another fairytale, it is based around the trunk of a tree but it then sweeps and slides to take you on an adventure, not knowing where you'll find yourself next! There are rooms based on different animals and so many nooks and crannys you could easily get lost! Not far from home, after a wander around it was back to the bikes...
We reached the hotel ...
Dalat
... We made it through the 8 hour ride and stops during to finally get to Dalat. Dalat was like entering another world. It's so hot, humid, and polluted in HCMC and not in Dalat. The town has a heavy French influence and you can start to see it when you drive in. The bus dropped us just out of town and we had to pay for a motorbike in. The guys that drove us in were nice, but they ended up trying to hard sell us on an easy rider tour they lead which made me quite ...


