Our Teeny Weenie plane to the island

Phu Quoc Island

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March 12th 2011
Time for a change of scenery, this time we opted for an un-developed Island very close to the coast of Cambodia but actually belonging to Vietnam; Phu Quoc is relatively new to tourism and is renowned for it's bad roads. Vietnams famously smelly fish sauce "Nuc Mom" is produced on the island, Pearls are farmed here and there's also a couple of pepper plantations. The flight to Phu Quoc was onboar ... 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