DA LAT!

I love this place really a lot! Everything is nice over there. The hotel, weather and stuffs over there, especially the place seems very ‘’paris’’. For people like me, who likes Paris but don’t have the chance to go there. Consider this place too! The journey to Da Lat is about 6hours. However, during the journey, we had been sleeping, listening to the tour guide’s stories and all. Finally, we had reached Da Lat in the afternoon. We headed for the Dambri Waterfall first. However, BAD NEWS! After our lunch, it RAINED! :( Not only never get to sit the roller coaster which we get to control the speed ourselves, we never even get to see the waterfall. Because it was too dangerous to go there if there is rain. Thinking of this, it is really sad to miss out this. Hence, we headed for the city. Before heading out for our dinner, we checked in to our hotel to rest awhile. The city is much smaller as compared to HCM city. However, I find it nicer perhaps more to the type I liked. It seems more peaceful. Then we went to have our dinner before our shopping at night market starts.

For the next day, we went to a few places. The first places we headed for is Golden Valley Tourist Site. The whole place is filled with flowers. The planting are also well maintained. The whole place is really beautiful and with the weather. PERFECT! There are also man-made waterfalls when we walked around. The place is also surrounded with trees.

After that, we headed for Liang Biang Mountain. We took a jeep up to the mountain top. The scenery was so perfect that it looks like it is done by Photoshop. Too real that it seems fake. There are also a few swings at there. I am sure not many had been on a swing at such a tall mountain. :D:D The breeze on top of the mountain is even better.

Next we headed for Dreaming Hill. It is filled with miniatures of other countries’ landmarks, like The Great Wall of China etc. From what I think, there’s nothing much there. I think because this isn't really any special of Vietnam, as this is what can be seen in other countries. Most importantly, the real thing. Then, we went to the opposite road to buy local tidbits. &of course we bought a lot:)

Next, we headed to a train station. What’s special about it can be considered as one of their historical site, as it had been there for many years already. Most importantly, it is built by the French during the period they conquer Vietnam for near 100years. Over so many years, but still standing strong. However, of course, it doesn't work anymore.

Our next stop is Domain de Marie church. We never went in, but we took some photos outside of it. It’s kind of special, as it is my first time seeing a rooster on top of the cross.

Next stop is the house where the last king stayed in. Before we went in, we bought Kem (Ice cream in Vietnamese). Their ice cream is special, they put carnation milk and peanut on the top. Though it had everything in it, but it is quite small. Then we know that actually that house is for the king to come for their holidays. Before the walk in the house, we will need to wear something to cover up our shoes. I think they are afraid that our footprints will leave marks on the floor. The King's room had even a balcony which is faced to see the moon! The king and his wife had also separate room, I wonder why.

For the both night, in Da Lat, we went to their market there. The stuffs their market sell is really special, and I really love it. Most of the stuffs they sell are knitted ones! I extremely love knitted stuffs. In Singapore, it is expensive because they are handmade, and we won’t get much chance to wear, since we had only one season all year round. Especially if you wear knitted clothes out, many will give you weird glares. Back to the market, I find that the stall holders now are more persistent with the price they sell to us. Though we know that they sell maybe 30,000dong to the locals there, they will still sell more expensive like 150,000dong.* Though they still it more expensive, we still think that it is worth to buy as it is quite cheap for handmade stuffs. Hence, bargaining here doesn’t really work. Before heading back to hotel, drank soya bean milk. Da Lat is famous for their peanut soya milk. Most of the stall tendors selling food there are illegal. This is because we had even experience that the police came, and the next thing, all the stalls along the streets gone. However, just minutes later, they are back. This shows that the law here isn't strict enough too.

*14000 dong = SGD$1

Let's go to Nha Trang next!~