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Published: October 16th 2009
The Governor-General of Indochina, in te late 19th Century, ordered a hill station be founded in DaLat. The town is at an elevation of about 1500m, which leaves it a bit cooler than the areas I have traveled throughout Vietnam so far. Nonetheless it is an amazing area with many natural beauties to be explored. During the war there was no bombing on this town so everything retained its pre-war structure.
I stayed in the Peace Hotel and was confused when I did not have a fan or anything in my room. The receptionist told me I didn't need one. I didn't understand at the time, but found out in the evening. It was definitely cold, about 10c at night. The majority of the locals are wearing winter coats and lots of knitted items are sold in the town market.
I met a French girl called Lydia and we decided we would rent a motorbike and explore the area ourselves. You can book with the Easy Riders- DaLat for about 12$ a day but we figured it would be more of an adventure this way and we could just relax and go with the flow. Our way was a
lot cheaper as well. We got lost a few times, stopped off at random villages that were definitely not in any guidebook, go dlocked inside a pagoda... the usual, but it was a great time and we ended up getting back to town after nightfall.
The way the law works here is crazy. I was near the market one night and a guy grabbed another guy and put a steak knife to his neck. I wasn't sure what was going on so I walked up the stairs to get a decent distance from this, when he pulled the knife I was right beside them. Mind you, the night market was full of people and locals continued eating and shopping as if this wasn't going on. The guy with the knife to his neck gave the other some money which he gave to a lady that was running a food stand. I assumed he stole it from her because he took the knife from him but they still continued to fight. Finally the police arrived and the knife weilding guy hops in the front of the flatbed and they put the alleged thief on the back with an officer, no
The scene...
On the steps at the night market.handcuffs. Strange.v
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