If you enjoyed this video, please check out more adventures from this Vietnam series! A Perfect First Day In HO CHI MINH CITY (Saigon) 🇻🇳 Finally Back In Vietnam: th-cam.com/video/7EuZKGf5kbY/w-d-xo.html This is a MUST DO TOUR in VIETNAM and this is WHY! 🇻🇳 From Saigon to Can Tho: th-cam.com/video/7Z0CXUfPqr0/w-d-xo.html This Is What DANANG, VIETNAM Is Like 🇻🇳 This City Is Amazing!: th-cam.com/video/shqxnLCksiI/w-d-xo.html
I watch perhaps 20 world-travel vloggers regularly --- such as Paddy Doyle, Will and Jose, Tag along with Chai, Karl Watson, Drew Binsky, and Kraig Adams --- and your perfectly-chosen SOUND TRACKS --- that often grace your abundant drone shots --- are the most UPLIFTING and CHEERFUL of them all. You are the ideal cheerful VIBE for me!!! Thank you from the Earthpeople of Hawaii
@@FloraandNoteI am planning a trip next year. Your vlog convinced me. Is there a general admission fee to Grandworld on top of individual attractions? Thanks 😊
Flora and Note I'm enjoying this second Vietnam series. The island is so beautiful, the starfish are beautiful. Every time I watch you're videos I get excited and happy, because you both are happy Flora and Note. I will always be loyal to the both of you.
Awesome!! Fellow Vancouverite heading to Phu Quoc next month.. currently living in "rowdy" Pattaya for the past couple of months and ready for a change of scenery 😎
Sugarcane juice and ice cream delicious. Starfish in the water. Absolutely loved there reaction after tasting there coffee. I would be very interested in this water park and cable car. I liked the little Venice. Excellent all around
That gondola looks fun (in cooler climes🤣) and amusement parks are fun. The starfish are so amazing and red! I know you 4 are having a fabulous time❤️🙏🏻 🦩
As others have said below, 10k is for the smaller cup and 20k is for the larger one. Next time you're in Vietnam look for the sugarcane mixed with passion fruit. There's also another combo that a local introduced another Western vlogger to that sounded AMAZING, but I forget what was in it...I think it was sugarcane, orange juice or pineapple juice, and some other exotic fruit.
Phú Quốc was the biggest island in Việt Nam and very close to Cambodia with the distance about 10km to the coastline of Cambodia compare to about 45km to that of Vietnam On the map, it locates beneath the south end of the S shape of Vietnam
Very beautiful Phu Quoc, what a nice restaurant y'all stay in. Vietnam is a beautiful country to visit, I would love to visit Phu Quoc in the future. What is the name of the Hotel? Thanks, love your vlog.
I stayed on Phu Quoc for a month in Feb 2020, just before the Pandemic. I actually stayed in the area south of the airport that is almost completely empty - I was the only one staying in my hotel! It was super cheap at $20 a night and it was a 4 star room - just totally empty hotel!! WEIRD!! I am going back to Phu Quoc in a couple of months and in the area you were I actually found an AirBnb that was listed at $200 for the whole month (most of the units are indeed EMPTY). Vietnam overbuilt, just like China did. In Phu Quoc's case, they built for a wave of tourists who didn't materialize, in large part due to COVID. It means there are bargains aplenty now in Vietnam. Oh and as for Starfish Beach - when I went in February 2020 the beach was full of starfish and the water was also much clearer than in your video. Maybe there is a season for the starfish - not sure.
Getting ready to visit the island tomorrow! Thank you for the tour, gave me some great ideas! Fun video from a fun and beautiful couple, I wish you the best!
Vietnam has a lot to offer, so many beautiful places. Phu Quoc is a very big island. There are many small islands as well. I like Phu Quy island. Very small and very beautiful, so many delicious food, not too many tourist, I liked in there so much 👌💯
Can you do a day trip there or is it a destination to stay? My friend told me that the water was dirty in Phu Qouq, but when I was there in 2016 it was beautiful😊
My friends and I are touring sapa right now and flew out from Saigon to Hanoi to take a bus ride!!! We will be heading back down the coast of Vietnam after Ha Long Bay! Would be so cool to say hello if our paths crossed
I’m Vietnamese. Left my country when I was 18. One of the things that I regret most is that I didn’t travel to Phu Quoc and many many other places in Vietnam when I was there.
