Da Lat Cowboys

As you would expect when you try to pronounce a name in another language it can come out sounding a little off. Because there are no words that end in s in Vietnamese they have a hard time pronouncing names such as Dallas. So they pronounce Dallas as Da Lat. In fact that's how they spell Dallas on their maps. (See below)

Well the interesting thing is that Vietnam also has a very famous city called Da Lat.  It is located in the mountains of Vietnam surrounded by pine trees.  It was founded by the French who want a place with cool weather so that they could escape the heat of the lower elevations.  The French brought with them things such as Strawberries, Artichokes, and Flowers.  Now Da Lat is well known for growing these things which can't be found in other areas of Vietnam.  So we decided to head on up there to see what all the fuss was about.  Here are some pictures of what we saw.

The Flowers

Da Lat is renowned for its flowers.  They have a whole large park just of flowers.  Here is a taste of what you can see here.

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Nature Scenes

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Crazy House

There is a famous house in Da Lat called the crazy house.  It is full of twists and turns.  Its architecture is supposed to imitate nature.  Each room has a different theme. 


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Coffee Chon

This is for all you coffee lovers out there.  The Vietnamese say one of the best coffee out there (it's also expensive) is Coffee Chon or Weasel Coffee.  They feed coffee beans to weasels then some time later they collect the beans wash and brew them for your drinking delight.  Sometimes we're glad we don't drink coffee. 


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Silk Factory


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Elephant Riding


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Da Lat Cowboys

Finally Da Lat also has horses.  So here is a picture of a couple Da Lat Cowboys.