Da Lat, Vietnam - urban scenes

5 May 2006

Da Lat, Vietnam - urban scenes

Posted by Bob Keith at 5/5/2006 1:30 AM

Categories: Vietnam - Urban Scenes, The many sides of Da Lat - Vietnam

The city center of Da Lat.
Photo by Heide

The busy market in the lower city center of Da Lat.
Photo by Heide Keith

The architecture of this row of shops and cafes could easily be in Door County, Wisconsin, but it is a street in Da Lat.  Photo by Heide Keith

The tall, thin building (Dreams Hotel) was where we stayed in Da Lat.  Many of the buildings in Vietnam have this thin balconied look and facade, especially hotels.
Photo by Heide Keith

The rural-scape around Da Lat, Vietnam [Da Lat tree-scapes]

5 May 2006

The rural-scape around Da Lat, Vietnam [Da Lat tree-scapes]

Posted by Bob Keith at 5/5/2006 9:00 PM

Categories: The many sides of Da Lat - Vietnam

These three rural photos could just as easily be scenes from rural Wisconsin, yet they are in the middle of the what we Americans knew as the southern part of Vietnam.  Few scenes in the media during the war or movies after the war look like these photos. These are all in and around the mountain town of Da Lat (you could say high lands - mountains, highlands, or something in between).

The above photos are in a strange little corny and hokey park called The Valley of Love.  There are Vietnamese guys dressed like cowboys wandering around. They are suppose to add character I guess. 

All photos by Heide Keith

The back panorama of Da Lat, Vietnam

                                           Da Lat city center 

This is one of Heide's favorite scenes from Vietnam.  The city rims a bowl of agriculture.  If the picture could be panned out more, you could see we and the fields are pretty much surrounded by city.  Also rather hidden is the reality that the whole scene is up in the mountains.  Photo by Heide Keith