Dalat Market

The Central Highlands

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February 6th 2007
Dalat is in the central highlands of Vietnam, this is a densely forested mountainous region in the south west of the country. Another slow but spectacular scenic bus journey brought us here from Mui Ne, we would not recommend the Hanh Cafe open bus company as they take forever to get around, loads of faffing and not much driving. Dalat doesn't see half as many tourists as Saigon and for th ... 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