ay 272, Dalat

Treated ourselves to an alarm-free morning, leisurely checked out things to do in Dalat and opted for a day of chasing waterfalls. On the bikes around midday, first off was Datania. The waterfall itself was average though the appeal was the toboggan (they called it a luge) down to the waterfall, it was pretty fun, however the great wall toboggan still tops it. We walked back up the slope, hopped on the bikes and went off in search of the Elephant waterfall. We had google mapped and could find nothing, we just had a vague direction. It was another sunny day (it’s not getting boring yet), the scenery was brilliant and we didn’t know where we were going. We arrived at Ankroet lake, which was up north, whereas we wanted west. We went back and carried on going. We stopped off for lunch and a coffee and carried on in search of the falls. We gave ourselves a limit of 15kms down the road, having already come 20 (and the waterfall is 27kms away from Dalat), we reach our marker and drive back. On the road back we see the sign, take the turning and see the falls! Their pretty damn cool, Michael got a ankle deep in mud looking for a better view, we both got soaked going underneath the falls fully clothed and we climbed up some tree roots going up a rock, was fun. Driving back we got our oil changed, a wasp stung me and a woman turned into me while I was overtaking her, we brushed each other, or morelike my leg brushed her exhaust though not too bad. After a shower we went and saw the crazy house, a weird project by the daughter of a communist revolutionary, like something out of Nightmare of Elm Street, full of winding staircases and labyrinths, was bloody bizarre. Out to dinner for some Venison with lemon grass and chilli, back to the hotel to chill out, plan our next ten days (we need to be in HCM by the 10th to sell the bikes), find somewhere to stay in Mui Ne and how to get there (we’re going to attempt to take a brand new road through a national park, which according to our map doesn’t exist and google maps say only half of it exists) and to sleep as knackered.