Dalat: Cable Car and Truc Lam Meditation Centre

Why were we visited these places? Sorry to say that, I have no idea. Muahaha!
I know that Dalat have cable car ride that brings us to Truc Lam Meditation Centre, that’s all what I know about these places.
We know anything about these places, so we just have fun with our own way. (Such a salah traveller mood~)

Cable Car

I only know that the cable car close for lunch hour from 1130am to 1pm.
We reached at 1125am and able to take a ride.

Mini size gondola compared to the one in Genting Highlands.
*Long time no go Genting dy~ huhu~*

Someone enjoy watching the scenery.The Dalat kampung city view from the cable car.

Cap Treo Dalat= Cable Car Dalat

Truc Lam Meditation Centre

The meditation centre just located beside the cable car station.
It has a nice Chinese name, 竹林禅院.
I translated as Bamboo Field Meditation Centre
(Sounds like not holy enough~sorry!)The main gate.
Saw the 竹林禅院word~?

I visited the place and cincai snap some places.

What was I snapping?Tadaaa, a bell.The temple in meditation centre

Buddha statue in the temple
*pray pray*

MY said: 禅修是为了顾好我们的心
(This is what Man Cfu taught us~)

Saw the greenish blue lake?
That is Tuyền Lăm Lake.
A nice, calming lake in that area.

Last but not least,

2 donkeys in Truc Lam Meditation Centre.

Seoul: N Seoul Tower

Today I am writing a post on N Seoul Tower(a famous landmark in Seoul) that commonly known as the Namsan Tower and Seoul Tower. The 236.7m N Seoul Tower is a communication and observation tower located on Namsan Mountain in central Seoul. N Seoul Tower offers panoramic views of Seoul and the surrounding areas.

We walked for a long way from the Kpop store(that I introduce before at HERE) before we reach the Namsan cable car. From the MyeongDong station, we took the road on the right of Pacific Hotel and walk 20 minutes to Namsan cable car. That was a tiring journey due to the steep roads, luckily I didn’t stayed in the Namsan GH that highly recommended by the travellers as the GH are located on the slope at Namsan Mountain.

The steep road that lead us to Namsan Cable Car Station.
N Seoul Tower, so near yet so far.

N Seoul TowerThe sky was still bright upon our arrival. Pictures of N Seoul Tower that taken at different time. A multimedia show which HaeChi(Mascot of Seoul city) introducing the tower
was projected to the tower at around 7pm.
N Seoul Tower looks pretty with the light on.

Surroundings of N Seoul TowerA random lamp post at the roof terraceSeoul City ViewPavillion at the base of N Seoul Tower
Souvenier shops, coffee shops and ticket booth to the the tower
are found at the roof terrace.

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Paris is well known as the romantic city in the world and I personally think that Seoul is the romantic city in Asia. I observed that most of the couples in Korea love to wear couple apparels and they just express their love to their soul mates in such a romantic way. How much I wish I can revisit the country with my Panda boy one day.

One of the must see in N Seoul Tower is the “Love Lock” fenceCouples come here and put a lock on the fence to symbolize the eternity of their love.
I wish to put a love lock here with my Panda boy.A well designed bench where the couple that sit on it will
automatically close to each other.
*Awww, so sweet*Apart of love lock, there is also “Love Tiles”
where the couple left their love message on a piece of tile.

Last but not least,♥Saranghaeyo♥
♥♥♥♥♥

Dalat: Datanla Waterfall

Instead of paying USD30 to the hotel for private taxi driver, we decided to visit the tourist spots in Dalat by  cab. And, it is cheaper.

We reached Dalat at 6am in the morning and after we checked in hotel and have a short nap. We then went out to explore the city. Our first station is the Datanla Waterall, one of the famous waterfalls in Dalat, situated at around 10 minutes away from the city.
Entrance fee: 10000VND
There are 2 ways for you to travel from the main entrance to the waterfall, which is either you walk or you pay 40,000VND for a 2 ways toboggan ride. We picked the toboggan ride.

Toboggan ride

The way down to waterfall is far fore interesting because there are some sharp turns on the trail. You can control the speed of your toboggan by holding or letting go the brake beside. In case you are ‘driving’ too slow, the guard at the pit stop will blow whistle and ask you to speed up.
However, the ride from waterfall back to the main entrance are boring, you just need to sit on the ride and and being pulled back to the entrance.

I took a short pause during the ride to take this picture,
ended up that the guard blow whistle at me. =.=Toboggan trail that lead us to waterfall.Selca on the toboggan ride when I was riding back to entrance.

