Buon Ma Thuot was described in our itinerary as a "small town", with the implication that we were visiting here only on the way to our elephant tour. But it is a good-sized city by Australian standards and with interest in its own right. Strange items on the menus of the local restaurants, fascinating things to look at and photograph on the street, and a suburb especially for the Ede, where those Ede who have worked hard enough have built conventional Vietnamese houses behind their traditional long houses. We had our elephant ride, and added to our original itinerary a trip out to a magnificent waterfall.