Days 9-11: Phu Quoc

Sunset at Paris Beach Hotel

We arrived in beautiful Phu Quoc a few days ago. Phu Quoc is an island off the southeast coast of Vietnam. We were so happy to be in the sunshine and on the beach!

Our first day we swam and stayed by our hotel. We are on Long Beach, about 10 minutes from the main city (or an hour if you walk!). We had a great dinner on the waterfront our first night.

We have spent the last two days diving and snorkeling around the island. We saw some great reefs, but the visibility could have been a bit better. It's been windy, so that stirs everything up. That said, there is some great coral and today we saw lots of schools of fish. We'll post a video of the diving tomorrow. We had a United Nations on the boat - people from Holland, Germany, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, France, Sweden, Vietnam and us.

We spent last night in town at the night market. We met a couple on the dive trip from Holland and they were at our hotel, so we all walked in along the beach together. It's a lot further then it seems by taxi! The night market has fresh fish and vegetables and dinner was yummy. We plan to go there again tomorrow night.

So far, it's been great on the beach! It's so nice to have some color again :)

Phu Quoc from the plane

Turtle Island dive spot

View from the deck of Paris Beach Hotel

Melanie

Fish at the Night Market