This was our second time visiting Dalat, and although we were only there for one day, this time around, not much had changed. Still beautiful and strange, cold and damp, and damn good coffee! Known for it's high mountain coffee and specialty roasting, the area is highly regarded as the country's premier coffee region. Besides breaking down on our scooter... twice ... we enjoed the fresh, cold mountain air. The trip home was a long one ... we highly recommend flying out of the Dalat airport at the base of the mountain, unless you're into long car rides ... as far as the scenery... coffee, coffee and more coffee...and about an hour or 2 before the outskirts of Saigon, there are some really funky, on-the-verge-of-creepy buildings w/ out-of-proportion size religious statues...and funky-neo-retro looking churches. Funny, though, I couldn't really tell if I was traveling through coastal Veracruz, Mexico or if I was in Vietnam... the similarities are astounding! Climate, culture, architecture, religious fervor.... wow! Check out the slideshow "Roadside Attractions" at the bottom left.
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