Dalat

Oh, blog readers!  I know, I know!  The rumours are true!  I have been on an adventure of epic proportions to a region intrepid travelers know as The Central Highlands, specifically to a remote town surrounded by hilly willy-derness called 'Dalat'.  The observant amongst you may have heard this rumour and found yourself confused at the lack of blog-with-amazing-photos that has failed to materialise, but you see, the intention of this blog is to document my awesome travelly-ness, and not to encourage me to mistakenly commit libel and inadvertently betray the confidences of my students, colleagues, superiors and school.  Sadly, I have found the damage limitation associated with blogging about a trip that revolved entirely around spending 16 hours a day with 117 excited and articulate 12-13-year-old students difficult to negotiate.

Instead, let's have some photos of scenery, and me being adventurous in Risk or Death's line of Outdoor Gear.

I did Practice Abseiling, which looked a little like this:

Top by RoD (£gratitude); gloves, rope and harness by Adventure Company (400,000 VND); trees by Nature (£Religious-service-attendance-since-14)

Zoom in to facial expression: worried!

I did 25m Sheer Rock Face Abseiling, also, but the photos were taken on someone else's camera.  I'll see if I can get them to you.

I did Taking Photos of Scenery:

I like how the distant mountains look like waves. *Fluffy artistic comment* 

Miss Sheppard: name those plants, child.
Child: ...?
Miss Sheppard: we eat them a lot in the UK.
Child: Tea?
Miss Sheppard: ...?

Children the world over do not know where their food comes from.  Grow Your Own, people!  For the sake of the children!

I did Posing Whilst Waiting for Team Organisation in Car Park:

(I did Photoshop at home.)

I Made New Friends:

I did Vegetable Appreciation at the local (enormous) market:

(I did Photoshop at home.)

Frenchie bought me these:

And these:

Frenchie, stop!

Save your money for important things!  Like jewelry!

Not really, I also did Florist Appreciation.

So Dalat was fun!  Alpine, but like... Alpine in the summer, y'know?