Mr & Mrs Wanderlust : Mini Paris...Dalat

To get there we took a 3 hour bus from Nha Trang arriving around 4pm. Our Hotel was called City Pass, and wasn't far to walk, Da lat is cooler temps than Nha Trang so it wasn't too hard. It took a but of finding as the addresses can be a bit strange in Vietnam, and it was down a small side road not listed. We got there and the hotel manager was very nice and very enthusiastic.

We arrived on Sunday and decided to go the weekend night market for dinner, it was very busy, but enjoyable, we had a selection of food, including coconut on rice paper, a pizza made on rice paper and peanuts wrapped in sticky rice.

The next morning we went for a walking tour of Da lat, firstly visiting the crazy house. A house made by an artist, it was indeed crazy, there were concrete painted animals everywhere, the building was designed to look like a tree so was covered in artificial vines and creeper trees. This place didn't really excited us too much, we arrived at a point when a few bus tours arrived and you couldn't turn a corner without banging your head on a selfie stick!

We walked up to the nearby church and onto the kings Palace, whilst the kings Palace isn't much to look at, in comparison to the crazy house it was very peaceful. We walked around inside and it was like a 70's timewarp with dark hardwood furniture everywhere and orange and brown patterned curtains against yellow walls. From here we talked to the vintage train station via a lunch stop. The train is at an old station and takes you to a beautiful colourful temple on the edge of Da lat, it was very nice and had glass mosaic and lots of the famous Vietnamese blue and white China. Definitely worth the trip.

Back to our hotel for dinner with the enthusiastic host and a chat with other guests who were taking different routes around SE Asia so gave us tips for Laos and Cambodia.

The next morning we were off to explore a waterfall around 60km away from Da Lat so we hired a motorbike and set off. It took a long time to get there because of traffic and roadworks, but it was worth it, the waterfall was stunning and you could count the visitors on one hand. We spent about 2 hours here, unfortunately you aren't allowed to swim there because it is too dangerous, but there are plenty of places to dip your feet in too cool off!

Then it was back to Da Lat to find dinner and after we found a dessert shop called Che Chuoi. it was so good and so cheap, near our hotel we had a bbq'd banana wrapped in sticky rice, covered in coconut tapioca. This is served hot and cost 10k VND (30p) leaving us no option but to swing past every night.

After the busy day we got a taxi to the airport for our flight to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) the airport was tiny, it took about 40 mins from Dalat and about 5 mins to get checked in and through security.

We were air for about 30 mins and there we were in Saigon.