"15/05/2013"
Bonjour et bienvenue à Dalat.
Could this place get anymore French...it even has an Eiffle tower. haha
Well the power stations look like mini Eiffle towers.
The quaint streets, with little painted houses overlooking the lake certainly give off an alpine flavour. Even the weather is a little more European, with rain more of a regular occurrance.
I went on an interesting little tour today, encompassing the countryside and the main sites in Dalat.
Our first stop visited a flower farm. We then went to a little village, and on to a cricket farm (yes some of the others tasted cricket...apparently it is a local delicacy...best served barbequed with chili sauce.)
Then it was on to a silk farm. Incredible to see the intricate work and each silk worm could produce 1km of thread. Amazing!
Placing the thread into the machines looked a very tricky job, so I have no idea how they managed to find the end each time.
The end products were beautiful too.
We then left to stop off at a Pagoda with a Happy Buddha statue, before clambering to a waterfall.
The elephant waterfall was very pretty, but nothing quite compares to Iguazzu.
It was then time for a visit to a coffee plantation, which had views to die for (more opportunity to shop), before heading back to Dalat for a spot of lunch...yes they actually managed to find something vegetarian for a change!)
We witnessed an incredible downpour on the way to the restaurant, including a very strong thunderstorm, although it didn't last long. It soon cleared the air, and we were able to continue with our tour, visiting an older railway station and finishing off at the beautiful lake.
I'm off to Nha Trang tomorrow, I really hope the weather is sunny!
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