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March 3, 2007
Dalat and our Jouney here (Katy)
Yesterday we arrived in Dalat, after a nine hour bus ride. We'd been expecting 5 or 6 hours, but not 9, and the roads were just so bumpy. It's hard to read because you're bouncing around so much. Anyway, eventually at about 6pm we made it here and we found the hostel that we'd booked into easily.
The weather here is a lot cooler than anywhere we've been so far. It's probbably similar to a hot summers day in Britain. Still shorts and t shirt weather but not so hot that you have to stay in the shade the whole time.
Dalat seems like an interesting place, although we haven't had much time to explore yet. It's quite a hilly area and the town is next to a lake. There are lots of Vietnamese people on holiday here.
We've heard that there's some climbing just out of town so we're going to try to go there tomorrow. We're hoping that we're both going to be really fit so we'll be able to climb really hard. We'll have to wait and see about that.
Posted by admins at March 3, 2007 3:09 AM
Comments
Hi,
Can i check with you, does saigon offers overnight bus from Saigon to Dalat??
and the crazy house, u all visited when u all reached there or the next morning?? as i can see that you reached dalat after 9 hours, so basically, cant really do much after you all arrive there and need to wait till the next day??
Posted by: xiaoqing at May 6, 2007 11:23 AM
We didn't find a night bus from Saigon to Dalat, but there may be one if you shop around. We got a bus at 7am so if you have the energy there is some time, everything stays open a bit later as a lot of Vietnamese take holidays there.
Posted by: Katy at May 11, 2007 8:41 PM