Oasis in the mountains

We decided to stay one day more in Dalat and explore the area around Tuyen Lam lake. And that was the best decision we could make! There are just pure pine forests with very little development and almost no traffic 🙂 Truly relaxing place is offered at Truc Lam Zen Pagoda, zen-buddhist temple, with beautiful gardens and view over the lake.

Then we rode along the lake till the end of the road, where you can find hidden resort. Surprisingly, there were almost no people,  just one elephant, and it looked like that time stopped. Real oasis in so crowdy and noisy country. This is the place where you realize what sounds silence does… 🙂

Nakonec jsme se rozhodli zustat jeste jeden den v Dalatu a prozkoumat oblast okolo Tuyen Lam jezera. Ukazalo se, ze to rozhodne bylo nejlepsi rozhodnuti, co jsme mohli udelat 🙂 V okoli jezera rostou nadherne borovicove lesy a doprava je malo frekventovana… Velmi uklidnujici zazitek nabizi Truc Lam Zen Pagoda,  zen-budhisticky chram, s krasnou zahradou a vyhledem na jezero.

Pote jsme se jeli projet podel jezera az na konečně cesty, kde se ukryval prijemny resort na brehu. Prekvapive tu skoro nikdo nebyl, jen jeden slon, a vypadalo to, jako by se tu zastavil cas… Opravdova oaza v jinak hlucne a prelidnene zemi. Toto je misto, kde si uvedomite,  jake zvuky dela ticho 🙂