Above: Downtown Dalat.
It was either a 0630 bus or a 1230 one from Mui Ne to Dalat. That proved to be an easy decision for the latter.
It turned out to be a door-to-door service like the last bus; we were picked up outside our hotel around 1300 as the bus had to do the rounds around town to collect everyone. The Hyundai minibus (looks like a Coaster or a Rosa) took 4h packed to the brim with every seat taken but with no standing passengers. It was configured with 4 seats across (rather than the usual three plus fold-down seats in the aisle). The road was slow and windy in parts but never vomit-inducing. The scenery towards the end was largely pine forests.
We got to Dalat where it was nice and cool around 1700 and stopped at a hotel of the bus company’s choice. All foreigners were invited to view and consider the hotel. I’ve been through this trick. We asked to be taken to our reserved hotel and this was done obligingly after dropping some locals off around town. Lesson: You don’t ask, you don’t get!
On the bus from Mui Ne to Dalat.