Church in Dalat

Dalat

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July 12th 2008
Dalat is the swiss alps of vietnam. It much cooler weather and there are loads of swiss looking log houses. We only spent 1 full day here so we did a motorbike tour called 'Easy Rider'. Basically you sit on the back of a massive motorbike and they drive you around all the sites. We saw this random crazy house which is still being built, the rooms are supposed to resemble Gaudi, it was really r ... 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