Phu Quoc travel
Phu Quoc is a supernatural island, arguably has some
of most beautiful beaches in Vietnam and some of the best seafood, also
abundant with local friendliest people.
Seducing with
seashores of white fine yellow sand with transparent crystal –like water and
primeval forest stretching as far as your eyes can see, Phu Quoc has enchanted
me right from the first sight. Besides, the peaceful pace of life and the local
people’s as large as generosity the ocean have made tourists attached to it and
hesitant to leave.
Travelling to Phu Quoc – new adventure
Instead
of taking the direct flight from Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh city to Phu Quoc, I chose
another route longer but more economical by high quality coach from Ho Chi Minh
to Ha Tien. After one day exploring the used – to-be spots of attraction of “Ha
Tien with ten places of interest”, I took a speedy boat to Phu Quoc island. How
lucky we were to have good seats right in the cabin, just behind the driver,
where we were free to contemplate splendid Southern sky with myriads of intact
and extremely beautiful islands and islets of different sizes.
Only
with 1.5 hour gliding speedily on the sea surface, the speed boat has landed to
the port Bai Vong. With only one step on the port, you and all the ambiance
around are filled with a vastly green color of the sea and sky, which
astonished all the tourists. The sky in May is clearly blue and scattering with
some masses of cloud floating and wandering with the ocean wind. Mildly shining
sunrays, emerald color water washing to purely white shores, faraway whistling
singing of birches….all there to bring you relaxing and peaceful
feelings.
We
chose a small typical resort of 2* lying on Tran Hung Dao street- “a retreat
route” of Duong Dong town with myriads of hotels and resorts lying along the
shore like holding it to “their arms”. This pretty resort is consisted of many
bungalows lying under sky-high shady coconut foliage by an extremely beautiful
beach named Duong Dong. The young resort host welcomed us with a friendly smile
and enthusiastically showed us to our room even though it’s just over 10am
(usual check-in time is by 14pm)
Freely
walking with bare feet on the fine sand like sugar, we were suddenly filled
with a very pleasant feeling from the
offshore wind making me get better after a long journey. The seawater here is
transparantly clear and shining like a giant mirror. My little son of less than
1 year old was excited and ran here and there playing with the seawaves, while
adults were indulging themselves satisfactorily in the cool water or excitedly
building sand castles…All the daily worries and stress seemed to be washed away
with the water.
On
the shore, I could see many tourists rushing to Phu Quoc from every corner.
There were many families with their kids like mine and many groups of young
people. There were especially many foreign tourists, most of them are
packbackers from Western countries. The hotel receptionist shared with us that
those packbackers prefer to stay in 2* hotels or resorts and retreat for some
weeks or even some months. Every day, they just lie on the beach sunbathing,
doing massage, swimming, indulging themselves in the water, and…live and
breathe with the immense ocean. That is to show how ideal Phu Quoc is!
Fishing journey on Phu Quoc - the paradise island
“If coming to Phu Quoc without
going fishing, you miss a most important and interesting part of this island”, said a friend who lives on this Pearl island I
told him that I was coming to this beach paradise.
Friendly fishing tour with Vietravel
Booking
for fishing tour at Vietravel Phu Quoc branch, we started our journey exploring
the Pearl Island- a fertile region abundant with shrimps and fish. A large and
clean boat furnished with a LCD TV, soft and comfortable bench, lifejackets for
everyone consoling all the tourists. After more than 1 hour floating on the sea
and feeling seasick badly, when the boat anchored at Doi Moi islet, we all got
totally awake to see magnificent and dazzling sea in front. Spattered around us
are tiny intact islets lying in isolation amid the sea. On the other side is
the border between Vietnam and Cambodia, whose Ta Lon mountain can be seen
clearly.
After
anchoring, the boat “captain” started to instruct people how to lay baits, to
control the fishing line and how to pull it back when a fish bites the bait.
Very surprisingly, fishing here doesn’t need a fishing rod, but a catgut roll
of some tens meters with a piece of fresh squid stuck to the hook. Throwing the
line in a second, I have caught a blackish garoupa as big as 4 fingers of mine,
which was trying hard to escape. This was such a memorable experience. There
were continuously and delightfully admiring sounds when amateur fishermen could
catch a fish. Everybody has become “movie stars” when myriads of cameras,
Iphone, Ipad aimed to take their pictures. Soon, the small bucket has been
cramped with fish jumping in disorder in front of the exciting eyes of the
children.
Phu Quoc - the Dai beach
The
boat has moored to Dai beach- one of the most beautiful and intact beaches in
the world where we relaxed and swam before lunch. The beach here is gently
sloping and the water is so clear that we could see almost every single grain
of sand, soft to your feet with schools of fish swimming freely around. Along
the shore are lines of shady birches whistling their love songs and lullaby
those who are bathing or resting in hammocks…It’s hard to find any where else
as peaceful as this place.Phu Quoc – the airport
Phu Quoc airport officially came into
operation in 2013 and welcomed many international as well as domestic tourists
to come for their visits. At the beginning of 2014, the island residents
eagerly welcomed the first ever national powerline from undersea cabling system
pulled from Ha Tien town. These 2 important events will promisingly give wings
to this Pearl Island to develop faster with its existing potential. Hopefully,
this island at this farmost end of the country still remains its intact pearly
beauty, whose fine clean sandy shores only imprint travellers’footprint, where
you can leave your bikes or motorbikes without being stolen, or shopping freely
without being cheated or cut-off…to make Phu Quoc remain a romantic dating
venue for sea lovers.
