View from Dalat

City Hopping

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September 17th 2008
Hello again. Since our last message we got a overnight bus to Dalat. We arrived at 5.45 before any of the guest houses seemed to be open and roamed the streets until a lady in curlers finally ran out of one asking if we wanted a room. After a short nap we hired a bike and explored what Dalat had to offer including some local villages, a mountain and some lovely waterfalls surrounded by utter weird ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Khanh Hoa » Nha Trang

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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