Phu Quoc - November 29th

The flight from Delhi took off on time, and arrived early at Bangkok airport.  Delhi airport claims to be one of the best in the world, but Bangkok actually is everything that Delhi claims to be.  It is an amazing airport, with so much choice for shopping and eating.  However we only have a couple of hours there and because we are on a low cost airline we have to collect our bags and then recheck in.  Then it is on to Ho Chi Minh City, where another two hours sees collect our bags, transfer to the domestic terminal, and fly on to Phu Quoc Island.

Phu Quoc is a small island off the south coast of Vietnam, near the Cambodian border.  It is only an hour flight to the small airport on the island, from where we get picked up and taken to our home for the next 5 days, Freedomland Resort.

Freedomland told us when we were enquiring about booking that they were not everyone’s cup of tea, because it is inland away from the beach, and because there is no choice for dinner, it is a fixed menu that everyone eats at a communal table.  This actually suits us, as not having to make choices about dinners after 2 months of travelling is a great idea.  And although it is inland, it is only 10 minutes from the beach, so after a very good vegetarian stir fry lunch, we head off to the beach.

When we get to the beach we sit down on the sun loungers under the shade, and promptly fall asleep.  The strain of the 2 days travel finally got to us.  We awake to find the sun going down, so we get some sunset photos, and then it is time to go back to our communal dinner.  For this entry I will just say it is one of the best meals we have had on the trip.  In further entries I will explain the logistics of the dinner.