Crazy house
- Wild, weird, wonderful… there are many ways to describe the Crazy House in Dalat, a relaxed mountain resort town in southern Vietnam.
- One thing’s for sure: This “crazy” complex is one of a kind.
- Standing in stark contrast to Dalat’s French colonial villas, the bizarre avantgarde guesthouse is a maze of spiral staircases, sculptural bedrooms, undulating surfaces, swirls of bright colors, narrow bridges and hidden nooks.
- The artist behind the structure, 79-year-old Dang Viet Nga, says it’s the ultimate expression of her imagination.
- “Crazy House is a culmination of my life and creativity — it all came together in this structure,” Dang, daughter of Vietnam’s former general secretary Truong Chinh, tells CNN Travel.
- “I wanted to create something original, pioneering — different from anything else in the world.”
- After earning a PhD in architecture in Moscow, Dang worked for several years in Russia then moved to Hanoi, where she worked on government projects.
- On a business trip to Dalat, Dang says she fell in love with the lush landscape, cooler climate and kind people and hoped to eventually move there.
- In 1983, she relocated to Dalat with her then 8-year-old son, Nguyen Viet Thang.
- After years of working on state-owned developments, which afforded little creativity, she felt compelled to unleash her imagination
- In February 1990, she drew up plans for Crazy House. But instead of blueprints, she created a series of paintings to communicate her fantastical vision.
- As a form of expressionist architecture, the house has no right angles but rather organic forms that are designed to mirror natural elements, like mushrooms, shells, caves and spiderwebs…
- Linh Phuoc pagoda
- The construction of Linh Phuoc Pagoda began in 1949 and finished in 1952. In 1990, the abbot of the pagoda decided to renovate it on a larger scale, using pieces of glass, pottery, and porcelain to create a unique architectural design. Since then, the pagoda has gained popularity thanks to its attractive appearance.
- From 1951 to 1985, four Buddhist monks were in charge of managing the pagoda, namely Thich Minh The, Thich An Hoa, Thich Quang Phat, and Thich Minh Duc. From 1985 until now, the pagoda has been managed by Thich Tam Vi, who has the biggest contributions in creating the splendid architecture of the pagoda.
- After more than 30 years of meticulous renovations, the pagoda now has a distinctive beauty, holding many records in Vietnam.
- The secret village
- The secret story tell us that before French came to here, Da Lat used to belong to a family of 5 people included parents and 3 sisters the children’s names are respectively Chil, Sre, Lat. Nevertheless after all sisters get mature the mother decided to sent 3 sisters to 3 different parts. The oldest sister her name Chil went to the Lang-Biang mountain, the second sister her name Sre went to Ta Nung village, the youngest sister has a name Lat stay at home with parents in Da Lat. On the one hand Da Lat become the hectic place day after day, from since 1893 there are many group of people came from different places to here for living. However the youngest sister she tend to like to live in a peace place than the hectic place in the city. Then Lat planed to escape the noisy city to get closer to the nature. Finally she found another place near by Da Lat but better than Da Lat which is one of the most beutiful park and so peaceful. Therefore she asked her mom to allowed to moved to that place for living and she promised to her mom that she will often to visit parents at least one time a month and she also bring a good things from here land to parents to show her grateful to them. As a result her parents allow she to moved to that place even they miss their youngest daughter so much. After that she made a new village from that park. It is the place that we going to visit.
Datanla waterfall meaning for the waterfall cover by pine leaves. There are used to a place to help local people avoid their enemy. Now a day this place is one of the famous landscape to help people recharge their energy after working flat out by alpine coaster or zipline… The guide will follow you side by side to help you everything you need such as take photos and take care of you well…
Pongour waterfall this is the biggest waterfall in the south of Viet Nam and discovered by the last king of Viet Nam. Plus Pongour is mean the horn of the rhino. They are a legend story a bout that but tour guide will let you know all.
The fall has a name Elephant waterfall it is the strongest and majestic fall. Plus follow the legend story this fall made by massive elephant. Moreover you may see the rainbow and get wet a little bit.
There are call bee farm. From here the guide will help you more understand about honey bees. Plus you have an opportunity to eat honey, pollen and royal jelly.
Linh An pagoda from here there are famous for big lady buddha statue and big happy buddha statue. Plus the guide will mention more information about buddhism.
The flower village
The coffee plantation
