Yes, I believe we visited in November!

It is gorgeous isn’t it! A nice cool reprieve from the rest of sweaty Southeast Asia 🙂

You would have loved that house! I did read a lot of Gaudi comparisons before we got there but I will have to look up Soleri.

I actually thought of you when I was writing this, with the whole women-in-architecture thing. Yes, from what I understand her training in Moscow was in architecture. There was an entire room full of press clippings, most in Vietnamese, but from the ones in English we learned she has projects all over Dalat. We drove all over and at one point I saw one small structure that had a definite “crazy house” look to it so I think that was her but her other projects must be much more subtle. Would loved to have done a tour of them but she did experience a lot of backlash from the community so I don’t think they were very supportive…. I don’t think Vietnam is really the place to fly your freak flag!

It is so true! Later I wondered if we were being petty, considering it was only 10 cents. But I was just so sick of the “walking wallet” attitude. I couldn’t take it anymore.

I actually do recommend Dalat! You’ll see in my Part II that we explored more of the natural beauty side to things. Dalat had some of the most stunning scenery I saw in the country, and I did enjoy the novelty of being cold again!

Ha, I found very few places in Vietnam where there were no people! So yes it was nice to have some breathing room in some of these places! I can’t believe there has still been no snow this year….

Thanks Grace! We were only there for about three weeks so we stuck to the South- Saigon, Nha Trang, Dalat, and Mui Ne. It was a great introduction and I can’t wait to go back and see the North!