Phu Quoc island is really beautiful and still preserves its natural beauty and originality besides the modern buildings. It will be planned and built into a second Singapore in the future. ❤❤❤❤
please! it can't and won't never be the second Singapore. Beside tourism, the island has nothing else to offer. Leave it as peaceful as it should be, don't promote this shit again.
Not everyone wants an island resort to be built like Singapore. Westerners aren't gonna go there for that, they go for peace, quiet, nature. They also don't want to see modern cities or Westernization of culture as they have that at home - they want to see culture, tradition, etc.. Vietnam needs to rethink their tourism industry.
This is a great vlog! I recently went to Ho Chi Minh and Phu Quoc, and I have to say it was one of my favourite trips!! One thing though, when I went to starfish beach, my Tour guide brought us on a speed boat to another beach which had a TON of starfish. I didn’t see any at the first beach where all the floating restaurants were. 😅 I also went to Grandworld too, and noticed that majority of these buildings were empty, and the whole place felt like a ghost town.
Another beautiful vlog, thanks for sharing. I noticed the other couple during the cooking segment that I also follow (they led me to your site). Note, neat tat, I not now, when......
I just subscribed after seeing this video & your Halong Bay cruise video. So informative and cute funny how you approach these new experiences. Taking family w young kids in June from south to north. Never heard of Phu Quoc but after this video and further research, we’re staying here! Loved how you put in your honest review with your observations and recs. ❤.
We are having a problem with the Sun Group corporation. They built too many European architectures all over Vietnam, all of which are beautiful but make Vietnam lose its identity. The Asian architecture of Vietnam is very beautiful. The Forbidden City, China was built by the Vietnamese with the curved roof architecture of the Vietnamese, the chief engineer Nguyen An (of course the press and the Chinese will find ways to reduce it. We are also rebuilding the citadel. Thang Long, scheduled for completion in 2028. You will find it is a version of the Forbidden City but more original. We don't hate Phu Quoc and Sun Group. The house also sold out in 2 weeks but did not dare to invest because it was too Westernized, so Vietnamese customers were less and less. The Vietnamese part is very sketchy and simple, unlike the time when Vietnam was the richest. It is like a strong blow to the self-esteem of Vietnamese people. Western guests also don't like it because they'd rather go abroad than Venice or something like that. Wake up Sun Group, Bana Hills, Ha Long, Phu Quoc , Nha Trang are too enough.
well i totally agree with you... i live in australia and wish to visit vietnam in march next year and will not visit any of those places... for me travelling is about immersing in a culture that is different from your own .. widening your perspective not visiting a theme park..
This is the same comment I made in videos of all these faux European cities that sprang up like weeds all over the country. Those European cities are all tacky and gaudy looking and there's way too many of them. I personally loved how the abandon water park looked in Hue with the dragon, which is what I think Viets should be using as a model to build instead of all those ugly European cities. Other Viets told me they built those cities for locals and nearby Asian countries whom can't afford Europe or don't want to go to Europe but want to see what Europe is like. Fine. Build 2-3 at most, but it looks like they're building them in every damn city. What a shame. Westerners come to see Vietnam, not fake Europe, which is why many love the Old Quarter in Hanoi. They want to see the culture and tradition of a country that's different than theirs.
The Vietnamese government don't spend to preserve, or renovate those historical sites. It's left to private companies where money is from creating musement parks for the Vietnamese ppl. Vietnamese will not spend to go to something they already have.
Your comment is spot on .. and sad .. I was completely disgusted just in the old French imperialist buildings I can’t imagine a company trying to build more of those horrible looking buildings.. keep Vietnam traditional.
That's what I've been talking about. Why the hell the Sun Group/Corporation keeps on squirting European crappy structures in Vietnam? Vietnam is now like an illegal copy of anything European, all thanks to this peculiar behavior of this developer. Vietnam look more like a French's colony than ever. If the country's authorities don't stop this trend of building sooner Vietnamese will have a confusion of what country they're living. What a mess!
For Starfish, from the beach you were, you need to rent a boat that brings you to another beach called Mui Ham Rong (about 10 min). There are a lot of starfish there.
Thanks for sharing my beautiful country to the world. the quality of your channel is wonderful. As a Vietnamese myself do hate that fake-copycat Venice town. It's just not matching with the nature and the culture of the island and the local people there. The leaders of this island literally sold their soul for money. I understand that they want to make the island look fancy, cool and modern but this is a terrible choice since the Phu Quoc island itself is already a beautiful destination (could be as nice as Bali) without any concrete. So many green natural area had been destroyed to build that ridiculous empty buildings. I hope no tourists will stop by that shitty place, let it die soon so the island would start to wake up and take some corrective actions to save the unique beauty of the island! P/s: If you're looking for a truly beautiful and nature-reserved island in VN, then I highly recommend you to visit Con Dao island of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. It's a small island but still untouched too much by human hand.
