15,000 steps to nowhere- Yen Tu

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 lifetimeもっと詳しく
Descending Dragon - Ha Long Bay

Beautiful limestone rock formation of hundreds of isles in the bay.
Pearls

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

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

Sunday night on the stown
River Cave tour by boat

Cool boat tour somewhere
Boat tour by the caves

Of course lots of photo opportunities.
Motorcycle tour of Ho Chi Minh

Got some good history on the culture and city.
Pictures taken by others in our group

Pictures taken by others in our group 2

Dalat Crazy House

She is 81 and still lives there and allows tours.
Dalat waterfall

We walked around a beautiful waterfall
Flowers and family

Just random pictures of the lake in Dalat, flowers, and random pictures from today
Breakfast and Coffee Dalat

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 someもっと詳しく
The house where Vy was raised

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 aもっと詳しく
Sunday morning church

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

Vy had the 4 sisters and gave them gifts. Andy got new shoes.
Pongour Waterfall

We took the motorcycle about an hour south of Dalat to one of the prettiest waterfalls around.
Dalat University

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

Lightning and Thunder. Famous places on Truong Cong Dinh, The American Street or Western Street.
Dalat Day

Flying kite, night market, bowling
Into the pines of Dalat Mountains

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 fishingもっと詳しく
Dalat Lake

This is a really popular place. In the last 8 years they added the steps and Plaza.
Last night on the town in Dalat.

Andy went to Saturday church with his grandparents and we ate street food.
South China Sea

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.