The Dalat area is covered with greenhouses! This is a major flower-growing area.
Dalat: Greenhouses for flowers. The greenhouses are mostly made of nylon.
Dalat is a beautiful modern city - with lots of flowers and coffee!
Dalat has a number of lakes. I'm not sure that this one is called, but the view is lovely.
Dalat: A lull in the usually thriving market for flowers and food.
Dalat: The market, selling flowers, and surrounded by flowering trees.
Dalat: You like artichokes?
Dalat: Who buys all of these bouquets?
Dalat: A rest in the statue in the market center.
Dalat: Orchids everywhere.
Dalat: Artichoke statue/building, near the ...
Dalat: Oh oh, I can't remember what this one is supposed to be! Oh yes, a sunflower!
Dalat: Striking! I think it is a variety of Heliconia.
Dalat train station. We are going to take a train ride!
Dalat: Old train waits for us in the station.
Dalat: From 1936, a narrow gauge rail put in by the French.
Dalat: Not exactly a luxury train.
Dalat: So many more greenhouses along the way.
Dalat: Hmm, I was told what that plant (herb) is, but I've forgotten.
Dalat: A broom-maker shows us her work.
Dalat: We arrive at the amazing Linh Phuoc Pagoda, with so much of it made from small pieces of glass.
Dalat: Detail from Linh Phuoc Pagoda.
Dalat: View of a small part of Linh Phuoc Pagoda.
Dalat: Detail from Linh Phuoc Pagoda.
Dalat: Dragon tail from Linh Phuoc Pagoda.
Dalat: My favorite view from Linh Phuoc Pagoda.
Dalat: One last detail from Linh Phuoc Pagoda.
The Dalat valley of greenhouses.
Dalat: From the home dinner visit - we had a lovely dinner with this family.
Dalat: From inside a greenhouse, so many perfect flowers!
Dalat: From deep pink to...
orange, and white with rose center.
Dalat: The other huge crop near Dalat is coffee. Our road trip goes next to a weasel coffee farm (look up "weasel coffee").
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: Coffee beans. The weasels eat the red coffee berries.
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: He takes time out from lunch to give me the weasel eye! I will say the coffee was wonderful!
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: After the weasel coffee operations, we take a wagon behind a tractor to visit a home and school. We are in a Buon Chuoi village to learn about the life of the hill tribe K'Ho. The tractor ride is a bit dusty.
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: Off we go, incognito.
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: I don't blame her - I'd look skeptical about us also!
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: After we exit the wagon, the children want a ride. Not everyone is happy!
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: The children take care of each other while parents work the coffee fields.
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: Grand Circle has supported this school, brought a water tower, bathrooms.
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: School is out so now the older children join the young ones on the wagon.
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: Here we have a Christian church, a tribal religious pole in front, and the cell tower behind. My cell reception here was better than in some area of Nebraska!
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: Maybe waiting for the other children?
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: We visited the home of the chief. His wife is weaving something beautiful!
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: Her face was so expressive - very beautiful.
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: The chief. With him is our local guide.
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: The weaver.
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: She enjoyed the joke also!
Buon Chuoi village near Dalat: The chief is about to step down. An election will be held, and both men and women are running.