The trails that lead us back to entrance.

Views of the Datanla Waterfall

Datanla Waterfall and a naked lady statue.Me and the waterfallEach of us took 2 individual pictures with this fake Monkey God and
ended up we need to pay 20,000VND to him.
We thought is FOC, well, we are dumb.

After we paid the fake Monkey God for the pictures, we were selca with the waterfall and the fake Monkey God offered his service to help us take a group picture. We were so reluctant because we are stingy to pay the tips, until he said, “No Money”. And tadaa, a group picture of us with the waterfall.

Overall, I think this is not a interesting waterfall.
We can’t soak our legs in the fall and relax for like half an hour.
But, the toboggan ride is awesome so it is worth the visit just for that ride.
=P

Dalat: Dreams Hotel 2

Dalat is the capital of Lam Dong Province in Vietnam. The city is located at the 1,500m above sea level. We were actually hesitating whether to go Dalat or Mui Ne during our Vietnam trip, and we decided to go Dalat. At first, we planned to go both but that is too rush for us and we might missed out Cu-Chi Tunnel if we did so. I believe I will have another trip to Ho Chi Minh, then, Mui Ne will be in the itinerary. There are several tourist spots in Dalat that worth a visit, and I will write more in the upcoming blog posts. 

Now, I will talk about the hotel that we stayed in Dalat, Dreams Hotel.

Dreams Hotel has 2 branches that situated on the same road which runs by the same family. We stayed in the Dreams Hotel 2, and as the name implies, we had good sleep and good dreams at here.

Even though the price per night for this hotel is slightly higher compared to other hotels in Dalat(USD 30 for a 2 double beds room, inclusive of breakfast), but we still go for it, because it is the number ONE B&B Inn in TripAdvisor(based on 358 reviews). Btw, the hotel have a rooftop jacuzzi at the first branch, but we didn’t use it. Dreams Hotel is about 10 minutes walk from the Dalat Market.

Images of the hotel

Exterior of the hotel(from Google Image)

2 double beds with a balcony.
The aircond in room never have chance to operate,
because the weather is cooling enough.
The blanket is thick like the carpet, which is WARM!!
Love the blanket.

The spacious bathroom with a mini jacuzzi.

Breakfast in Dreams Hotel.
It is better compared to what other hotels offered,
because of the FRUITS!!!
We were given a French bread and omelettes too.

Dalat city is a city that full with good people!! The receptionist in Dreams Hotel, a guy with bright smile(sorry, idk his name) do helped us lots by recommending us where to go and where to eat. Plus, he helped us to get taxi driver to fetch us go around the city, and when we face some communication problems, the taxi driver(which is also a nice person~) will phone to the receptionist and he become the translator. Overall, I enjoyed my days in Dalat.

Dreams Hotel
Address: 151 &164B Phan Dình Phùng, Dalat.
Email: dreams@hcm.vnn.vn

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Sleeping Bus

Travel by sleeping bus is one of the must try experience in Vietnam. Instead of maintaining myself in a sitting position for a 7-8 hours bus journey, I can lie down and sleep along the journey.

We travel from Ho Chi Minh to Dalat and from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh by taking sleeping bus under Phuong Trang bus company(one of the trusted open tour bus company in HCM, others are Mailinh and Sinh Cafe). They do offer sleeping bus for a daytime trip too. The ticket was 210,000VND per person(around RM30). 

A bag was given us to keep our shoes before we on-board(No shoes are allowed in bus). Then bus steward gave us wet tissue and a bottle of mineral water.

Snapshots of sleeping bus

3 rows of beds, which divided into upper and lower bunk beds.
I prefer the upper bunk which is nearer to the aircond and
to avoid the nice smell coming from passengers’ feet.Complimentary blanket.
And the little space to keep my bag and my feet. Adjust the seat/bed higher if you want to sit along the journey

Adjust the seat/bed lower if you are ready to sleepI was so excited to sleep in the sleeping bus.

What MY think about the sleeping bus?
At first, I hardly fall asleep because of the limited space.
After turning my body left and right for around 2 hours,
finally I got my best pose and sleep soundly.

I was thinking why sleeping bus only found in Indochina but not Malaysia.
Because I feel comfortable and I can save 1 night hotel stay when I travel using sleeping bus.
And, I got my answer.
Vietnamese are in small size and Malaysians are living well here.
Thus, the bed definitely cant fit for those “hangfook” people.

Overall, if you are not overweight and want to save 1 night hotel stay,
sleeping bus is a good choice for a long hours journey.

Last but not least,

Off the light and sleep.
ZzzzZzzzZ