Located off the southwest coast of Vietnam, and just a 45 min flight from Ho Chi Minh City, the island is quite quaint with abundant, beautiful beaches that are still relatively untouched. However, this is likely to change in the near future, as there is a staggering amount of construction on the island (and as we would soon discover, in many of the coastal Vietnamese towns as well). Perhaps the best indicator of things to come is the brand-new airport that just opened in anticipation of increasing tourism over the coming years.
As you can see, it's still waiting to hit its capacity, but no one can complain about being at the gate within 5 minutes of arriving at the airport!
Fortunately for us, that is all in the future and for now, it is still a charming little island, with beaches dotted with bungalows, small restaurants, bars, and (because it's Vietnam) ocean-side spas. As you'll quickly notice from the following pictures, we didn't really leave our B&B much, but that was exactly what we wanted.
Even the lack of AC in our room and the numerous mosquitos were not going to deter us from having a relaxing three days. We spent lots of time at the beach-side bars:
Checking out the local produce:
Watching the colorful fishing boats over breakfast each morning:
Cooling off with a milkshake next to a beach bonfire:
Making new friends:
Enjoying beautiful sunsets:
Sometimes with a swim:
And even catching up on the blog a bit!
But just like that, our time on Phu Quoc was over and we headed back to mainland Vietnam fully refreshed.
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