A busy day in Da Lat

We reached Da Lat yesterday, in accordance to schedule. It is a nice crowded city in the Vietnamese alps having a population of approx 200.000. The city is so lovely that even the fighting forces avoided it during the Vietnam war. Here we spend a few relaxing days travelling without any luggage on the vehicle. What a difference, as we may sit wherever we want on the saddle.
Today we managed two pagodas, one flower garden, the old railway station, a palace, a crazy house and all this just because of easy transports on the motor bikes. The day continued with maintenance ordering, tires, backmirrors, brakes, bulbs etc and a successful search for a new helmet. It is my forth so far, a nice white one with possibility for eye protection as well. And no, I haven' t smasched the others. They just become too small after a while.
Tomorrow we plan to climb a hill and the day after we are going down to the beach of Nha Trang. For those of you of my age, you might remember the feeling driving a scooter, Push Alabama in my case. The freedom, the wind, the speed, the excitement, never to be forgotten. This trip is just the same, although changing roads and conditions, slightly faster, much longer and even more exciting then when I was fiftheen.
//Stefan