08:30 start of the trip. Visiting th Da Lat area. Old railwaystation and after that the Crazyhouse. This is a hotel from a daughter of a big communist person in Vietnam. It's still not finisched and it's in a sort of style of the buildings of Gaudi in Barcelona. What a crazy architecture and if I have the chance to build a house for my own, I would do it like this. Every room had his own animal/country as theme (Kangaroo, Eagle, Tiger, Bear etc). When you are in Dalat, visit this place a rent a room for 40 - 70 USD a night.

During the day I visited several places where I could see how Vietnamese people earn a living. Making and drinking ricewine ofcourse, well wine? It has 65% alcohol! SIlk factory, farms, flowerfarms, small hilltribevillages, coffee farms etc. After some bad dirtroads we had a flat tire, but this was fixed very easily. Just keep on driving till you see the signs next to the road with 'HONDA' on it and here they can fix everything for your motorbike. Funny how they do it, melt the rubber with a lighter and a piece of paper. And just 7.000 Dong. Twan teaches me everything about Vietnamese food and I tried everything. Some things are very nice to eat. The Elephant waterfall was a bit dissapointing, lot's of garbage in and around the waterfall and for some good views the rocks were too muddy and slippery. The Happy Buddha was funny to see, so I wished that the medicines would work and I will be smiling again soon. I was so dirty after the waterfall, one of the local kids was washing my clothes and shoes with a hose and a brush (and I was still wearing everything). He was so happy with it, so I let him do the job.

In the town you can see the French colonial architecture and I like most of it. Most people know how to combine colors pretty good. Bright colors, fresh combinations, warm contrasts, you will see everything. After some amazing views while riding through the highlands we ended up in Lake Lak. A small hilltribe village were we stayed for a homestay. Here I met some Swiss girls that had some accidents with another motorbikecompany today. After dinner everybody went to bed early, the area is pretty windy and there is nothing to do. The homestay was nothing more then sleeping on the floor in somebody's home.