Our resort

Phu Quoc island (Jan 2008)

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February 2nd 2008
We had a lovely week in Phu Quoc with Geoff and Adi. Both of them met us in Ho Chi Minh City and fortunately for me, Geoff and I flew to the island. Lou and Adi took the cheaper option - an overnight bus ride to Rach Gia which dropped them at the ferry point at 3am, where they had a lovely, restful 3 hour sleep at the ferry point on some concrete benches, fighting off the mosquitoes! If that wasn' ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Kien Giang » Phu Quoc Island

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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