View of Lake from Monastery

Da lat

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February 5th 2011
After Mui Ne, we got a bus to Da lat in the Central Highlands. We had planned to go canyoning in the mountains but Gabrielle had caught a cold so instead we just did some sightseeing around town. The first thing that we noticed when getting off the bus was how cold it was. Situated high in the mountains, the altitude brought in icy mornings and evenings. The quaint, hilly town also felt more like ... 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