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| These stones were just in this town and in the middle of nowhere,.... |
Started at 6am it was
very foggy, we had found out last night that the road to Da Lat was not very steep
but consisted of ups and downs. it was at almost the same altitude as the pass we
has crossed the previous day.
Reached the outskirts
of Da lat, the road was lovely. Around the town there were literally 100's of poly
houses growing flowers of all imaginable varieties from roses to tulips and probably
everything in between. We stopped at a local joint and it was rush hour:-) we had to wait for sometime before a couple of
the locals made place for us at their table. They were drinking beer and asked us
if we want to share. Breakfast was noodle soup, eggs and veggies and salad. Finally
we decided to have beer with our breakfast:-) i guess this was a first for all of us. The locals
enjoyed it and had a hearty laugh as we took so long to decide. Beer here is just
like water....
Entered Da Lat, went
around the lake and searched for V-cafe, it was recommended by our American friend
from Hoi Ann. It turned to be a typical european coffee house snd quite expensive.
we loved the carrot cake though and they had free wifi:-)
Kedar went around and
found a guest house which was very reasonable at 10USD. We first washed our clothes
and hung them up to dry. They had said free wifi but we could not get it to work.
We had bought a bottle of red wine at Nha Trang and decided to have it now as Da
lat is said to have a heavy french influence.
we headed to the city
center, it was very crowded and there were stalls mostly selling flowers. It was
a lovely sight. Had Bun-mi at a stall in the market and then decided to try a sweet
dish which looked like falooda, found that looks could be deceiving, it was not
sweet at all :-)
Went for a long walk
in the city. had spotted a Tiger beer draught spot, turned out to be a cafe without
food (many cafes here serve only coffee n beer, no food). At one joint saw steaming
liquids, as all had sore throats decided to have, soya bean milk, ground nut milk
and one more juice, all were tasteless, had to add suger :-l.
On way back to room had
roasted sweet potato. The lady tricked us, said 5k initially and took 10. Finished
the balance wine and went for dinner at 8.30 as most of the joints were closing/
washing for New Year Eve. Then walked back to our guest house. We decided to retire
early as to start early the next day and make up some more distance as we had cycled
just 30 kms today.
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