Dalat - Vietnam.

6/13/05

We travelled from Mui Ne to Dalat by bus, as usual. Dalat is a small city located on a plateau 1,500m above sea level and it is a good town to have a break from the unbearable heat of the lowlands.

We arrived around 1 pm and went to walk around to visit the city that has the best coffee in Vietnam and probably in the world.

We were expecting to do some rock climbing but after getting the details about it with the tour agencies, we changed our mind. What they had to offer was really climbing classes on very low rocks. We booked a mountain bike tour instead.

6/14/05

We started biking out of the town at 9 am with 4 other British guys in the group.

Out of the city, we entered a very muddy and bumpy trail. The description of the tour was: We are still to have a client that can bike the whole trail without getting off the bike. They were not kidding. In some parts it was just impossible to bike, unless you are really really good.

Here is an easy part of the trail.



We had lunch on the hills and on the way back to Dalat we passed by the Valley of Love.



The biking was over at 3 pm and after returning the bikes we walked to the central market where they where selling all kinds of dried fruits.