Routes that capture the imagination
At home when you flash your headlights to an oncoming car, it means “ after you, be my guest”. Here in Vietnam it means “get out of my way, I’m coming through” usually at some Kms/hr over the speed limit. Overtaking is interesting and Best tackled by assuming the the car behind the vehicle coming …
Day 3 — Kon Tum to Buon Ma Thuot and a lesson in driving etiquetteRead More
Buon Ma Thuot where we started the day is at a lower altitude that other towns we have come from so is warmer and less humid than the higher areas have been. It is also the centre of tea, coffee and rubber production. The cool mountain air here is either heavy with the nutty, earthy …
It was a wrench to leave Da Lat and the Dalat Palace Hotel. It’s a spectacular colonial building high on a hill overlooking a lake, very reminiscent of Geneva. The hotel has log fires in the bedrooms, fortunately not lit, and a magnificent dining room where we enjoyed a superb meal. Again the hospitality was …
