Da Lat

Endelig lidt koelighed. Vi er nu oppe i bjergene paa et dejligt hotel, og for foerste gang i Vietnam oplever jeg, at der kan vaere stille nogle steder. Hotellet ligger lidt uden for byen i skoenne omgivelser.

Naesten alle har vaeret syge - sikkert pga. de oester som vi fik paa en af oerne, som vi besoegte igaar. Heldigvis spiser jeg ikke oesters, saa jeg er vist sluppet.

Har vaeret paa markedet i byen. Fandt kopimarkedet - godt. Herefter lejede vi et gammelt tog og var en tur ude i oplandet. Det ser ud som om at det er et meget frodigt omraade, hvor der er oceaner af drivhuse og markeder med blomster og groensager.

Jeg har gjort en morsom betragtning. Mange forretninger har kun et begraenset udvalg og naar det gaelder toej, er der kun en del af hver - ikke noget med flere stoerrelser, saa kan man ikke passe den stoerrelse, som der er, er det bare aergerligt. Ioevrigt er det mere eller mindre umuligt at finde toej, da de kun har til bitte smaa tynde mennesker. Man foeler sig som en hel elefant her.

01 marts 2011
Sagde jeg lidt koeligere. Det har vaeret braendende varmt idag men sidst paa eftermiddagen begyndte solen heldigvis at gaa vaek. Jeg har vaeret lidt skidt idag men heldigvis gik jeg ikke ned som de fleste andre i gruppen. Vi havde en lille tur til centrum i formiddags bla. til the Crazy House, som er en af de 10 mest tossede huse i hele verden. Derefter gik turen til en af den sidste konges paladser, hvorefter vi blev sat af paa markedet. Desvaerre havde jeg ikke overskud til at shoppe. Imorgen gaar turen saa med fly til Saigon.

Finally some cool weather. We are up in the mountains on a nice hotel and for the first time I experience that Vietnam can be silent some places. The hotel is outside the city in nice surroundings.

Almost everyone has been ill. Probably due to the oysters that we got on one of the islands that we visited yesterday. Luckily I did not eat any oyster so I seem to be okay.

I have been to the market in town. Found the copy market - good. A this we hired an old train and went for a tour out in the country. It looks like a very vigorous area, where there are lots and lots of greenhouses and fields with flowers and vegetables.

I have noticed something funny. A lot of the shops only have a limited selection and only one of each peace when it comes to clothes. So if it does not fit you - bad luck for you. They do not come in diffent sizes. Furthermore it is almost impossible to find clothes for europeans, as the Vietnamese are very tiny people. You really feel like an elephant.

March 01, 2011
Did I say it was cooler here. It was burning hot today but in the afternoon the sun luckily hide away. I had felt a bit miserable today but fortunately I did not went down as most of the group. We did a small trip to the center of the city this morning among others things we visited the Crazy House, which is among the 10 most crazy houses in the world. After this we went to one of the palaces of the last king of Vietnam. We ended the tour at the market. Unfortunately I did not have the energy to shop. Tomorrow we will fly to Saigon.