View from Ti Top Island |
Fishing Boats in Halong Bay |
Very Spacious Cabin for a Retrofitted Junk! |
Halong Bay |
Long Beach, Phú Quốc |
I stayed in a lovely resort called the Long Beach Ancient Resort; it is just south of the main town on the island, Dương Đông. The resort is actually pretty new, but built in an old style. It is situated on a very narrow and long plot of land and it is interesting how they have used the space ... lots of little bridges and small clusters of buildings with a shared archway. It was so quiet compared to HCMC and I could hear frogs and lots and lots of birds. It was glorious sitting on the beach and listening to the waves. The water was really warm and I joined some village elders in the ocean for their 5 o’clock bob. As it was a bit overcast the first evening it was a very soft sunset.
Long Beach Resort, Phú Quốc |
An Thoi, Phú Quốc |
Bãi Sao |
Hiến at Bãi Sao |
We continued along and stopped at some dry waterfalls and then went to a pepper orchard. I met a Vietnamese American who has a Canadian mother-in-law. She was travelling with a bunch of her Vietnamese relatives and she thanked me for giving her a chance to speak English for the first time in a week! She helped me buy pepper from the man who runs the orchard. I guess over 400 tons of black pepper is produced on Phú Quốc annually.
Pepper Orchard |
Green Pepper |
Peppercorns drying in the sun |
Dinh Cau Rock |
Dương Dong River |
Long Beach, late afternoon |
Long Beach Ancient Resort |
1 comment:
Thanks for showing us some more of beautiful VN. We didn't get to a beach while we were there. Glad you enjoyed Halong Bay. It really is quite unique isn't it?
Lois
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