Wednesday 16 December 2015

More beaches, fruits and costumes

Our second stop on the Vietnamese itinerary was the costal town of Mui Ne.

The town is brimmed with Russian tourists and big resorts but we managed to find a small hotel and have some quiet time by the pool. The sea is pretty rough in this area, very windy also so popular with kite sufers and wind surfers.




After Mui Ne, we took a bus up to the hilly town of Dalat, stopping on the way for some funky-looking fruits. The pink ones are dragon fruit and the green ones are huge mangoes.



At 1475mt above sea level, it is about the chilliest place we have been so far (I guess it makes a good taster for the English weather in January), we spent some time mooching around the market and the lake.

This is the view from our 4storeys hotel:


We also visited the Bao Dai's summer palace - Bao Dai was the last king of the Nguyen dynasty who died in 1997. The palace needs some restoration but in one of the rooms you have the opportunity to dress up like a Vietnamese princess... And I just could not say no?


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