Dalat/Mui Ne/Nha Trang It's been quite a hectic couple of weeks; the weather in Vietnam has been less than spectacular so there's been a lot of moving. If it keeps raining I may be headed to Thailand/India earlier than I thought. Dalat is the "kitsch capital" of Vietnam, a European-style city founded by frenchmen up in the mountains. Although going somewhere cold (or at least somewhere where I could maybe put my fleece to use) seemed like a quaint idea, the novelty quickly wore off as along with the cooler temperatures came rain. The city itself was also nothing particularly special; it did have winding, Spanish-feeling streets, and some amusing kitsch crap, but really it was a city much like any other, and I definately did not fall in love with it. Outside the city, however,
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