31
January, Dalat
Hotel Minh Thanh 295,000VND
(breakfast included)
“Think
Gaudi on acid” is how Lonely Planet describes Dalat’s “Crazy House”. The owner
and architect, Mrs Dang Viet Nga, has a PhD in architecture from Moscow; her
father was Vietnam's second-ranked communist leader after Ho Chi Minh. “A
free-wheeling architectural exploration of surrealism, Hang Nga Crazy House
defies definition. Joyously designed, outrageously artistic, this private home
is a monument to the creative potential of concrete, with sculptured rooms
connected by super-slim bridges and an excess of cascading lava-flow-like
shapes.” The house is a work-in-progress, intended to “entice people back to
nature”. It was a hot, lovely day in Dalat, ideal for wondering the labyrinthine
Crazy House, strolling the sunny streets, and dining well both for lunch and
dinner.
Crazy House - Dalat
Crazy House - Dalat
Crazy House - Dalat
Crazy House - Dalat
Crazy House - Dalat
Crazy House - Dalat
Crazy House - Dalat
Crazy House - Dalat
Crazy House - Dalat
Crazy House - Dalat
Crazy House - Dalat
Crazy House - Dalat