11 inches of rain today!?

That was the forecast for our first day in the mountain town of Dalat! Dalat is where Vietnamese go on vacation to get away from the heat of Saigon. As well as weather forecasting computers were able to predict Nemo, they totally missed this one. It turned out cloudy with occasional mist. WHEW!!
From 1850 to 1950 the colonial French had their getaway villas in Dalat. It is now a popular holiday destination for Vietnamese, especially honeymooners. We spent most of the day walking around a small lake in town and the rest of the day wandering around the town lost and trying to find our hotel ( 3 times- the last. one late at night when every thing was closed up and looked really different)
Photo quiz:
1 Which picture below shows what is actually a cell phone tower?
2 Which shows a flower theme park? We haven't seen a lot of flowers so far in Viet Nam so we guess that this is unusual.
3 Which is the unbelievable bonsai Forrest within that park?
4 Bushes sculpted as hundred foot long dragons?
5 Apparently they plan to have a huge Dalat wine event in 2014 so do you see A tower of wine bottles advertising the event and Dalat's famous wine? ($1/glass at dinner and excellent!)
6 Is the iced coffee really that good? It keeps showing up in pictures. (YES))
7 Find the photo of where we stumbled on a park sponsoring a children's event. The kids can drive bikes, scooters and electric cars and weave thru the people just like mom and dad do. Parents can remote control the cars for little ones. Everyone lives either in a busy city or the countryside so there is nowhere at home that children can play with this type of toy. So, on vacation it becomes an activity.
8 A lady cooking an unbelievably good snack at the same event? They are making this yummy snack on every street corner. Just pull up a stool and wait for one to be prepared.
9 Varieties of rice in the market?
10 Can you guess how much weight we are going to gain on this trip?