Mai House Resort Phu Quoc Island

... two miscellaneous green beverages, two lounge chairs and chowed down right on the beach. The crabs were in their original form so we had to bust in to them using fingers and teeth. We still need a bit more practice in the art of eating crab as we kept dropping the choice pieces in the sand.<br><br>&lt;Danny writing now&gt;<br>After washing off the cave grime in the +30 degree waters of the Gulf of Thailand, we went for a moto drive along the beach. As we ...

... Ninh. There wasn&#8217;t much to see except a small wharf and some shops selling pearl jewelry, fish sauce, live fish and piles of dried seafood. It was a very fragrant place to hang out for a few minutes. We bought two bottles of water and then got out of there. <br><br>At some point the road turned back into asphalt, which was a blessed surprise&#8212;both of us holding our breath around every turn waiting for the dreaded mud ruts to reappear. There were two downsides to the road ...

... Waking up hungover is bad at any time but waking up at 10am in a dingy room with a ****** fan and 30plus outside is definately not a pleasant experience. A recovery day ensued with 'The heartstopper' fry-up for starters followed by about 6 litres of water and a dual promise of no more sessions for a week or so!! Went to get some sweets and **** to finish off the recovery at about 9pm and come 5am was getting stinkeye from the bar porter who had to let us ...

... it became abundantly clear that I was the only tourist on the island.<br><br>Sleeping in a bamboo beach hut no doubt sounds like a romantic experience, but when the sky started to groan and lit up like Jordan&#8217;s gnashers I realised I may be in for an uncomfortable night. Clearly the monsoon season had begun.<br><br>The next day, after attempting to walk around the island and ending up impaled on thorns whilst trying to evade hordes of ...

... sure if his surly expression was an indication of being offended, or was just it?<br>Anyway, he stopped doing what he was doing in some shrubbery with a bag, and paddled off in his narrow little boat; white cap donned, crouched, bare feet in the front, and looking quiet, untroubled from the world and its, and undisturbed.<br>We stopped off at a resting-cum-viewing hut and ordered a can of coke each from a guy.<br>'How long have you been in ...

... seem to understand that people want to walk around town and soak up the slower pace of life. Moto/tuk-tuk tours also seem a bit pricier than elsewhere in the country, although this could have more to do with are poor resolve in bargaining prices down. <br>We spent Christmas Day in nearby Kep, although I will dedicate a separate post for Kep, as it is a destination unto itself. Kep aside, We took two other interesting trips into the bucolic ...

... swimmin.<br>We have decided that tonight we are going to look on the internet at the hotels we have picked for HCMC and then walk to the night market to eat and then a few beers!<br>Oh maaaan Ive started to feel a bit dodgy :( in the middle of my perfect day - i cant believe it! We moved back closer to the hotel just in case i needed the bathroom - and boy did i.. i thought i was dying honestly i felt sooo rough. After a while i did actually start to feel better so we went for a ...

... no-one cares, and even stranger, like no-one is trying to make any money. <br><br>After a 2 hour walk and a fantastically brief but heavy rain shower, we got back to our resort, thoroughly confused at what we'd seen. <br><br>We agreed that it is like a ghost town, as if the locals had deserted the place years ago, leaving full bottles of spirits in a beach bar that had no roof?! We also saw uncovered pool tables covered in rain, due to the holes in ...

So, ignore that last email....<br><br>I suppose I should start where I left off in the last blog... we left Dalat (in the "mountains" -which to Chugach-natives felt much more like hills) a little disappointed... mainly because the foliage felt sick. Maybe that is because it was the dry season, or maybe I can put this too on the shoulders of our wonderful nation, and blame it on the long term effects of the agent orange chemicals sprayed by you know ...