...of Vietnam one can find Dalat , city of Lam Dong province.
Vietnam counts 54 ethnic groups, number of these minorities populates this region.
The western part of these high plateaux edges the borders of Cambodia and Laos, the sea of china delimiting the oriental part. exception of the province of Dalat the surrounding zones remained forbidden of access to the strangers until 1992, because one says the rehabilitation camps was for most situated ...
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Advantages: beautiful scenery and atmostphere Disadvantages: need some local people as a guide
...go on a bit fast, Dalat is completely different .Peaceful, romantic is what Dalat actually is.
= How to?? and the weather=
Located in Lamdong province, Dalat is just about 300 km away from Ho Chi Minh city, which usualy takes 4 hours to get there. If it's misty, you may have to spend some more time on the bus, but , in fact that's what the tourists usually like. Especialy in summer , when almost all other region is Viet Nam is fairly hot(from ...
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Advantages: Cooler climate, great for guides. Disadvantages: Not much to do there
Dalat is a mountain city where the Vietnamese go for a holiday. Set in the middle of the coffee plantations the city reminded me more of a ski resort than an asian city as most vietnamese people were walking round in jackets and bobble hats as the air is cooler in the mountains.
Of course, it makes a refreshing change of climate for westerners. We could still walk around in shorts and T-shirt as their cold is our hot summer evening.
The only ...
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