Encountering Cambodia and Vietnam - Da Lat, Thursday 2016 February 25

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February 25th 2016

Published: March 5th 2017

A “late” morning – we didn’t leave until 8:30 for our tour of city sights. The Summer Palace of King Boa Dai, the last King of Vietnam, was initially somewhat disparaged by Thuy, but she had to admit that it had improved, possibly because of the recent New Year celebrations. The building was of gracious art deco design, and the rooms were furnished relatively simply with large soft chairs... Read Full Entry

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6th March 2017

Isabel Gibson
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Another amazing day
A Quebecois folk song in Vietnam - who would have guessed? The indigenous architecture and decoration reminds me a bit of Thailand - detailed to the point of ornate. But then there's the preservation of the art deco style - even though it was introduced, I presume, by colonial "masters." Was there any discussion of cultural aspects of ornamentation?

9th March 2017

beentouring
Been Touring

Ornamentation
That's a good question. Little discussion, more a sense that the Vietnamese have absorbed many cultures into theirs, without worrying too much about origins.

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