Da Lat

03 January 2013

The team at Groovy Gecko tours
The team at Groovy Gecko tours

We arrived in Da Lat in the evening and headed straight into town for dinner before going to Groovy Gecko Tours to book some mountain biking for the following day. They were having their New Years celebration on the sidewalk across the street and were nice enough to share some of their food with us.

Annika and I
Annika and I
One of the Groovy Gecko guides playing for us
One of the Groovy Gecko guides playing for us

After being force fed several beers we spent the next day riding through the mountains around Da Lat, which was about as hard as it sounds, but offered some amazing views.

A mountain bike trail though the mountains around Da Lat
A mountain bike trail though the mountains around Da Lat

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The view from the top of one of the many hills we climbed
The view from the top of one of the many hills we climbed

Fields in the mountains outside Da Lat
Fields in the mountains outside Da Lat
A field and farm house in the fills outside Da Lat
A field and farm house in the fills outside Da Lat
The vista from the trail
The vista from the trail
Riding in the hills outside Da Lat
Riding in the hills outside Da Lat
A view of one of the towns outside Da Lat
A view of one of the towns outside Da Lat

The following day we headed out to visit some of the villages surrounding Da Lat, and to see Elephant Falls, before heading to the airport for our flight to Danang.

A greenhouse in Da Lat
A greenhouse in Da Lat
A view from the mountains outside Da Lat
A view from the mountains outside Da Lat
Coffee beans drying on outside a house near Da Lat
Coffee beans drying on outside a house near Da Lat
Coffee beans
Coffee beans
Rice ready to be turned into rice wine
Rice ready to be turned into rice wine
Rice wine burning
Rice wine burning
A statue outside the Pagoda at Elephant Falls
A statue outside the Pagoda at Elephant Falls
A staute in the Pagoda at Elephant Falls
A staute in the Pagoda at Elephant Falls
Elephant Falls
Elephant Falls
Annika standing in the spray at Elephant Falls
Annika standing in the spray at Elephant Falls
Elephant Falls
Elephant Falls