Elephant ride in Đôn village

A 30-minute elephant ride costs VND 150,000 (about US$8). One of the receptionist girls helped us take this photo then she handed back the camera to us through the mahout. This elephant is 20 years old and the mahout is an Ede ethnic minority man.

Buôn Mê Thuột (Central Highlands - part 1)

December 10th 2009
The Central Highlands region of Vietnam contains 5 provinces. The region's coffee plantations (290,000 ha) constitute 4/5 of the total coffee plantation area for the whole country. It is home to many ethno-linguistic minority groups (Montagnards), for example, Bahnar, Ede, Jrai, K'ho, M'nong etc. It is also renowned for its cool climate, beautiful mountain scenery, lakes and waterfalls, as well as ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

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