View of Da Lat from hotel roof terrace

Exploring Da Lat

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February 16th 2014
16feb - Saturday Woke early to glorious sunshine, but can feel the slightly cooler air of the mountains. Still revelling in the near luxury of our hotel and had a lovely breakfast at 7am. We have map and off we go, first destination is the lake.Had an easy stroll around the Ho Xuan Hong lake, which is has a paved path, so boots not required and took in t ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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