Blogs from Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang, Mekong River Delta, Vietnam, Asia - page 5

Her er bildene fra gårsdagens restaurant besøk i Night Marked. Blir jeg ikke sjuk av dette ... blir jeg det aldri!!!... read more

Ny dag i Vietnam Vi våknet i dag til normal tid og har sovet forholdsvis greit i natt – jetlaget er over for denne gang! I dag har vi tilbrakt dagen på stranda og badet i bassenget. Det er ingen som bader i sjøen her, sikkert en grunn til det?? Ikke veit jeg Øya Phu Quoc er svært liten, vi går gjennom sentrum på 5 minutter. Michael hadde trengt en ny shorts men det lar seg nok ikke anskaffe på denne øya. Her har dem kun mat, øl, brennevin og vin! Vietnam er preget av kommunisme . De har faktisk sperret tilgangen til Facebook. Jeg jobber nå med å finne ut hvordan komme meg rundt dette ”store” problemet!! Jeg har skjønt at ikke alle sms dere sender oss kommer frem.. Svarer vi ikke på meldinger ... read more

We made our way out to HCMC airport for the 1 hour flight to Phu Quoc, a small island west of Vietnam mainland, in the Gulf of Thailand... It is actually only about 11km from the Cambodian border and more than 70 kms from any part of mainland Vietnam, but the island is definately Vietnamese (also has a strong military presence to disuade Cambodia from asserting it's theoretical claim on the territory) The island is about the same size a Singapore, very much under-developed from a tourism perspective at this stage, although that is rapidly changing with the cogs of tourist infrastructure now being seen everywhere. There are many small beach resorts dotted down the western coast in a 2 km stretch down from the small but bustling capital of Duong Dong. Most of the tourists ... read more

.....And onto the next leg of the journey, a 4-night stay on tropical Phu Quoc island, an island located just off the coast of Cambodia, roughly the size of Singapore. Whilst the development on the island in no way mirrors the high-rise of Singapore, tourism here is merely in its infancy, and with a new international airport currently under construction, Phu Quoc appears to be a tourist magnet just waiting to be strongly magnetized. The choice of hotel, the Thien Hai Son, was a suitable one, since it is located on a stretch of road along which there are a fair few commendable eateries representing a few different nations (Indian, Australian, etc). The hotel is also located a stone's throw away from the beach, and within walking distance of the island's only settlement of any size, ... read more

Phu Quoc is a tropical island off the coast of Vietnam and Cambodia that belongs to Vietnam. It has your picture postcard white sand beaches and palm trees swaying under blue skies dotted by puffy white clouds. We thought it sounded like a great place to take a break from our vacation. Once there, however, it did not live up to our hopes. Although Phu Quoc is very close to paradise, it has so much trash floating in the water that I took to calling it the city dump for paradise. It is really difficult to enjoy the swimming when there are plastic bags curling around your ankles. We took a day long snorkel trip and one stop was a scene that looked like a postcard you would send home to make people jealous. Once we ... read more