After realising i wouldn't have enough time to get to all the places in Vietnam i wanted...i decided to get to Da Lat which is a bit further north and is in the mountains, amongst trible villages and lakes. At least that way i get to see a different part of Vietnam before i make my way to Laos. The scenery on route was pretty awesome. Lots of Forrest's, hills, scattered wooden huts with coregated iron roofs, Vietnamese pottering about selling wears and cooking fish, sweetcorn and rice on the road side. Plus we passed a lot of of smaller towns that the bus didn't stop at. Da Lat isn't as big as Ho Chi Minh obviously, however its much easier to navigate and the lake is really pretty. When i arrived i was apprehended by a woman and a guy offering accommodation, so “What the hell” i thought. I ain't booked anything and cant be arsed to shop around. So the guy got me and my massive rucksack on his motorbike and we rode to my digs.