Sunday, December 9, 2018

Vietnam 2018

We started our year end holiday to Vietnam with a 2 hour flight to HCMC this morning at 11am. After getting back very late last night from Genting, Mummy and Daddy had very little time to unpack and pack again so they must be very tired. When we arrived in HCMC, we drove straight to the hotel to check in first and then to lunch at Cuc Gach Quan. It is supposedly very good and even Angelina and Brad had dinner there before when they were in HCMC. Daddy got overly excited and over ordered too. Took them a while to finish what he ordered.

Our first hotel in Phu Quoc was Novotel. Daddy planned that we stay here because it is nearer to the attractions in the bottom half of Phu Quoc. We visited the peppercorn farm, fish sauce farm, and Sao Beach which is supposed to be one of the more popular beach. We had a blast at Sao Beach cos even though the wave was choppy, the water was shallow until quite far out. We also managed to go for a sunset cruise with squid fishing thrown in. Unfortunately none of us caught any squid but it was fun nonetheless. Our highlight was the island hoping tour which Daddy paid extra to get us a private charter so we can decide when to go and where to go. We had uncle Cong as our tour manager and he spoke with the boatman about what to do. I think the most fun part so far was the fishing which I managed to catch about 4 rockfish. It was really fun to reel them in and feel the excitement of tugging with the fish. We were supposed to go snorkeling but unfortunately the corals were mostly dead and we didn't get to see that many fish, very disappointing.


The second hotel we stayed at was Vinpearl Villa. I must say this 
has to be the best hotel we stayed in all my life! The villa was so big and Andrea and I had one room to ourselves and Daddy and Mummy another room. There was even a pool at the back of the villa. The buffet spreads at the hotel was also amazing! There was so much food I couldn't decide what to eat. At Vinpearl, there was a Safari Zoo and we were pretty impressed with it. We also spent a day at the Vinpearl Amusement Land where there was also a water park. And of course the beach was wonderful and we spent many hours just digging away and looking for hermit crabs. Caught some but not sure they will survive the flight back home.

It was another good trip and we certainly enjoyed ourselves.