Phu Quoc

After our long drive through the Mekong Delta, Matt and I were definitely ready to relax in Phu Quoc. When we arrived, we were bomabarded by two menoffering us a ride to our resort, a snorkeling trip, a hotel, their business card, and other things I can't remember. My firstinstinct when people come up to me is to not trust them and to tell them to go away. Matt didn't though, and the guy turned out to be nice and he took us snorkeling the next day.

Our hotel,the Thousand Stars Resort, was, um, interesting to say the least. It was on a nice beach, which was good, but the staff acted like they had never had guests before. They didn't have enough towels for everyone, and for dinner they had all the food layed out as if it was a buffet, but you had to pay for each item. They didn't keep track of what you ate though, so at the end of the meal we had to tell them everything that we had eaten, and they acted like we were trying to put one over on them! During theday, the staff slept in all the hammocks in the shade...so guests hadto sit in the blazing sun. They used the pool table constantly so that none of the guests could play. They were rude to some people...we sat down to breakfast and two British girls were already there. They gave us menus, andthegirls didn't havethemyet. We ordered eggs and got them...the girls ordered eggs and the waitress told them the restuarant was out of eggs. Then two more people came and ordered eggs and were given them! Crazy! The whole time we were there I lived in fear of making the waitresses mad... The other weird thing about our hotel was that there were life size ceramic animals everywhere, including a giant half naked mermaid.

Phu Quoc was nice, but the beach was not as nice as Thailand or the Philippines, and the people were way less friendly. It is a very small island with not too many tourists, which was nice. There are only a few hotels there. Given the expensive, government regulated price of flying to Vietnam, the rudeness of the people, and the so-so beach, I will probably not go back to Phu Quoc any time soon. I would much rather go to the Philippines! Or Thailand! Either one would cost half theprice to fly to.




Matt at the Thousand Stars Resort



Matt with a giant half naked mermaid statue



Meagan on a dock



Meagan with a giant shrimp