Another early start to get to the express boat to Phnom Penh. I ate breakfast, went to check out and pay for my room at the front desk and was told I did not owe any money, and then tuk-tuk a few blocks to the boat dock for the 7:30 AM departure. While I was waiting to board the boat, one of the men working there handed me his cell phone as the woman at the desk was calling to say I did, indeed, owe the money for the room. She wanted me to give the money to the...

My last day at my beach paradise on Phu Quoc Island. I was able to spend about an hour and a half on the beach before leaving for the airport. The hotel manager informed me I should leave at 10 AM for my 11:30 flight because I needed to arrive an hour earlier. First he wanted me to leave at 9:30. The ride took all of 15 minutes, so there I was entertaining myself in the airport for all that time (when I could have been on the beach!) The flight was uneventful t...

Day 28 Phu Quoc Island After finishing my banana pancake, I thought it might be nice to see what else is on this island besides my beach paradise, so the hotel manager arranged for a moto(scooter) tour around the southern part of the island. Now that I am an experienced passenger on these, that sounded fine. It was a beautiful day as we set off around 9 AM. First stop was the pearl factory. Phu Quoc is well known for its pearls . The factory tour consisted of w...

We were up early for a 6:30 departure to visit the Cai Rang floating market, the largest floating market in the Mekong delta. Breakfast was on the top floof of the hotel, but was nothing special. After the two block walk to the waterfront and a short walk between two buildings, we arrived at our small boat and its woman driver. We started our putt-putt journey down the river near the shore so we could see the riverside activity. After about 45 minutes we arrive...

We were up early and left 6:30 AM to walk back to the boat dock to board the boat for the Tra On floating market. This is a less well known market to tourists. The market had a lot of activity with goods passing from boat to boat. The masts of the boat had the items for sale from that boat hanging. Breakfast was provided by a woman who pulled up in a small boat and seemed to have several dishes made from rice that tasted more like breakfast food and were go...