Aujourd'hui nous avons fait une belle marche. Nous sommes alle aux chutes du tigre. Nous avons monte des cotes et en avons descendu d'autres. On a vu des chiens oranges et ensuite des vaches. On a pris le train a cremalliere. Je n'oublierai jamais cette marche. Plus de details bientot suivront.

The word Vietnam conjures up images of air so thick it could be cut with a knife, conical hats, sun drenched coastline and valleys of rice paddies tucked between jungle covered hills. Imagine our surprise when our bus arrived in Dalat to the site of evergreens, strawberry patches, fields of squash and mild temperatures. Were we still in Vietnam?...

So we headed to DaLat for a 3 day weekend and a break from the craziness of Saigon. We left on a 7:20AM flight on VN airlines. This short 45 min. flight went smoothly. We arrived and took the VN airport van (30,000VND) to the actual city, which is was about 45 mins. away. Once we got to the city we decided to rent motorbikes for the weekend rath...

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 little bit, and it has an Eiffel Tower. It was a long jounery here but it's an idyllic spot with a lake, fresh air and temperatures around 20C - no need for aircon in the hote...

We were up at 7:30am to get packed (we had to move rooms), have some breakfast, and be ready to meet our Easy Riders in the lobby at 8:30. Breakfast was excellent, bread with MARMITE and PEANUT BUTTER (not together !), choice of eggs, and more fruit than you could shake a stick at. Apparently some Aussie backpackers once told the owner that if s...

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 (TWENTY ONE !!!!) hours all told... We had a few needless breaks in rank roadside cafes in order for the driver to no doubt collect a few kickbacks, and we had an hour to gr...

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 various people on the street (running numbers?). I am glad that Yale and I have lived up to our pact not to take a bus for more than 6 hours... Dalat, as the guide books des...

I thoroughly enjoy the climate in Dalat. Although it rains a lot, it is comfortably cool. Perfect for doing outdoorsy-type stuff. Like abseiling.

After a quick exit from Nha Trang we took the 7 hour bus journey up into the mountains from the Vietnam coast to the city of Dalat in the central highlands. Its an old French city renowned for its vegatable growing and also as the honeymoon capital of Vietnam. Its not what I would call a beautiful city so I dont know where the honeymoon thing co...

Yesterday we took an easy rider tour around the Dalat area. Our guides picked us up from our hotel, not before we had fully indulged in the free breakfast provided and included in the room rate, it was fantastic, best breakfast we have had in a while. Lovely fresh baguettes, jam, cheese, passion fruit, melon, pineapple, bananas, yoghurts, tomato...