Love your videos! I have a trip planned to Vietnam next March visiting my brother in Saigon but then have 4 days spare! Would you recommend Hoi An or Phu Quoc?? Thankyou :)
Hahaha those empty buildings remember in Ha Long City, when we’ve been there to took the ferry over to Cat Ba island. It was empty and no people at all. At least in December as one of the staff from the hotel said, it will be very busy in other months wen the high season is
We did notice garbage lying around when we were driving through parts of the town. I think they still haven’t figured out the best waste management on the island in some areas like near the old airport runway.
Phu Quoc is amazing. I from Poland and I paid less than for Gran Canaria ;) Sunset Town and New World is amazing but not natural. Central City is very nice, a lot of street food, nice people. I found some coral reef on Sai Bao. Not only on south :)
I was there alone in December 2022 when I travelled through Vietnam. The island itself is great. The cable car ride is great and there is a water park at the other end that is also really great. What I absolutely cannot recommend are the beaches. Take a closer look at the Google reviews. It was a rubbish dump. I don't understand why TH-camrs don't film the opposite side. The beach is really dirty. People touch the starfish, take them out of the water, leave them on the beach and don't know that these beautiful animals are dying. It is a disaster. The drive to Starfish Beach alone is very dangerous if you are on a scooter.
Hi i’m new Subscriber here i love all your video my Husband and I we been in Vietnam twice we love Vietnam we been in 5 cities but we never know about this Phu Quoc island until i watch your video so amazing and we want to go there. Could you possibly tell the name of your accomodation we like to booked & stay in the resort you stayed it has an amazing view. We just went back in Vietnam last April 2023
Thanks for following our journey! Glad you enjoy our videos 😊 We stayed at the Movenpick Residences.. we link all the places we go to in the video description.
@@georgezenyserbianpinaylivingin Make sure to research all the stuff you can do there as there's a lot more to do such as the war museum, the water park, the safari, etc.
I stayed there for 9 days and it was wonder full Vinpearl was the place i went to 2 times one time when i was 6 i think and 2024 january There was vin wonders water park i went to the hawwain drop i saw penguins and exotic birds Safari i saw lions baby tigers It was the best day
@@FloraandNote i mean 20k is a bit much :d usually theyre only cost 10-15k in city like Ha Noi, could be cheaper like 7-8k if you came to somewhere outskirt of the city
Could you please give some advice on what's the best way to get to Grand World and the rough cost if you could remember? I'm planning to drop most of my heavy luggage at the mainland Phu Quoc hotel, before taking the cable car to Hon Thom Island and stay over somewhere near Grand World. So after I get off the cable car, should I then take the cab straight to Grand World, or is there another easier way?
Sorry for my ignorance, but I've never been to Asia and all of my friends tell me to avoid drinks with ice when in there, is it something to be careful about or no need anymore? Thanks
If you’re unsure, better to avoid ice. You can still find chilled bottled or can drinks. We’ve lived in SE Asia for years now and have gotten used to consuming ice and don’t have any issues.
Do not bother search in forum before and you ll see a lot of people posted pictures of trash invaded beach , it s very dirty there . I ve been to South Asia a lot and love it but not this island
Yah normally local like to up the price if you're aware. But overall its not toooo expensive but still be on a look out of what you're buying and how much it is!
Oops forgot to ask my question: what area would you stay if you went back? North/west/south? We do want convenient location to most activities or local eats but not right on the busy area where the noise is.
We actually really enjoy Hoi An in Central Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City (around District 1 or 2). We easily could live in these cities for a month at a time 😊
Vietnam should think about creating something to give tourists a view of Asia thru Vietnamese traditional architecture rather than copying Europe architecture. It comes out looking cheap and gaudy. If you copy, you need to make it exact by matching the true colors.
This is what I was saying all last year...why keep building cheap, fake European cities? I mean, 2-3 is enough for the whole country, but they're building them en masse all over the country. Get a great designer who knows how to make Asian style architecture and stuff and do that instead...for example, that abandon dragon park in Hue is amazing. They should be doing that. But I'm told they build all these faux European cities for the locals and Asian tourists that live around SE Asia and China whom cannot ever afford to go to Europe in their lives...or prefer to see "Europe" whilst in Asia.
