Posts Tagged Buon Ma Thuot
Picturesque Lak Lake
Posted by Huyen Tran in Destinations on January 28, 2010
Located about 50km south of Buon Ma Thuot City and along National Highway 27, the 550ha Lak Lake is the largest body of fresh water in Dak Lak Province. Beautiful as a white silk strip and with picturesque natural scenery, the lake is surrounded by forest and attracts many visitors who come to explore and relax after a long journey through the sunny and windy Central Highlands.
The immense lake is thought to stage miniature representations of the four seasons each day. The clear blue skies and the Cu Yang Sin Mountain silently reflected on the blue mirror of calm water in the mornings are thought to represent the spring. The mid-day sun with its intense light and heat is thought to represent summer, the sinking sun in late afternoon with its flickering yellow light the fall and the night blanket of cold stars the winter. Read the rest of this entry »
Buon Ma Thuot City
Posted by Huyen Tran in Destinations on December 10, 2009
Buon Ma Thuot is a destination in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. While it can be a bit warmer than Da Lat, it’s also very windy and attracts a lot of clouds covered even in the dry season, which tends to cool things down.
There are some decent places to stay, and some sites to see which are worthwhile, but not exactly first rate. It’s enjoyed by travellers who want to get away from the circus of tourism that characterises the more popular destinations in the region. Most importantly, Buon Ma Thuot has some great coffee. Read the rest of this entry »
Buon Ma Thuot Culture and Tourism Week 2009
Posted by Huyen Tran in Festivals, Travel news on December 9, 2009
The 2009 Buon Ma Thuot Culture and Tourism Week under the theme ‘Legend of the Central Highlands Elephant’ will be held in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak’s Buon Ma Thuot City and Buon Don District from December 16 to 22.
The week long jubilee will feature a fire festival, a street festival, a wood carving contest, a photo exhibition called ‘Central Highlands in the past and in the present’, elephant racing, a food festival, the ‘Green Central Highlands Tourism’ program, a performance by an Asian theatre group, a religious ceremony on the river by the Ede ethnic minority group, a trade fair, gongs and folk games.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism will hold a seminar on boosting and being prepared for the rapid and sustainable development of regional tourism.
The event also aims to honor elephants and gongs, two prominent cultural features of the Central Highlands, and the world class coffee of Buon Ma Thuot.
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