great view of dalat

Dalata fun in Da Lat

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January 15th 2008
This was one of the most enjoyable parts of our trip thus far. Dalat is a fairly new town, maybe 130 years old, yet it is fairly famous already. It has been penned as the honeymoon city—where all Vietnamese newlyweds go. It is pretty funny, because in every love song on TV, it shows the mountains of Dalat, as if love exists, or revolves completely around this area. Some European countries have ... read more

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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