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We took a family trip to the Central Highlands in Vietnam (W). As usual, my wife planned everything, and I just went along for the ride. But I took some videos, so I'm going to post them here.
Although it's a capital city, it's a provincial capital, so you don't need to drive far from the city center to see a lot of farmland and nature. And there are a lot of little tourist spots to showcase this nature.
We went to Upes Garden and Coffee in Pleiku City:
and then Bien Ho Tea Coffee (...I know. But that's apparently the name of this place.)
and Bien Ho Pleiku (otherwise known as Sea Lake) (W),
We stayed the night at Tien Son Pleiku Homestay. (It's not actually a homestay. "Homestay" is apparently Vietnamese English for staying at a rural resort.)
The next day we visited Yali Falls Dam (W), apparently one of the biggest hydropower dams in Vietnam.
For lunch, my wife's friends (who were showing us around the area), took us to a restaurant that had picnic tables alongside the river. It was right in the center of Pleiku city, even though it felt like we were in the countryside. (Which I guess we were, kind of. Pleiku is, after all, a provincial capital. The feeling is a lot different than Saigon.)
And then onto Dinosaur Park:
And then we left Gia Lai province and drove to the neighboring Dak Lak Province (W). We stayed at my wife's aunt's house in Buon Ho town (W).
Although it's not famous for anything, I thought the view from the Aunt's front porch represented a nice little slice of life of small town Vietnam. So I took a video:
...and we later drove out to visit the aunt's durian (W) farm.
We also visited my wife's brother in law's house in Krong Nang District (W). We walked around the neighborhood, and I took some video.
We stopped by a touristy coffee place: Doi Thong Coffee
The next day, we set off to see the sights near Buon Ma Thuot City (W) (the capital city of Dak Lak province).
We saw Dray Nur Waterfall, which was impressive.
Next is Trung Nguyen Coffee Village. Trung Nguyen (W) is a popular coffee brand in Vietnam, and since it is original from this city, there's a little tourist attraction here to celebrate.
We then went to a place called "Kotam".
"What is this place?" I asked my wife.
"It's Kotam," she said.
"No, but, what is Kotam?" I asked.
"I don't know. It's just a place for tourists," she said.
It seemed to be a park type area. We walked around it for a bit.
The last place we stopped before the flight home was Lake Ea Chur Kap.
This lake had a few different restaurants/resorts around it. The first one we stopped at was TNN Garden, but they were closed. I took some video from their driveway anyway, but then we went on to Jun's Home Resort, just a little ways down the lake, and stayed there.
...and that was the end of the trip.
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