Day 17 friday 26th december
Trip Start
Dec 10, 2008
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Trip End
Dec 31, 2008
Where I stayed
Xuan Thu Hotel, Phu Quoc Island
Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam
Friday, December 26, 2008
Couldnt believe it we were up (6ish) and out (7ish)
no hangover either after all the beer we drank.
We realised yesterday that the day is quite short the sun seems to start to set around 4ish, we left the beach around 5ish so we decided to make the most of the day - which turned out to be a waste of time as nothing was open! ha ha ha ha
We walked down to the beach and it was deserted so pretty cool walking along with no-one else on it.
Around 8ish we walked to MAYS and had breakfast. The pancakes werent that good but the bread was delicious. Alos had some nice ginger tea, it was good the tea they use here is liptons so i think ill get some of that when we get home.
After breakfast and busy planning our day doing nothing we walked to the Vietnam Airline office near the Saigon Phu Quoc hotel to see if they had any seats available on the flights to HCMC on 29th or 30th Dec. 30th was fully booked but they did have seats on 29th. On the assumption that we would have to do the reverse journey we would have been leaving on 29th anyway the only difference is we get into HCMC alittle earlier than if we get the bus but thats probably better because our sight seeing in HCMA wont be as rushed.
Basically im just made up that we dont have to get that bloody bus! :)
We booked another night at the hotel - for some reason we only booked till 27th Dec - dont know why - anyway booked an extra night!
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The girl who i think is the owner of the hotel is really funny she doesnt understand what we are saying until you mention money. She sits smoking, crossed legged on a wooden settee (totally bigger and posher than a bench) with a pot of tea on the matching table in front of her. I know that she moves because she has a fresh pair of pyjamas on everyday. You see a lot of the women wearing these pyjama//leisure suits thingies - its just like being back home!!! haha :0) She has a little boy who is soooo cute :) and theres another girl who works in the hotel who just giggles everytime we talk to her!!!
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After sorting out another night at the hotel and then looking at hotels in HCMC we walk to the beach and spend another perfect day chillin, swimmin, relaxin, swimmin, sleepin, swimmin.
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!
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 snack - i had a sandwich which was very good - bad move i then started sweating something terrible and i had pains in my stomach so the best thing for me to do was go for a lie down. Felt a bit better so we went for a walk about 7pm i wanted some fresh air so we walked down to the night market, there are loads of food stalls so we decided that if i feel better tomorrow we will come down here for something to eat. We got cakes though! Yes i know Im ill but they looked so good :) i got carrot and DK got HONG KONG EGG wvhich in fact is just sponge cake with icing and a glace cherry on top! (i told him he should have got the banana cake!) We went to ROBINSONS for a drink - I had COKE - I know! but i needed something gassy to make me burp and it did and i feel a little better for it :) DK had a couple of beers and then we walked to the chemist to get something to settle my stomach - a grey vanilla powdered clay seemed to be order of the day 3 x a day just for 1 day. Home and bed for me, DK stayed up and watched the match LIVERPOOL 3 - BOLTON 0! Cmon!!!
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Ha Ha Ha funniest thing ever that I forgot to mention - we were walking along the beach yesterday minding our own business when suddenly DK went down a big hole in the sand! I laughed my head off - in fact Im still laughing now "oh no help me & that I have fallen down a big hole in the sand"
