I have been looking forward to be in Sapa. I heard nothing but good things about it. After about 10 hours travel from Hanoi to Sapa, a whole bunch of local people were waiting for us to get off the bus near the lake. All of them wanted us to do homestay with them for…
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I chose this hostel because of the good reviews I saw and the fact that it’s only $4 per night including breakfast. Shortly after I booked my reservation through hostelworld.com, I got a text from Win Le of Dalat Smile Hostel asking my bus information to Dalat from Saigon. He offered to pick me up…
I just planned to be in Dalat for 2 nights but I ended up staying for 4 nights. I spent my last night with Zohar from Israel. She was my roommate. We walked to the market and had dinner at Cafe 13 which has a very relaxing ambiance. I love the cold weather in Dalat.…
Everybody in the hostel was talking about this canyoning tour so I decided to do it. Dalat Smile Hostel arranged it through Highland Sport Travel for me with the 4 German guys I met in Saigon who came to Dalat as well . Our tour guide, Dao picked us up at the hostel around 8:30AM. It…
I wanted to see the flower farm and and coffee farm so I hired Ling, one of the guys in the hostel to take me to places. He charged me $20 for the motorbike tour. He first took me to flower farm which was beautiful. It started to rain when we were in the flower…
I woke up at 4AM to take the what they call sleeping bus to Dalat with 4 guys from Germany. I’ve never been to this kind of bus and I find this really cool. Comfy and perfect for me. Of course, this bus is made for asian people so the guys were not as comfortable…
Today, I am back in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. My Vietnamese friend picked me up at the airport with her motorbike. She took me to my hostel to check in then we went for lunch with her other friend. Each ordered noodles and shared fried spring roll. Our bill was VND 108,000 (around $5…
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