Laughing Buddha

Dalat - around the mountains on the back of a bike

---

March 15th 2011
We were crammed into the bus to Dalat. I was lucky getting a seat next to the driver with more leg room but some people sat in the aisles, and I left my cap on there! So there's probably some kid walking around the mountains with a flash new hat. Dalat is up in the mountains at 1600m so has a climate up to 15c cooler than the coast and we had rain for the first time in six weeks. It's apparently k ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Central Highlands

---

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