Dalat to Saigon
200 miles, 2 days, one bike.
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 The motorbike adventure begins outside the Peace 1 Hotel - Dalat
Where was I? Oh yes. So Dalat. Well, the romance honey pot and hot spot of central Vietnam proved .. |  Crazy steps
It's actually called the 'Crazy House' by the locals of Dalat. Designed by a local woman its .. |  Wendy in the crazy place
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 Fancy a room for the night
You can even rock up for the night in one of the wibbly-wobbly rooms. .. |  Slightly scary kangeroo in one of the crazy rooms
|  Before it gets near being a Latte it looks like this
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 The hill next to this was covered in thick vegetation.
Wht isn't this one covered in trees? Because of naplam. Decades later the countryside has .. |  Datanla waterfall outside Dalat
|  The spray from the waterfall travelling across the valley
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 A noodle farm. I never knew they had such things. Fresh noodles drying in the sun.
|  Perhaps the least thrilling part of our journey.
A mud pool where they get the clay to make bricks from. There were no postcards available so I had .. |  And then there was the basket weaving house
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 Wendy successfully slicing bamboo into the shreds needed to weave the baskets
I couldn't push the bamboo through properly. I think there was a technical error in the machine .. |  Wendy, proud by her stallion
|  Wendy, gritting her teeth on a motorway, upon her stallion
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 Me, looking pensive, as we swerved through the traffic
|  The view from the bike
I've never really appreciated how unnevrving it can be being out on the opne going that fast on a .. |  Another bloody Eiffel Tower
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 Com Pho - delicious chicken soup from roadside restaurants
|  The Dam'bri waterfall. The biggest in Vietnam I think.
So big you can get a lift (on left hand side) down to it. You should pay to get it but we arrived at .. |  Oh no! I'm falling in the big waterfall
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 ...to this
|  Beautiful Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon if you prefer.
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