Dalat How to?

B. Dalat considerations

B1. To Dalat(Fly/ Bus?)

in case you guys didn't get me that clearly, i'm saying, ONE WAY BUS RIDE TO DALAT(from HCMC) IS 8 HOURS. 2 WAY IS 16 HOURS! Assuming we reach dalat on 4 Aug night from the air, we tour in the day on 5 Aug, we take a night bus from Dalat to Mui Ne, then 6 Aug is Mui Ne then night bus from Mui Ne to HCMC. 7 - 8 Aug HCMC.

Alternative is perhaps on 4 Aug night, we take bus from HCMC to Dalat. If not possible the 8 hour bus will be 5 Aug perhaps 9am - 5pm, then overnight at Dalat before playing at Dalat on 6 Aug & everything pushes back by 1 day.


On transport from HCMC to Dalat:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g293922-i10679-k2834415-HCMC_to_Dalat-Dalat.html


doing a bit of maths, difference between dalat flight & cheapest HCMC flight is S$40 minus S$8(Bus we would have taken from HCMC to Dalat, US$6) = S$32. difference in time is 8 minus 2 hours(difference in flight time between dalat & HCMC & land transfers) = 6 hours.

There are 2 other options though,
1. fly from HCMC to Dalat
2. don't go to dalat and save on 8 hours, considering if you feel that you can't get enough of HCMC after you are there, ask jieyang perhaps.


B2. In Dalat (Things to do/note?)

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g293922-Dalat-Vacations.html

Itineraries Hotels provide to Dalat:
http://hotels-in-vietnam.com/hotels/vietnam_tours/saigon_dalat.html


B3. Out of Dalat (Bus/ jeep/ bike?)

On overnight bus from Dalat to HCMC:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g293923-i9984-k2727253-Overnight_bus_from_Dalat_to_HCMC-Halong_Bay.html

I found this motorbike & jeep tour company. apparently from forum it's quite nice a journey between dalat & HCMC. so perhaps we could change our modeof transport from Dalat to HCMC? I sent in a query as follows:

http://www.easyrider.vn/

"Hi!
I am interested in just a ride from Dalat to Mui Ne or Nha Trang. 4 of us would like to be on a jeep, while 2 others would like to try the bike even though we have not rode before! Could you tell me how you would ensure we are safe and what if it turn out that we really can't ride well?
My trip will be on 6 Aug from Dalat to Mui Ne. What will be the price for the above arrangement? Thank you very much for your help!"