piper and his cows

Central Highlands

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August 22nd 2006
Not so impressed with this town, its apperently honeymoon haven for the Vietnamese, but a bit tacky and not much to see. However we took a tour outside of the city which was wonderful. Managed to fit in rose gardens, coffee plantation, waterfalls, silk worm factory, lunch at a local house, a mushroom farm and corn house and some other sites in one day, and our motorbike drivers had fantastic engli ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Central Highlands » Lam Dong » Da Lat

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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