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Phu Quoc offers a
decent infrastructure:
an airport, wide
tracks, money-exchange offices,
banks with ATM, hospital, post-office, police-station.
... and even
plenty of ADSL internet places! Just in case you still have the desire to stay
connected to the world.
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How's
the weather today? 
The climate
is tropical
2
seasons:
- Dry from November till
June. Temperature is between 30 and 35c during the
day. The nights are usually rather cool. The sea water is at 25-28c.
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Rainy from July till
October.
Temperature is still very nice (between 26 and 32c), but tropical
rain can
fall anytime, generally for a few minutes .
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Typical
activities
on the Island:
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Boat
Trips
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Different
trips are
available for visiting the islets, and also snorkeling and fishing. They
are usually
half-day or full-day
tours.
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> Scuba Diving
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A
professional organization is available to take you and train you
in the beautiful sites around the island.
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FLIPPER DIVING
http://www.flipperdiving.com/index.php/en-us/
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Since 2006,
foreign visitors
to Phu Quoc only
don't need a visa
anymore
if they stay less than 15 days. See your
travel agent for details...
Soon, boats will be coming
from Cambodia directly.
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Phu Quoc has also several harbours
and lively markets.
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How to get here:
> By Plane
Two carriers:
Vietnam Airlines and Air Mekong.
During the high season (November till May) there are up to 20 daily
flights from Saigon.
Now there are also a daily 2-way flight with Rach Gia and one
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> By Boat |
Speedboats are operating from Rach Gia
(2h30)
and Ha Tien (1h30).
During the rainy season or bad weather conditions those services might be cancelled.
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> On the Island itself
Taxi cars are largely
available. No need to bargain, watch the meter...
If you have
reserved with us before arriving, we book a cab for you and the
driver will be waiting for you at the gate. He will have a sign with your name.
A lot of motorbike-taxis are
also available to carry you from virtually any place
to any place on the island.
Obviously the
"Honda om" know the Island like their pocket.
It is advisable to bargain the fare. For example between the Airport and
Bo resort, the fare should
be no more than 50,000 VND. The problem is
to communicate with those
drivers. They also have a tendency to take you
to places where they get
commissions... Not such a good deal as it looks.
Only if you are alone and
traveling light...
Attention! Tell the drivers that the place you want to go to is
BO Resort on Ong Lang
Beach.
Everybody knows BO on the
island now...
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Other activities...
River cruising, visiting fish-sauce factories and pepper plantations,
jungle-trekking to the waterfall... |
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| ...shopping at the Pearl
Farm. |
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Phu Quoc is
famous in the Asian world for its fish sauce, called "Nuoc Mam".
The island produces more
than 10 million liters of fish sauce a year.
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Phu Quoc is also
known for its flavorful pepper. Wandering through a plantation with its endless rows of pepper vines,
you can appreciate how hard the island's farmers work. It takes 3 years to
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