Blogs from Da Lat, Lam Dong, Central Highlands, Vietnam, Asia - page 6

Contemplating over the last twenty minutes how to describe the Crazy House experience and I'm still trying to decipher this experience. Ripping through my mind I withdrew several slides of art history books displaying Gaudi creations all over Spain. His twisting shapes, bending iron, and colorful ideas filled my head. Looking over the architectural drawings on display near the main entrance there twisting roof lines, swirling window pains and bright beautiful colors reminded me of Dr. Seuss. But again... how do I describe all this bending turning twisted architectural excellence, I don't. I just upload all my photographs and let you take the Crazy House tour for FREE. Hope you enjoy? Oh Yea... If you are ever in Da Lat, you can head out to the Crazy House yourself but your first and only question should ... read more

Wandering away we discussed the crazy house's relative beauty although I continued to state its image was 100% different then the LP guidebook photo. The only thing was the book was in the hotel room. It would have to wait until later. Turning left we walked a few buildings down watching the road disappear off into the distance away from town. Turning around we went back to the starting point turned left and went down a narrow alley. Thirty yards down hill we moved left and right through the concrete maze until we reached a Tran Phu street. Walking the main thoroughfare for a few minutes we realized an abundance of traffic increasing along with the amount of noise. Dodging vehicles we crossed the street reaching the front steps of an in progress renovation of a ... read more

Dalat was really great! Planned on staying two days ended up staying four. We found our hangout, literally a bar called The Hangout Cafe run by a Duong, his wife, and twenty month old Rocky -who really runs the place. If you go look out if Rocky has his squirt bottle-he is quite a good aim. He is also a pool shark. As we were sitting in our place on at the front of the cafe a little girl about eight came over and stared at us for awhile. I gave her some spider rings and we were soon fast friends. She ended up kicking Steven out of his seat next to me and took his place. She held my hand but never talked. Duong told me she was autistic-of course she is, I am the ... read more

As I said in my last blog, I have just had the most unforgettable tour I have ever done in my whole life and the advice I give to anyone is to never even waste a minute thinking about doing this, just do it! Yes the tour is expensive in Vietnamese standards (65 US per day incl accommodation) but it is worth every penny and the price is only going up from now as this concept becomes more and more popular. So do it now before it becomes a tourist attraction. My original plan was only spent 3 days doing this but actually I did 5 as I had so much fun, In this tail though I learnt a massive lesson and all will be revealed later on. I can now say I have felt, seen ... read more

Got the bus to Dalat early morning, and stayed for two nights. Pretty place, not very lively. Will be mostly remembered for the cheeseburgers the lads ordered, which actually didn't have any meat in. Got bikes on the second day, and went around Dalat and a bit further out to a waterfall, which was a bit dissapointing but the ride was fun. Didn't get my own, definitely would have crashed, so I was on the backs of others which was good. Got some good photos! ... read more