Do you guys really think that the developers didn't think hard to decide which style of building they had to build? They built such style houses for sale to make the highest rate of return of investment. Middle class Vietnamese consumers like European style. The success of Bana Hills made them build European style I think. If they build traditional Asian style to attract White tourists but the sell would be slow. It will be ended up in cash trap. I think the sell would be promising without the COVID.
what time of year did you go? We are thinking of visiting but the humidity looks terrible - you looked so hot having that ice cream! I am a pale white woman who really struggles with humidity
Pretty far from each other! The cable car is all the way south .. I think there are buses you can take to get around tho. We took our motorbikes and it was quite a drive .. almost an hour.
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which month did you visit Phu quoc and rest of Vietnam? want to understand the temperature
Love your videos. Can you please tell me. Do you prefer the north or the south of Vietnam?
how often do you guys make love? my wife suggest we make love every 2 hour in phu quoc. but it cause my coc to explode. please advice
Do they allowed to fly drone there in grand world
@@leumartambrosio3078 no. they are strict. dont do that.
I watch perhaps 20 world-travel vloggers regularly
--- such as Paddy Doyle, Will and Jose, Tag along with Chai, Karl Watson, Drew Binsky, and Kraig Adams
--- and your perfectly-chosen SOUND TRACKS
--- that often grace your abundant drone shots --- are the most UPLIFTING and CHEERFUL of them all.
You are the ideal cheerful VIBE for me!!!
Thank you from the Earthpeople of Hawaii
After watching this video, vietnam is pretty high up on my list! Vietnam is such a gorgeous and chill country!
We have another video going live in a few minutes, you’ll also love this other city in Vietnam 😊
@@FloraandNote will check that out, thanks guys appreciate the effort 👍👍
How much u pay for hotel and motorbike ?
Sound like a winer 😅
Nah,its just OK!
Thanks for showing us in Phu Quoc, a very interesting place 🥳🇻🇳
You picked a beautiful Island there in Vietnam, very good video. Thanks for the video. Stay safe.
Loved the video! Thanks for a great week in Phu Quoc 🎉😊
It was an awesome week. Looking forward to our next trip together! 🥰🙌🏻
@@FloraandNote And I can’t wait to see ALL of you together! I’m assuming you all meet up with Paddy and Ms P, at some point, love that too. 🙏🏻❤️
Note & Flora another interesting Vlog thanks for sharing. A part of Vietnam we knew nothing about. Fun that you guys met up with your friends.
What an awesome island. Thanks for sharing this interesting video, Note and Flora.
Hope you’ll visit Phu Quoc next time! 😄
@@FloraandNote ya, it will be on my list.
@@FloraandNoteI am planning a trip next year. Your vlog convinced me. Is there a general admission fee to Grandworld on top of individual attractions? Thanks 😊
Flora and Note I'm enjoying this second Vietnam series. The island is so beautiful, the starfish are beautiful. Every time I watch you're videos I get excited and happy, because you both are happy Flora and Note. I will always be loyal to the both of you.
Awesome!! Fellow Vancouverite heading to Phu Quoc next month.. currently living in "rowdy" Pattaya for the past couple of months and ready for a change of scenery 😎
Phu Quoc Island is so beautiful in your video. Thank you so much for making wonderful videos. I hope you had great time in Vietnam
We love coming back to Vietnam 😍
Phu Quoc is so beautiful. Such a nice Vlog too!😍👍
Sugarcane juice and ice cream delicious. Starfish in the water. Absolutely loved there reaction after tasting there coffee. I would be very interested in this water park and cable car. I liked the little Venice. Excellent all around
Thanks Drew 😊❤️
That gondola looks fun (in cooler climes🤣) and amusement parks are fun. The starfish are so amazing and red! I know you 4 are having a fabulous time❤️🙏🏻 🦩
As others have said below, 10k is for the smaller cup and 20k is for the larger one. Next time you're in Vietnam look for the sugarcane mixed with passion fruit. There's also another combo that a local introduced another Western vlogger to that sounded AMAZING, but I forget what was in it...I think it was sugarcane, orange juice or pineapple juice, and some other exotic fruit.
Never heard of this place, looks ok. Love the cable car and the starfish are so cute. Thanks guys for another great video.
