Throughout our whole 3 weeks in the country of Vietnam we had done, and had seen some very interesting things. But, the most entertaining and amazing experience, was our easy rider motorbike tour. The town that we had this joyful experience was called Dalat, which is located in southern Vietnam. This is the town in Vietnam that I have seen that has the most beautiful scenery, and gardens. On our first day of our tour I was very exited because I really enjoy riding on the back of motor cycles. We did two days on the tour, on the first day we went and saw the strawberry, and flower farms (Dalat is famous for both). We also on the first day went to a very nice waterfall that is called the elephant water fall. For the last stop of our awesome journey was we went to a house called the crazy house. When I say crazy I mean, they had rooms that had giant eagles in them, and giraffe neck stair cases, it was pretty extreme.
On the second and our final day of our tour, we had already gone to a lot of the sights so we went to another different waterfall. This water fall was not as cool, but you were able to take a roller coaster cart down to the waterfall, and that was cool, by mid evening we mostly rode around the country and saw some nice scenery. To end our tour we stopped at a pit stop with a magic table. The table was seriously magic, it was pretty cool. By the time we were dropped off back at our hotel I had a blast and Jeff had a blister from the tail pipe of the motorbike. But I think that we got what we paid for and spent the time we did enjoying what Dalat, and Vietnam had to offer.
~Tim~
We arrived to Dalat from Nha Trang. Dalat used to be a sleepy little town that was a get away for people in Saigon. Now it has turned into a massive farm operation. The hills and surrounding areas have been cleared of their pine forests and in their place is hundreds of greenhouses made from bamboo and a thick plastic. They grow flowers in the green houses that are sold all over Vietnam as well as exported. In addition to the green houses the rest of the area is terraced and there are absolutely gorgeous gardens (yes we have major garden envy). They grow all kinds of vegetables that they can’t elsewhere in Vietnam. The weather in Dalat is about the same as summer in Seattle. We saw loads of cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and (our favorite) strawberries. During our tour, we stopped at examples of each and some coffee and tea plantations. By the looks of the houses being built around town and just outside of town, the farming has become quite profitable as well. Many new large houses have sprung up and are extremely nice.
The town still earns a lot of its money from tourism, but mostly local tourists. Dalat is a big destination for newly married Vietnamese in the South. With the tourism geared more toward the locals, there were a number of unusual things to see. As Tim mentioned, the second waterfall had a roller coaster to get you to the bottom and then they had a pony and guys dressed up as American cowboys and a guy dressed up as a bear. You could pay money to get your picture with these various novelties. Plenty of people were.
Even with all the expansion, Dalat is still a good getaway from Saigon or in our case a nice pit stop on the way back.
~Jeff~
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