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Discover beauty in the highlands

There's a city set among the immense forests of evergreen pine and sur­rounded with grassy hills and imposing mountains. Villas lie hidden amid beautiful gardens that are enhanced by mimosa trees with their yellow blooms. But visitors can find flowers of all colors everywhere in Dalat, The City of Flowers.
Flowers blossom by fences or on roofs; roadside flowers welcome tourists and flowers embellish sides of mountains. Everything in the town, also known as The City of Love, makes visitors think they are lost in a fairyland. Dalat is 300km from Ho Chi Minh City. It takes just six hours to get there by coach or 40 minutes by air from Tan Son Nhat Airport to Lien Khuong Airport, some 25km from Dalat. Unlike Ho Chi Minh City with its bustling atmosphere and high-rises, Dalat impresses visitors its fresh climate, picturesque scenery and pine forests. Many say that Dalat is a city in the forest as you can see pine trees everywhere in the town. Pine trees are at the beautiful golf course; they shade schools and small winding paths from the sun, and grow around villas and hillside houses. Dalat is usually hidden in fog early in the morning, particularly between February and May. It has an average temperature of 18ºC. It is also famous for beautiful lakes and imposing waterfalls. Going 25km northward from the heart of the town you reach Dankia and Suoi Vang (Golden Stream) lakes. It is said that in 1893, Doctor Alexandre Yersin discovered this region on the Langbian Plateau for the French. He suggested to the then French governor of Indochina, Paul Doumer to build a resort and health spa for government officials and foreign dignitaries in the present-day Dankia-Suoi Vang area. The Suoi Vang Lake is surrounded by forests and low hills. In the distance is Langbian Mountain, the highest mountain near Dalat, which is also call Nui Ba (Lady's Mountain) as it has two peaks like the breasts of a young woman. The inhabitants of this beautiful region are friendly and hospitable. And one more thing - many visitors leave Dalat with images of the beautiful young girls of Dalat fixed in their memory. Those shy smiles and rosy cheeks are special.
Author: Chao