Lyla Hotel Dalat

... it. On the grounds there were two elephants who were chained up, but you could get as close as you wanted for free. They are massive, we wanted to have a ride but thought we would wait until we get to Thailand as the staff were not around to talk to.<br><br>The next thing on our list was to get the reservoir by cable car this way we get to see a great view off the hills, you can see for miles the sun was out and the sky was clear. Being here much reminded us of the French Alpes ...

... with green hills and mountains and filled with various plants that are farmed there. We got to see the following interesting things:<br><br>- strawberry farm, whoopdeedoo really, we have nicer ones at home but there, we also saw avocado, papaya and curry (the thing that makes curry spice) trees and we now know what these look like;<br>- flower farm, where they grow roses, carnations, orchids and gerberas. All flowers and veggies in germination are ...

Efter att ha varit ute och fyndat skjorta till kvallens buffe sa kom antligen maten.<br><br>Mat mat mat mat, en favorti i repris blev det.Mestadels vietnamesiska specialiteter. Efter alla stittningar som man har varit pa, inkusiva gardagens har man inte lart sig mycket, kakade tills man madde vimelkantig sen skulle man visst upp och se pa nagra filipiner som sjunger och lirar instrument.<br><br>Var van Mr Bao var visst en jakel pa att dansa samt att kla upp sig ...

... When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out."</li> <li>"It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me."</li> <li>"Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability."</li> <li>"My only desire is that all of our Party and people, closely united in struggle, construct a peaceful, unified, independent, democratic and prosperous, and make a valiant contribution to the world Revolution." </li>

... the experience. However, we soon learned that it would just be the five of us for the entire day. To start, I'll explain canyoning. Canyoning is the act of following a river and imitating what it does. Essentially, if the river has a waterfall, you abseil down it (like rock climbing in reverse and called rappelling in America). Canyoning involves hiking, abseiling, swimming and even cliff diving. <br><br>The first stop was a waterfall, where we took pictures before ...

... br><br>We<br>decided to try the only roller coaster we could find in Vietnam which<br>was a two seater that just rolled forward while we controlled the<br>brakes. I have no idea how safe the ride truly is since you're just<br>relying on passengers ahead of and behind you to break but we had a ton<br>of fun on it. You can get on at the top of the hill and avoid the long<br>downhill walk or you can get on at the bottom and avoid the long uphill<br>walk ...

... beans and smelled the lovelly flowers of the coffee tree. We went to the elephant waterfall, saw how rice wine was made and went to a flower farm all while driving thru lovely countryside. We visited some ethnic minority villages and the two of us blew up some balloons we had bought and started handing them out to some kid and having a laugh with them. We also saw how silk was made and how the machines remove single strand of slik form the worms cocoon. At the ...

I could wear jeans here! And I needed a cardigan at night! And I could leave my hair down as it wouldn't frizz into oblivion! Da Lat, if only for a few days, was a welcome relief from the heat and humidity that follows you everywhere in SE Asia.<br><br>I was hanging out with an Ozzie and an American guy in Da Lat (neither of which were that much fun and I was quite glad to get shot of them in the ...

... her website! Hilarious. <br><br>Unfortunately it was absolutely tipping down outside, but after the introductions it because obvious that our biker dudes ('Longh' and 'Thanh') were fully prepared with waterproof trousers to go with our fetching 'his &amp; her's ...

... off to Dalat. Apart from those snatched chances to stretch our legs, it was a world of bus with no legroom action. <br><br>It started off badly, they were 40 mins late leaving, and naturally didn't even consider apologising. They then assigned us seats directly above the wheels, with absolutely minimal space for our long legs. <br><br>Hurricane Katie then blew through the bus wreaking havoc, and even the usually ...