Blogs from Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang, Mekong River Delta, Vietnam, Asia - page 9

Howdy. These pictures are from my camera so there are only a few. They go from the Mekong Delta, Vietnam; to Phu Quoc Island Vietnam; to Phnom Penh, Cambodia; to Kampot, Cambodia; to Siem Reap, Cambodia; to the last one of some fruit in Bangkok. There will be heaps more photos from Meg's camera and you'll probably see the same sequence of places with different and better pics. ENJOY... read more

We were up bright and early this morning to get ourselves to the airport with plenty of time to check in for our flight to Rach Gia on the mainland. Our plan was to go from Rach Gia to Ha Tien border crossing into Cambodian and then on to Sihanoukville and then Phnom Penh. We had planned everything last night and were happy with it. Thats until Vietnam Airlines got involved. We got to the airport at 8am for our flight at 9am, the reccommended hour before for check in. We were a bit bemused by the fact that the Rach Gia flight had no check in counter so we went to the help desk to be told, " Oh, we never fly to Rach Gia on Sundays." - What!?! I had bought a ticket a ... read more

The day began with a firendly greeting from the hotel staff and other guests. After finishing breakfast we slapped on the suncream and walked along the beach all the way into town. On the way we passed all of the other resorts and began to realise how lucky we were with the positioning of our hotel. The others looked tatty and quiet, even some of the expensive ones, possibly because it was the low wet season. We on the other hand were very fortunate with our quiet and private beach with beautiful scenery. After about 1.5 hours we reached the town and our destination, an ice cream parlour! Rach had a pinapple stuffed with all sorts of ice cream and a mint cherry??!! Afterwards we headed back to our hotel on the back of 2 motorbike ... read more

Decidimos quedarnos sólo dos noches en la playa, el bungalow no nos acaba de parecer los suficientemente “romántico” . Creo que algún día conseguiremos ser algo más objetivo al ver los sitios donde dormir, después de lo del geriátrico de Lisboa, ya va la segunda, y no hay dos sin tres …. Mañana con lluvia fina, pero nos decidimos a alquilar una motillo para recorrer la isla, e ir a buscar alguna playa más recóndita. Para nuestra suerte solo queda una moto automática. Cogemos rumbo Sur-Oeste, … la isla solo tiene una carretera asfaltada al embarcadero y no es la que hemos elegido. Después de 1 hora recorriendo caminos de tierra roja, llegamos a un pueblo digno de salir en una película de Rambo, con puentes de madera sobre brazos de mar, puentes sin barandillas donde ... read more

3rd August Nibby- What a beautiful island! Long golden sandy beaches laced with coconut trees and lush resorts with sea view bungalows. We got a lovely bungalow a stones throw from the sea. Only problem being that in all the time we've been here we've only had about 2 hours of sunshine. D'oh! I had a really lovely birthday, strange, but lovely! Used to having lots of friends and family over for the usual Woburn Sands shenanigans, this was quite different. Matty spoilt me good and proper. I got 30 red roses and a birthday cake then as the day went on (and the rain fell) I got a few other prezzies to unwrap. A Cambodia notebook, a hair pin, a silk scarf and some silver earrings. We had a play in the sea before heading ... read more