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Phu Quoc

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May 25th 2010
After the Mekong Delta Trip I spent 5 days on this small Island in the Gulf of Thailand called Phu Quoc. It was fantastic. The island is a tourist paradise. It is not very well developed yet - predominately small resorts and dirt or gravel roads - but the beach is fantastic and not crowded at all. I didn't have a reservation, so after a ferry ride on the SuperDong 2 ( The currency up here is the D ... read more

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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