Mini Hotel Trang Anh Dalat

... Dalat alone ??)and they were more gossipy than a bunch of hens in a chicken coop on a farm in Uruguay.<br><br>The trip started out well enough and we contentedly chatted with our fellow travellers since the conductor was driving safely, so we were all relaxed. Then a funny thing happened about an hour into the drive, after we got into the mountainous region: we get to a sharp bend on the road where there was construction work being done, so the asphalt ...

... city with professional services. <br><br>Dalat, city of love, romantic, fresh cool air, should not stay in the center (noisy, dirty, no spaces, poluted, expensive &amp; almost no fresh air which is the most value of Dalat to attract tourist) find some villas to relax &amp; enjoy the weather. All tourist attractions are suround Dalat, not in the Dalat center :-)............<br><br>Safe trip to Vietnam, Dalat...<br><br>Mary

... rapids in the river where the guides politely informed us that this was our first slide! Sorry?! <br><br>Yes, we were expected to sit on the first rock at the top of the rapids and let the river drag us over the rocks! It sounded pretty scary but was actually great fun! Drew (bless him) cracked his leg on a rock on the way down though...That was our first injury! The next abseil was a bit harder than the first as you have to jump over a gap half way down. You end up in a river at ...

... short striaght black hair that seeing two long curly redheads was a massive novelty for them but they were all so friendly. All along the trip even when we were just on the bikes everyone would way and all the kids would be shouting hello and waving with massive smiles. We then arrived at out place for the night which was a nice simple resort on the shores of Lake Lak which was beautiful. Next morning it was off for the traditional Vietnamese breakfast of Beef noodle ...

... there were at least seven different dishes set in front of every two people. Unfortunately, consistent with all tours, the food was fairly bland (including bananas for dessert - I still can't get past the fact that they consider bananas sweet and light enough to eat after a meal). At least there was enough of it! After lunch, we were informed that we were to enjoy some on board entertainment. Soon a makeshift stage was constructed out of benches and the crew of the boat ...

... with us that night but there didn't seem to be too<br>much of a point since it was so slow.<br><br>Our one full day in town<br>we rented our first motorcycle. We had promised ourselves that we would<br>rent bikes in Viet Nam because you hear so much about the scary<br>accidents. We quickly realized, though, that the only way to truly see<br>Viet Nam is to get off the beaten path and drive out on your own. Since<br>I still am not fond of driving but know how to ...

... H1N1 paranoia)...anyway I digress....<br><br>As I begin to make up a story in my head about what they're discussing, a few more security guards arrive and quickly unravel a roll of yellow caution tape. One officer ties the tape around a column, while the second whisks by me leveling the tape just below my nose. Leaning back so as to not get mistaken for a column, I turn to see the second officer stretching the tape ...

... included living quarters, kitchens, command centres, traps etc etc.<br>The site now is another big tourist attraction where they've tried to recreate a lot of what things like traps would have looked like back then. There is one authentic tunnel that you can crawl through if you crawl through the full 100metres of that particular part... I was well excited by this thinking it would be a right challenge to walk/crawl through 100metres in the dark like they did ...

... the leaves, and moved into tiny little silkworm 'apartments', looking eerily like some some of council flat tower block for silkworms! <br><br> <br><br>We weren't there long before saying our goodbyes, jumping back on the bikes and heading to our next stop, which ...

... br>Apparently they all speak good English, everyone wears helmets, and it's supposed to be very safe. Not sure either of our Mothers will like us being on the back of bikes for a whole day, but we're told there's nothing to worry about. <br><br>(Later) <br><br>Ok, Mums - we've just booked a day tour with two Easy Riders tomorrow and they promised us that they would drive very safely and have all the safety gear, so ...