Thanks Dalat

Dalat, Vietnam is a mecca of delicious food, wine, and friendly people. We headed up to the mountain town of Dalat with some new friends, Matt and Jill from New York. Together, we had suffered a particularly awful night bus trip and a cramped minibus to Dalat. By the time we arrived, 18 hours later, we were ready for some food and drink.

Fortunately, Dalat helped us out in both those arenas with some of the cheapest wine we’ve ever had – and while certainly not the best, far from the worst, considering the two years we spent drinking cheap boxed wine in Fiji. We also found delicious food including amazing dried fruit and fresh artichokes! We were also able to decompress from our harrowing travels in the hotel’s sauna. What a treat!

In a style very much like Gaudi, Dalat has its own architectural experiment: the Crazy House, which is expanding each day. It certainly was crazy, with twisting staircases, sculptures of a giraffe whose neck you can climb, beautiful tile work,  nooks and crannies to hide in, and plenty of places to get lost. Apparently, you can overnight in the house, and despite the sauna at our hotel, we think we chose the wrong hotel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dalat is set in the beautiful southern mountains of Vietnam, which gave us the perfect excuse to rent a motorbike and drive through the countryside. We found some hiking, a silk factory, waterfalls, and an enormous Happy Buddha, who despite being under construction, still made us chuckle.