What’s up, everybody? Phil here!
Coming at your from Dalat, Vietnam in the Central Highlands of Vietnam about a 30-minute
flight away from Saigon.
It’s very, very beautiful up in this mountainous area, very charming city, and it's apparently
where a lot of Vietnamese people like to go when they go on vacation.
I wanna take you around and show you what could be considered the hidden gem of Vietnam.
Let’s go!!!
Although Dalat itself is a beautiful city, some of the most fun things to do around outside
of town.
For example, a waterfall canyoning day trip.
We organized our canyoning day trip through Phat Tire Adventures.
They came to our hotel in Dalat at about 8AM to pick us up, drive us 15 minutes south of
the town and now we’re here near the Dalat waterfall area.
Getting dressed up, basically got the wet suit on, gloves, harness, life vest, getting
us prepared before we start adventuring down some waterfalls for the day.
We’re now walking down to the waterfall (you can definitely hear it over there) where
we can start doing some stuff.
That was a lot of fun, so after a morning full of adventure just outside of town at
the waterfalls, now we’re gonna spend time exploring within town itself.
We’re staying in Downtown Dalat, definitely very central, lots of restaurants, lots of
hotels around here and now we’re walking to one of the most popular attractions, the
Crazy House.
And while were wandering Dalat we just stopped in here and got some Che, which is basically
a Vietnamese dessert that’s ice with jelly and some coconut milk in it, really good,
really refreshing.
In general, just the vibes and atmosphere here are pretty laid back.
The architecture even as you walk around, super French-looking!
A short 15-minute walk from our hotel in Downtown Dalat, we’ve now come inside the Crazy House.
The entry was 60000 dong per person.
Definitely the highest concentration of tourists that I’ve seen so far anywhere in Dalat,
but it’s also probably the most popular attraction in the city, so that’s to be
expected.
In general here, it’s a lot of “Alice in Wonderland,” kind of weird, whacky vibes.
But there’s some staircases that lead up to these really interesting bridges that just
give you really nice views of the city of Dalat in general.
So it’s interesting and it’s funny to visit, but it also provides a really, really
nice view of the town itself.
These stairs are winding and they go all different directions and there are just doorways and
you can spend a lot of time just exploring and it’s pretty fun!
And the general story about this place and the reason why it even exists is that it’s actually
a hotel.
It was very expensive for them to build the hotel, so what they did was they continued
building it and constructing it and making it even weirder and weirder and opening it
to tourists to just come visit and pay an entry fee and this is a huge area here.
In fact, they even are still constructing stuff that I can see over off to the side.
So, it’s still a work in progress, but it’s definitely must-visit if you’re in Dalat.
Even just walking around the central area of Dalat, it’s very clean, very pleasant,
very laid back, just a really, really pleasant vibe.
And right over there on the other side of this street is a really nice park and garden
and there’s also this Eiffel Tower-looking structure and that’s why they call it “The
Little Paris”!
Dalat is also really known for being very romantic, so one of the things you can do
is to actually go out on Xuan Huong Lake, which is the small lake that’s in the center
of town and you can rent a swan boat for an hour.
Definitely something kinda fun and unique to do and it also just matches up with the
really nice and pleasant and romantic vibes of the town.
It’s a little over-the-top coming out on a swan boat like this, but honestly the lake
itself is really serene, really peaceful.
The weather up here is phenomenal compared to other parts of Vietnam that are super humid.
It’s just really relaxing to be out here!
And there’s no shortage of good food in Dalat.
We came into this restaurant now we’re getting nem nuong, which is basically little skewers
of grilled meat that you take with rice paper, you wrap up the meat with some vegetables,
dip it in this peanut sauce and add some really spicy sauce to it and it’s absolutely delicious.
Really, really good flavor from that grilled meat, also really, really fragrant herbs and
it’s really crunchy.
Just really satisfying to eat!
And after dinner, in terms of nightlife, Dalat does not have as many clubbing and bar options
as other cities in Vietnam, but Dalat night market is definitely one of the must-visits
when you’re here.
It’s a huge, huge area that’s covered with vendors and it’s very central, right
next to Downtown Dalat.
The Dalat night market is open every night until 10PM and there’s a really good variety
of foods and different kinds of clothes that you can buy here.
And in general, the energy here is really, really strong and buzzing.
We’re here on a Tuesday night and it’s pretty packed in here!
A food that I got here at the night market that I tried for the first time tonight was
the Dalat-style pizza.
It’s a super thing little pizza, it’s really, really delicious and it seems like
everybody’s eating them out here so I decided to try one for myself.
Overall, Dalat is an amazing little town that is definitely worth visiting when you’re
in Vietnam.
It’s not quite as popular as a lot of other cities within Vietnam and one of the things
that I really appreciated about it was that you didn’t see a lot of Westerners here.
There’s still definitely a lot of infrastructure for tourism, there’s tons of hotels, lots
of things to do, great food, but it seems like it was more Vietnamese tourists here,
not Westerners, so it seemed kind of nice and that’s why I think it’s a great little
hidden gem you should visit if you haven’t!
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