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🤎CLAY TUNNEL PARK🤎
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Around 15km outside the city center of Dalat is the Clay Tunnel Park – a sculpture park that uses clay and creativity to attract loads of tourists every year.🇻🇳
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The Clay Tunnel Park belongs to one of the most unique tourist attractions in Dalat. You will find all kinds of sculptures, such as animals, music instruments, cars and much more.🙃
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The creator got its inspiration from The Netherlands, which used its tulips to attract tourists. Therefore, he chose the most prosperous material in his area and created the Clay Tunnel Park from it. Such a fun thing to do in Dalat. Don’t miss out on it.❤️
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The entrance fee is around 40.000 VND (below 1.50€), and totally worth visiting, especially if it is a sunny day.☀️ .
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🥱BORED🥱
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Are you looking for something against being bored too?🤔
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Voila, we also did the #ohnanachallenge and thank god I have such a talented husbands who got the moves within seconds!🤣🤣🤣
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I am challenging @peronbulando @vanmanetta @lauralee.timmler @eubocao @sixsensesyoga @fromiceland_withlove @affenelli @tansstagram @elisadambeckfitness @kommt.mit.uns.reisen @sophratess @dddvrko @somewhereblog
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☔️LET IT RAIN☔️
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I have never been that unprepared when it comes to weather changes like in Vietnam.🤣
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More than once we got caught up in the heavy monsoon rains either while walking through the city or biking around.🏍
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Usually, I didn’t mind because it was warm outside anyways, just in one city it was so cold that I couldn’t feel my fingers and legs anymore because we obviously were wearing summer clothes but it was like 5 degrees🤣🤣🤣
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We tried to improvise with yellow rain coats, but oh well it didn’t really help! We were so soaking wet! 🌧
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Once we tried to save ourselves in a market, but even there the floors were flooded and the water ankle high. And the worst...cockroaches fell from the ceiling on our shoulders and heads!😱😱😱
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Do you have any fun travel story to tell?🙃
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🇻🇳CHI CHI TUNNEL🇻🇳
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One of the most amazing, heartbreaking and interesting tour we did in Vietnam was visiting the Chi Chi Tunnels. 👀
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FACTS ABOUT THE TUNNEL:
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1️⃣ It took 25 years to build.
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2️⃣ The tunnels are 250km long.
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3️⃣ There is space for 16k people, but only 3k lived there during the war.
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4️⃣ They used bamboo trees as vents to be able to breathe.
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5️⃣ The tunnels were up to 15m deep. It was super hot, humid and dark down there.
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6️⃣ There were different rooms used for different purposes. For example kitchens, schools, office, giving birth, sleeping rooms etc.
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HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF?
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✳️They used a chili, pepper, lemongrass mix to keep dogs away from finding them underground because when they cooked the smell went out through a self created vent which the dogs could easily smell, but not that way.
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✳️They designed shoes that left a print in the opposite direction than the one they were walking to. So smart!
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✳️They designed a lot of traps, some with and some without poison. .
Are you impressed now? I totally was! My friend was even brave enough to go down the super tiny/tight tunnels.😱
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Would you have been brave enough?🤔
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🏮HOI ANH🏮
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When in Vietnam make sure to pass by this beautiful city of Hoi Anh. 🇻🇳
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Even though it is very touristic and rather small city for such a big amount of people visiting all the time, it is full of beautiful architecture, small shops and lanterns.👩‍🎨
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The best way to explore Hoi Anh is by bike or by visiting workshops such as cooking or lantern workshops for example. 🚲 . We booked our lantern workshop through @getyourguide and ended up with 2 brothers, who are doing it since many years. 🎨
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The base of the lamp is made out of bamboo and needs to be bent to get this oval shape. The fabric needs to be attached very tight with as little glue as possible to not leave spots.🏮
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Believe me, it is not as easy as it looks if you want them to turn out beautiful.❤️
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Would you have liked to join? Which colors would you have chosen for your lamp?🙃
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🛀MUD BATH🛀 . One mud bath a day keeps the doctor away, they said.🤣
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In Vietnam, my friend Sophia and me took a mud bath which is supposed to provide minerals for you body, be inflammatory, release muscle pain and makes a smooth skin.🙃
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We had the whole Spa all for ourselves, were given sexy swimwear and played like little kids in the mud!🤣
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Did you ever take a mud bath?🛀 .
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I like big BUDDHAS and I cannot lie! ❤️
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🏠CRAZY HOUSE🏠
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Welcome to the crazy house - one of the most unique buildings in Vietnam.🇻🇳
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The house can be found in the city of Dalat and is based on organic architectural principles to recreate nature. The philosophy of the crazy house is to create a space that connects human functionality within the natural environment.🌳
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The architect/designer studied 14 years in Russia. She is currently 79 years old, but already works on expanding the house.👩‍🎨 . You can actually book a night there as well. The rooms have different themes such as Eagle, Tiger or Kangaroo room.🐯 . I really enjoyed walking through and around the house! Can’t wait to see the extension! 🏠
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My favorite room was actually the Ocean Room! 🌊 .
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EXPAT STORIES TIME👣
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This time meet Lara (@fromiceland_withlove), a German girl who moved to Iceland in order to be with the Viking she fell in love with. 🇮🇸 . She talks about the costs of living, unique local food, her favorite things to do in Iceland, culture, language barriers, fun traditions and much more . ☀️ .
Link is in my bio 👆🏼
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👏🏼IT COULD BE👏🏼
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It could be that the ships in Italy's ports will be empty for the next time, but it may also be that dolphins and other marine life can finally get their natural habitat back. Dolphins are spotted in Italy's ports, the fish are swimming in Venice's canals again! 🐬
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It could be that people feel locked up in their homes and apartments, but it may also be that they finally sing together again, help each other and experience a sense of community for a long time. People sing together! That touches me deeply! 🎶
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It may be that the restriction of air traffic means deprivation of liberty and professional restrictions for many, but it may also be that the earth breathes a sigh of relief, the sky gains color and children in China for the first time in their lives see the blue sky. Look at the sky today, how calm and blue it has become! 🌌
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Closing kindergartens and schools could be an immense challenge for many parents, but it may also be that many children are getting the chance to finally get creative, act more self-determined and slow down. And parents can also get to know their children on a new level. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧
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It could be that our economy is suffering tremendous damage, but it may also be that we are finally realizing what is really important in our lives and that constant growth is an absurd idea of the consumer society. We have become puppets of the economy. It was time to feel how little we actually need. ❤️
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It might be overwhelming in some way, but it may also be that you feel that this crisis is a chance for a long overdue change:
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🔸lets the earth breathe
🔸brings the children into contact with long-forgotten values
🔸enormously slows down of our society
🔸can be the hour of birth for a new form of being together
🔸reduces the mountains of garbage at least once for the next few weeks
🔸shows us how quickly the earth is ready to start its regeneration if we humans let it breathe again
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It's about OUR FUTURE. It's about our children's future! Let’s all learn something out of this!😊

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