Vegetable farming around Dalat

Adventures in les Montagnes

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March 28th 2011
I'd have stayed longer in Saigon - it's definitely a place I'd like to come back to sometime, but there's a lot to see in Vietnam and I intend to spend some time in Laos and Northern Thailand before my travelling fund runs too low. Da Lat doesn't feature on the traditional south-north backpackers' route through Vietnam - more people go via Mui Ne or straight to Nha Trang - but it sounded like an i ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Central Highlands » Lam Dong » Da Lat

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more