A month of seclusion in Mang Den, Vietnam

Sometimes, if you want to have "two hearts" with Da Lat, go to Mang Den. Mang Den is also beautiful but wilder and less crowded. This place is like a muse sleeping atop a mountain, waiting for someone to wake up.

Every season of the year, Mang Den seems to put on a new set of clothes with all kinds of characteristic flowers. If January is the season of apricot and peach blossoms in full bloom, then in February, you will be able to see golden mimosa flowers and white ban flowers. From March to June is the time to buy flowers, purple myrtle blooms all over the road. At each harvest season, the rice fields bloom and are dyed yellow. By August is the season of raspberry and raspberry flowers. You will also experience the cold of Mang Den during the wild sunflower season in the last months of the year.

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Everything here has yet to be concreted, so anyone who comes will find everything extraordinarily fresh and still retains its rustic charm.

Ngo Thanh Thuy, a young visitor, went to Mang Den on a warm sunny day in early December. Thuy had just arrived here when the weather suddenly turned to cold rain. Since then, the number of sunny days has only come to a fingertip. Fog and dark clouds spread all over the way. The cold in Mang Den is not the same as the cold that Thuy has experienced when in the North. Mang Den is cold and accompanied by heavy rain and wind. The weather was so severe, and the wind was blowing so hard that it blew off the roof of the house, and the signs were scattered,...

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Thanh Thuy lived in that cold with a suitcase of clothes without any sweaters because she did not anticipate it when she came here.

Mang Den is harsh, but in the eyes of tourists, it is still stunning, beautiful from the branches to the grass, and attractive to the sky. The hills and mountains are less majestic than in the Northwest and Northeast, streams and waterfalls are not as rolling as in Ban Me Thuot, and the scenery is less poetic than in Da Lat. However, Mang Den is beautiful in a wild and rustic way, as honest and liberal as the freedom-loving souls of the people who come to this land.

Thuy mostly hangs out with the host's brothers and sisters, this time in Mang Den. People coming to Mang Den can refer to some experiences below:

1. How to vistit Mang Den

• From Buon Ma Thuot City (Dak Lak) to Kon Tum City: visitors can travel by Limousine at the cost of 250,000 VND one way.

• From Kon Tum city to Mang Den town: take the next Limousine bus for 50,000 VND, or you can take the bus.

• From other cities to Mang Den, people can take a plane to Pleiku airport and then rent a motorbike to go to Mang Den. The distance from the airport to Mang Den is about 100km.

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2. Housing and food in Mang Den

Coming to Mang Den this time, Thanh Thuy chose to stay at Vegan Home Mang Den.

Homestay is a small vegetarian restaurant and includes a form of accommodation. She eats here all month because the food the host cooks is delicious and healthy, according to her taste and preferences.

- Menu items for guests range from 60,000 to 85,000 VND.

- Accommodation cost: 3,6 million VND/month

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3. What to play in Mang Den

Mang Den town:

• Green Yen Coffee Shop - 73 Vo Nguyen Giap: Every Saturday night, there is acoustic music.

• Shalom's Coffee - 129 Vo Nguyen Giap: has perfect Kombucha tea

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• Di Cafe - 63 Vo Thi Sau: The space is beautiful, and the owner is very tasteful.

• Kon Pring tourist village

• Dak Ke Lake: if you go in the cherry blossom season in the morning, you will admire the ravishing beauty of nature.

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Area 37 households: 10km from Mang Den town.

• Vegan Home Mang Den: people come here to eat delicious vegetarian dishes and feel the quiet space.

• E Ban Farm: this farm grows organic and yellow heart oranges. The entrance fee is 30k/person.

• Farm Thien My: a long-term farm and charming aunt and uncle. Winter at this farm has delicious strawberries; the end of April is the end of the season. Strawberry jam one jar 50k, mulberry juice 50k is equally as passionate. The aunt and uncle have beautiful rows of mimosa and cherry apricots outside.

• Green +: a cafe with various drinks and a small orange garden.

• Doan family shop: there is handmade ice cream by the owner herself. The shop also decorates it by itself, so it's unique

• Top View: this is a new restaurant, but the view is breathtaking.

• Glamprose: this is a great place to hunt clouds in the morning and watch the sunset in the afternoon.

• In Another World: a newly opened shop, the owners built a beautiful house like a fairy garden.

• Kon Tu Rang suspension bridge.

• Ngoc Le Mountain: if you have time and good physical strength, you can trek here. You will indeed have a memorable experience here.

• Hill of Mangosteen Grass

• Pa Sy Waterfall.

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• Dak Bla River: a small winding river like a stream. Having a picnic and swimming here in the summer must be very refreshing.

4. Weather in Mang Den:

It was cold, windy, rainy, and sometimes sunny when Thanh Thuy left. But since it's warmer this time of year, everyone here remembers to prepare warm clothes, especially towels, and hats, because the wind is mighty and it is easy to get sick.

5. Hunting clouds in Mang Den:

Mang Den this time the weather is more beautiful, in the morning there are many places to hunt clouds. Please refer to these locations: Green Yen Coffee Shop, Glamprose, In Another World,...

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The one-month journey in Mang Den has ended, and Thuy has missed the cherry blossom season in full bloom. She is a little regretful but not sad because Mang Den has brought her countless other exciting things. After this trip, Thuy felt more confident and comfortable, and her adaptability and index of overcoming difficulties increased. It is more important to see that the heart is still vibrating and keeping a peaceful mind even when challenges are on all sides.