Getting my darts trophy

This past weekend we had out end of season darts party. I was held at this really posh hotel in Saigon called 'The Reverie'. The ball room looked amazing.

I wish I'd taken some more pictures around the hotel, they had people dressed in funny uniforms opening doors for you. The food was awesome too. Importantly, I did take one of my trophy that I got for winning the doubles tournament with my mate Neil earlier in the year.

 

I did get a picture of me with my trophy in a box. I really should have taken it out of the box. 

 

Nha Trang again!!

Back in Nha Trang again for the second time this year. In recent weeks Nha Trang has been battered by storms so we we're expecting the best weather... and we were right.

It pretty much rained the whole time we were there. It was like a British summer holiday, but warmer. Anyway, we still had a good time and got to do some swimming, below are the token pictures of the beach.

 

The bus journey from Dalat to Nha Trang

We've finished out trip in Dalat so now we off to the beach in Nha Trang. The road between Dalat and Nha Trang is supposed to be stunning as you are descending out of the mountains. We originally wanted to motorbike it but were warned against it due to the bad weather so we took the bus. I'm very glad we did.

The weather was  rally bad on the journey and most of the mountain part we were in the clouds.  

This wasn't fun as we were going around mountain roads. The bus drivers are terrible and don't really know how to drive. The drive didn't slow down. I really feared we wouldn't make it.

During the journey, all the traffic stopped as there was an accident (surprise, surprise). I did get a chance to get out the bus for a bit and fortunately we didn't get held up for too long.

Anyway, we survived and did get to see some of the view. Its the sort of trip that I might like to do on a bike when the weather is better. When we did descend from the mountain, we stopped at a nice place for some food and there was a nice river to look at.

Tea Plantation, Dalat

Today was one of the best things we did. We went to a tea plantation near Dalat. We rented a bike a drove about 30 minutes to the plantation.

Its situated 1650 metres above sea level and on the drive we were in the clouds. There was a 3 tonnes tea pot on top of the plantation.

After this, there was a small place where you can drink the tea from the plantation. We had some, it was nice. 

Lam Dong Museum, Dalat

Went to a museum today to learn about the history of the area.

It was a building on a hill with lots of rooms where you worked your way through time. Compared to lots of other museums in Vietnam, it was pretty good.

 

There was also a nice view out of one of the windows. 

 

 

Flower Park in Dalat

More fun today! We went to the flower park. If you like flowers, this is the place to come in Dalat.

Sarcasm aside, it was very nice and relaxing to walk around these flowers. 

 

Pink Grass in Dalat

We went to visit a park today and saw a sign that they had special pink grass!! As you can see, its looks pretty good in the poster.

It was a bit of a hike, but there were signs to lead us to the pink grass. 

 
So, after the hike, we arrived at the pink grass! Below are the pictures.

Yep, very disappointing. It was more lavender than pink. Perhaps we'd missed it and it looked better a few weeks ago. If no one had told me this was pink grass I wouldn't have noticed.