Duong Dong

Seasonal tropicality never felt so alluring!

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December 24th 2010
.....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 jus ... 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