Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Dalat, the Central Highlands


So away from the hot sweaty beaches and into the highlands, where it is cool and you aren't sweating buckets. An amazing drive up into Dalat, mountainous jungles and winding roads. I took a motorbike tour of the country side. This area used to be a bunch of hillside villages but they grow coffee here and since the price of coffee has sky rocketed, everyone is wealthy and has villages. We saw a waterfall, silk worm factory, and some agricultural sights.
This is also the southern part of the Hoh Chi Minh trail, so a bit of war history here. It is also home of the 'Crazy House', a house that looks like it is out of Alice and Wonderland. Pretty cool, but my photos don't really capture it that well.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

GREETINGS,...trust this finds you as the very picture of health and thoroughly enjoying your many adventures!!! REALLY like your photography,...hope you'll treat us to a showing one day.
Good on ya for keeping your website/blogsite title!!
Mar's birthday's comin' next weekend, so we're off to Poulsbo with the NorthWind,...Mar really likes it there 'cause she gets dinner out,...and lives on shore power! John and Shelley in Moab,...Cami's puppy Moose now has a Moose Run, a fun project, and Ang and Mark have transformed their landscape for a new cabinet shop. Now I've got a COOl project, again!!

Best Regards, Frank

6:55 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I know you're thrilled about the cool down. Your post reminded me of Webb in June. Looks like you are having an awesome trip so far with lots of eye candy.

8:06 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

My man! The coutry side looks amazing. Glad to hear you're having such a great time. It's a balmy 50 or so and cloudy here so Vietnam seems like the place to be.

9:34 AM  

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