Sorry Im breaking up the flow of my travels but my trip in Asia will come to an end soon and I wanted to make sure that I didnt forget to finish up my posts from previous trips.
Although it rained heavily that day, I still had fun and visited some of the most beautiful gardens full of orchids in every color. Even got to listen some traditional Viet music while munching on some yummy goodness from the XQ Embroidery Museum, http://xqhandembroidery.com/.
Throughout the museum are young ladies at work, hand embroidering from 7:30AM - 5PM, with a lunch break in between.
My last day on a trip with elementary school teachers from Long Hai. It was a pleasure getting to know all of them, but my least favorite part was having to share a room with 6 other ladies and a demanding toddler. I wont forget that part where Trang teases the kid and the brat ends up throwing up on the floor of our hotel room. Thanks a lot Trang, I wont ever forget this trip!
We went to Doi Mong Mo Park first, then headed for the XQ Embroidery Museum. The one in Dalat was bigger than the one in Nha Trang and Saigon.
Bong hoa nao ma dep the?!!
Khu du lich Doi Mong Mo
Make a wish!!
Tree of love and good fortune
Trang smelling the lilies
Uhmmm…we were lucky to be able to walk to the Embroidery Museum across the street
before it started to pour. A romantic kinda rain really or maybe it was just the atmosphere that made me feel that way. I love that there were so many pictures and clippings from as far back as the 1800′s about DaLat. There were old clippings of the dried up Xuan Huong Lake back in the days when it was at its full capacity. Lovely!!
Quick rain shower on a Saturday afternoon in DaLat at the Embroidery museum
I didnt take many pictures of the embroidery work but I promise you this particular location in DaLat is well worth the trip if you are in the area.
Full size embroidery to small miniature ones. Most of the work involved more than one person and usually took anywhere from 2 years or more. Alot of time and thought goes into the design and embroidering.
Also, while there, check out the nice open courtyard where you can order typical Hue food and other traditional viet food. Right above this area you see below is a room where they had 3 different instruments being played. My favorite were the dan bau and dan tranh of course. I never get tired of listening to these 2 particular instruments.
Dining experience at Theo museum in Dalat
Roasted sweet potatoes
Dan Da
After we left the museum, it was on a bus back to the hotel area and off to early dinner we went.
Hot Pot style in Dalat for dinner
6 girls finishing this was not a problem. We were looking forward to che bap and khoai lan.
What's left of the sweet corn pudding and sweet potato pudding
Not sure we had room for anything else after that so off we went to the night market in Dalat where we hopped on rental bikes and cycled around the dried out Xuan Huong lake. The strenuous cycling up and down the hills made us all hungry so we stopped for roasted corn. Cayenne pepper and grease. I think butter from the US wouldve been better smothered on this.
A favorite street snack in 'Nam - roasted corn
All in all, DaLat is great for the lush green scenery, the wonderful cool weather, and the beautiful pagodas. A great weekend getaway but boring after a few days so onto Nha Trang we go.
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