The journey into the south of Laos began with a small adventure. All day long we were in a bus from Hue in Vietnam to Savannakhet in Laos. The bus did double duty as a truck, and it was loaded to the brim with cargo. Everything, including the empty seats, the corridor and the space …
Having settled in the regular night bus, we went to Dalat, which is located in the mountains, about 1500 meters above sea level. Dalat was built by the French to flee the hot weather in Saigon (today Ho Chi Minh City). The nature is beautiful, with evergreen forests, numerous waterfalls and lakes. Dalat was a …
Crossing the border from Laos into Vietnam went smoothly, and after about 5 hours we arrived in the city of Dien Bien Phu. An unremarkable town at first glance, but very important for the Vietnamese: they won a decisive battle against the French in 1954, which set in motion the entire decolonization of Indochina. We …