15,000 steps to nowhere- Yen Tu
10. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F
We rode two cable cars, climbed 15,000 stone steps without handrails (not OSH approved), and went to the peak of the mountain to look out for 5 minutes, then head back down. Once in a lifetimeLæs mere
Descending Dragon - Ha Long Bay
11. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Beautiful limestone rock formation of hundreds of isles in the bay.
Pearls
11. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
Lots of pearls around Ha Long Bay as there is a 74 acre pearl farm that grows pearls 3 - 5 years before harvesting. Only 30% will have a pearl. Only a few of them be nice and round.
Huge cave on an island
11. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
Ha Long Bay limestone cave tour on one of the islands. It saw actually a huge cathedral room! Huge!
Lantern festival at the town square
11. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F
Sunday night on the stown
River Cave tour by boat
12. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ 🌩️ 90 °F
Cool boat tour somewhere
Boat tour by the caves
12. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F
Of course lots of photo opportunities.
Motorcycle tour of Ho Chi Minh
14. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 93 °F
Got some good history on the culture and city.
Pictures taken by others in our group
15. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Pictures taken by others in our group 2
15. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Dalat Crazy House
16. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
She is 81 and still lives there and allows tours.
Rejsendethat house is so interesting. What is the story behind why it was built this way?
RejsendeFrom what I could tell is that the lady is the daughter of one of the past presidents. She went to USSR to study architecture. She is from Dalat, came home, and built this house. She continues to add to it. There are rooms for rent. She is 82 and lives in the house. They say she is crazy. They call this the Crazy house because of her and it's style.
Dalat waterfall
16. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
We walked around a beautiful waterfall
Flowers and family
16. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Just random pictures of the lake in Dalat, flowers, and random pictures from today
Breakfast and Coffee Dalat
17. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
We met Vy's high school friend for coffee and had a great visit. We played piano with their kids and talked to the owner of the house, who was a famous Dalat Photographer. He also built someLæs mere
The house where Vy was raised
17. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
Originally a French mansion in Dalat, it was turned into government housing after the French left. Vy grew up here. Then it sat vacant for years. 5 months ago, a restaurant entered the space. We got aLæs mere
Sunday morning church
18. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
This is an old, beautiful church where many of Vy's family is buried under the church floor in the crypt. Listen to the video. The church had great acoustics!
All the Aunts
18. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Vy had the 4 sisters and gave them gifts. Andy got new shoes.
Pongour Waterfall
20. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
We took the motorcycle about an hour south of Dalat to one of the prettiest waterfalls around.
Dalat University
21. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Vy road a bike to school the first 3 years and got a motorcycle her senior year in college. Many places changed but she enjoyed the tour.
The American Street
21. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Lightning and Thunder. Famous places on Truong Cong Dinh, The American Street or Western Street.
Dalat Day
22. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Flying kite, night market, bowling
Into the pines of Dalat Mountains
23. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Spent the day in The Dalat National Forest in a cabin built by a friend of a friend. We drove up an old French made logging road to the top and looked down on the clouds, had lunch, went river fishingLæs mere
Dalat Lake
24. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
This is a really popular place. In the last 8 years they added the steps and Plaza.
Last night on the town in Dalat.
24. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Andy went to Saturday church with his grandparents and we ate street food.
RejsendeSo much good food! I thought of you when ordering octopus. And the bamboo claims were in tamarind sauce. They were good. The spiral clams were in coconut sauce. A couple were in garlic sauce and the big ones were in lemon grass and chilie soup. Very tasty.
South China Sea
25. juni 2023, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Beach then our most expensive dinner. A bargain if in the USA. Next morning we met Vy's dad's two sisters and some cousins. One was a native medicine doctor.