Visit to Vietnam: Dalat

In the spring of 2011 I went to Vietnam after graduating. My next stop after Saigon was the mountain town of Dalat. Positioned at about 4,800 feet, the climate is dry and temperate -- colder than I was expecting in fact. It is one of the major tourist towns in Vietnam, particularly with Vietnamese tourists. I took a day tour to see a coffee plantation, a silk factory, a waterfall, and I visited the village of a mountain tribe.
Like so much of Vietnam, Dalat was a place that had things I didn't expect to see in Vietnam, and warrants a second visit in the future.

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[gangvn123]

hi man, do you watch Luke Nguyen series ? i suggest you watch it , very entertainment show

[PrasaaraNa]

@gangvn123 no, I can't say that I have seen Luke Nguyen, I don't watch too much TV. Or is he online?

[Motodanrn]

Nice video. I've viewed a few videos of yours, and I really enjoyed watching them. I'll be visiting Vietnam in two weeks. I'm so excited. I actually was born there and left more than 20 years ago. My home town is Go Cong. It's a province in Mekong Delta area. I have to say that you're a lot more adventurous than many. Some of the things you ate there I wouldn't dare to touch. Well thanks for sharing your videos, and keep your camera rolling.

[PrasaaraNa]

@Motodanrn Thanks, I haven't been to the delta yet, I've been fairly busy with work in the north in recent months. I'll see what I can do for a vlog in January or February. Good luck.

[JeremysVideos2]

Also... did you travel between other cities by bus? I read that the bus from Ho Chi Minh city to Hanoi is only about $28 (or some insanely cheap price like that) and that you can get off wherever you want and continue your journey on another day... is that true? I was thinking of trying something like that...

[PrasaaraNa]

@JeremysVideos2 A daytime high is going to be low nineties in most places in the summer. Dalat is of course going to be cooler. December, January is the cooler and drier time to visit Vietnam because of summer monsoon rains. Bus tickets are easy to book, just go down to one of the zillion tour offices and book it, 20-30 something dollars.

[vi3t123bby]

The last time I was there (2007) in the course of one month I swear I gotten at least 100 mosquito bites. Tsk tsk, miss this place. Parents can't afford the money to go back though, heheh.

[Baraquiel62]

7:49 you said you gay life was getting to you???

[German99LOL]

@PrasaaraNa isnt vietnam communist?