In the piece, reporter Lauren Paige Richeson wrote that in the highlands of central Vietnam, mornings belong to the clouds. Before sunrise, trekkers climb ridges 4,921 feet above sea level in Da Lat to watch valleys flood with mist, the peaks adrift like islands in a white sea. People who live here call it “cloud hunting,” a pastime that blends science with scenery.

“Da Lat’s clouds are especially beautiful in the cold morning air,” says Ahn Dinh Van Don, owner of Happy Day Travel.

The spectacle is fleeting, formed when cool night air traps fog in the valleys, only to be burned away by mid-morning sun. For an hour, the Earth feels suspended between heaven and ground, a vision as ephemeral as the clouds themselves, according to National Geographic.

Once a local secret, cloud hunting has become a national pastime and a must-try experience for travelers. The advice is simple: go. “It’s stunning… majestic scenery and vast tea fields. It cannot be described in words,” said Van Don.

Following Da Lat were six other sunrise experiences from around the world: walking into fire in the Danakil Depression (Ethiopia), learning the looms with Quechua weavers (Peru), witnessing the craft of making Parmigiano Reggiano (Italy), greeting the morning in the Guérande salt marshes (France), fishing at sunrise in the Azores (Portugal), and morning ragas on the Ganges in Varanasi (India).

Da Lat among Asia’s top 7 most romantic places

VOV.VN - For Asian travelers who are drawn to the romanticism of classic European aesthetics but may not have the opportunity to travel to Europe, Da Lat (Vietnam) offers an enchanting alternative as this charming city evokes the gentle, poetic atmosphere of a timeless novel.