Garden Bungalows
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Our Beach Bungalow
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View from the restaurant
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The beach
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I don’t intend to advertise for Sea Star, but it is fairly typical of the accommodation on Long Beach, which is a 10 minute drive from the airport. This beach is also a short motorbike journey to town and its selection of restaurants, the night market and the collection of dive shops. Other recommended stays are Cassia Cottage and Mai House.
Alternatively, Ong Lang beach is about a 20 minute drive from town along in places a very bumpy road. We visited Mango Bay one afternoon to check the place out. It boasts secluded bungalows built with an eye on sustainability, and most are lofted up into the foliage, set back in a garden, with views out over the private bay the resort is situated on. Mango Bay raises too many questions in my mind for a comfortable stay. No where else to eat without a long journey by bike or taxi. Very isolated and quiet. But of course, this is what some people crave, and sitting on the decking at one of the two resort restaurants supping a cocktail and watching the sun go down in absolute tranquility wasn’t that bad…
Chen La is another posh alternative nearby this part of the island. Chi and I also stayed at Thang Loi on our first trip to Phu Quoc, much cheaper but the same isolation. – this resort is just the other side of Mango Bay.
As for our own holiday, Louisa decided to develop a bizarre rash which made her miserable and spread from head to toe over three days, finally clearing up on the last couple of days. Whilst other tourists spent their time posturing on their hired automatic bikes and really trying to look like they weren’t possibly going to crash, visiting pearl farms, snorkeling and diving, sampling seafood cuisine and getting lost on inland island dirt tracks, Chi and I were back in the bungalow battling with a raucous, unhappy and uncooperative 11 month old baby. Finally, we settled on a solution that everyone was happy with.
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Vietnam720: I didn’t catch the joke on the last photo until my 2nd visit back to Jon’s post. Hope you guys are sharper than me
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