Jumper Anyone?

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We had been told that Dalat was much colder than anywhere else we had been in Vietnam, but coming from Scotland which had just experienced a very poor summer we thought that it really couldn't be that bad!!!

We left an extremely hot Mui Ne around lunch time for what was supposed to be a 3 hour journey on our "locals' bus (Gary could not fit in any of the seats and had to spend the entire journey with his back leaning on me and his legs in the isle), however it took slightly longer than scheduled. The roads, at parts, seemed to have been damaged by the heavy rain, which called for some serious pot hole dodging from the bus driver. Despite the "gaps" in the road the trip was really quite enjoyable and gave us some nice scenery and photo opportunities of the countryside of Vietnam.

Following our dissappointment and dislike with our previous accommodation, throughout the journey Gary insisted that our next accommodation had to have air conditioning. However little did we realise that air conditioning was not called for as it got really quite cold in Dalat in the evening and air conditioning was something of a rarity in Dalat.

We dumped our bags into our room, and walked into the central area of Dalat in search of something to satisfy our grumbling stomachs. Despite walking for some time we did not come across anything that resembled a cafe or restaurant. At this point we were beginning to think that a box of pringles was going to be on the cards despite the fact that our mouths had been watering since the sign advertising chinese cusine on the way into Dalat.

No chinese could be found so we settled for the first cafe/restaurant which looked inviting. Gary opted to sit outside, which was very romantic but by the time our dinner was served we were beginning to feel the cold. The locals must of thought that we were mad, sitting outside in shorts and a T-shirt, while they were wrapped up with big jackets and scarves on. However on leaving our room we were really just concentraing on food and not the weather outside. After a mediocre meal, we headed back to the hostel, to get some rest in anticipation of exploring Dalat the following day by foot and in search of some good food!!! By the time we arrived at our hostel, we were both freezing and were beginning to understand the lack of interest in air conditioning.

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Photos

Vietnam Countryside
One of the views on our windy trip up the mountain

Dalat Square
The hustle and bustle of the city centre. Nice local market just off here.

Rain...again.
We're used to it now. It felt quite refreshing here.

Valley
It would probably have looked even better in the sun.