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Whilst in Dalat...  
   

Whilst in Dalat...

...we received a divine visitation from God. Which was nice.
Moving on up

May 29th 2007
We realised that we had been in Ho Chi Minh for over a week so thought we'd better move up north (we have a 30 day visa). Next stop - Da Lat. Da Lat is a former (French) colonial mountain retreat. We left Ho Chi Minh on the bus around 8.30am. We were told that the journey would take 5 hours. 1.30pm passed asnd we saw that we had over 100km to go! The journey actually took 8 hours in the end, I ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Central Highlands » Lam Dong » Da Lat

Vietnamese Flag 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
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