From Nha Trang to Dalat After a couple of days of sweltering by the beach, we arranged our onward travel to Dalat, this time by bus. Everybody had told us when booking tickets to ensure we took a route on the new road, as this is a few hours shorter. When we saw our transport, a modern air-conditioned coach, we were expecting a pleasant, relaxing journey. On the road, we quickly realised however that ‘new road’ doesn’t mean ‘finished road’, as the bus driver seemingly thinks he’s in some sort of all-terrain vehicle and turns on to a wide and bumpy dirt track. After navigating our way around piles of chippings and road building vehicles, plus the odd pig, thankfully the road smoothed out. Then we reached the highlands, where the road narrowed, warning signs for
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