Day 53

Mui Ne > Da Lat

Similar vibe to yesterday, wake up, go for swim, go for breakfast (mango pancake this time), then ride out. But this time we were checking out and heading out. Our bus was a fairly standard half sleeper half seat, fairly narrow, and slightly too short setup. What was different was that this road was bumpy as hell almost the whole way but what made up for it was the beautiful mountain views as we climbed in altitude.

We arrived slightly ahead of schedule at about 5 and decided to make the 30 minute walk to our hostel whilst it was still light. We pass through a quaint little flower garden before walking along busy roads. As we were slightly more North, further inland and at a higher altitude it meant that the weather was a lovely cool mid 20s which was a nice break from south Thailand, Cambodia, and south Vietnam - especially with our big bags.

We are greeted by a nice sign at the bottom of the elevator to our hostel, so we take it up to the 5th floor and ride up. We check in and I get shown to my dorm, whilst Alfie and Daisy are shown their room. I end up playing pool with one of the guys who worked there and he completely whooped my ass (no suprises) before we asked for some food suggestions for the evening.

We wander into the city, passing a live band playing what seemed to be an authentic Vietnamese instrument. We were about to head out until we head the distinctive start to Despacito play so we stay another song. I was super hungry at this point so I stopped for some meatball soup with bread (as suggested by the dude from earlier) and then followed it up swiftly by a folded "pizza". They were both super yummy and my folded pizza was served in what seemed to be used pieces of paper from a notepad which was quite funny. Daisy needed something vegetarian so after heading around the 2nd hand market we went to a vegetarian restaurant where I watched them struggle to ask for the bill as they were too scared to interrupt the people's own dinner. Finding this hilarious but also slightly frustrating as I wanted something from the bakery - they eventually pay and we head towards the bakery we were so excited for (having passed it earlier).

We eventually get to the awesome bakery where you grabbed your own tray and tongs before picking whatever you wanted. We all opted for 2 things each before heading back to our hostel to eat them. What was hype turned into disappointment as all of our things were either viciously moderate or a bit shit. With that we headed to bed.Les mer