Phú Quốc was the biggest island in Việt Nam and very close to Cambodia with the distance about 10km to the coastline of Cambodia compare to about 45km to that of Vietnam On the map, it locates beneath the south end of the S shape of Vietnam
Love your vlogs! I like the little snippets of history provided :)
- fellow Canadian 🇨🇦
Very beautiful Phu Quoc, what a nice restaurant y'all stay in. Vietnam is a beautiful country to visit, I would love to visit Phu Quoc in the future. What is the name of the Hotel? Thanks, love your vlog.
I stayed on Phu Quoc for a month in Feb 2020, just before the Pandemic. I actually stayed in the area south of the airport that is almost completely empty - I was the only one staying in my hotel! It was super cheap at $20 a night and it was a 4 star room - just totally empty hotel!! WEIRD!! I am going back to Phu Quoc in a couple of months and in the area you were I actually found an AirBnb that was listed at $200 for the whole month (most of the units are indeed EMPTY). Vietnam overbuilt, just like China did. In Phu Quoc's case, they built for a wave of tourists who didn't materialize, in large part due to COVID. It means there are bargains aplenty now in Vietnam. Oh and as for Starfish Beach - when I went in February 2020 the beach was full of starfish and the water was also much clearer than in your video. Maybe there is a season for the starfish - not sure.
Hi Brian , what was the hotel you stayed at please and the AIRBNB accommodation ....thank you
Love how honest you guys are about your struggles during the travel.
Phu Quoc is my hometown. Thank you for wonderful video!
Getting ready to visit the island tomorrow! Thank you for the tour, gave me some great ideas! Fun video from a fun and beautiful couple, I wish you the best!
Vietnam has a lot to offer, so many beautiful places. Phu Quoc is a very big island. There are many small islands as well. I like Phu Quy island. Very small and very beautiful, so many delicious food, not too many tourist, I liked in there so much 👌💯
Can you do a day trip there or is it a destination to stay? My friend told me that the water was dirty in Phu Qouq, but when I was there in 2016 it was beautiful😊
The starfish is so beautiful 😍 it looks unreal ❤ Yes, Vietnamese coffee is very strongggg!!!
My friends and I are touring sapa right now and flew out from Saigon to Hanoi to take a bus ride!!! We will be heading back down the coast of Vietnam after Ha Long Bay! Would be so cool to say hello if our paths crossed
Beautiful beach and nice trip ❤
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
I’m Vietnamese. Left my country when I was 18. One of the things that I regret most is that I didn’t travel to Phu Quoc and many many other places in Vietnam when I was there.
How about coming back, and try :3
@@lonapham6445 I’m planning to :)
@@itsshelleyAre you a traitor to your country, if so, Vietnam won't welcome you
@@itsshelley lmk how do you feel after that trip, nha :3
Nothing realy special!
Loved the vlog. you guys are super talented!
Awww thank you so much 😊
So interesting to see the little Venice😂 I can’t believe all the buildings are empty. Also those starfish were so pretty!
Những toà nhà đó đang xây dựng nên chưa hoạt động.
Amazing island 🏝
Phu Quoc island is really beautiful and still preserves its natural beauty and originality besides the modern buildings. It will be planned and built into a second Singapore in the future. ❤❤❤❤
please! it can't and won't never be the second Singapore. Beside tourism, the island has nothing else to offer. Leave it as peaceful as it should be, don't promote this shit again.
Lovely. Looking forward to it🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
Not everyone wants an island resort to be built like Singapore. Westerners aren't gonna go there for that, they go for peace, quiet, nature. They also don't want to see modern cities or Westernization of culture as they have that at home - they want to see culture, tradition, etc.. Vietnam needs to rethink their tourism industry.
So laughable 😂😂😂😂😂
@@doodahgurlietotal agree
I am heading to Vietnam at the end of the for a month, looking forward to a great adventure!
BTW, when are you there? What month of the year?
Flora is such an expert story teller…❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Aww thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻 I try my best 🤭
Omg your quality so so so good, believe me you doing so great ☺️
Thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻😍
This is a great vlog! I recently went to Ho Chi Minh and Phu Quoc, and I have to say it was one of my favourite trips!! One thing though, when I went to starfish beach, my Tour guide brought us on a speed boat to another beach which had a TON of starfish. I didn’t see any at the first beach where all the floating restaurants were. 😅 I also went to Grandworld too, and noticed that majority of these buildings were empty, and the whole place felt like a ghost town.
So was the real starfish beach worth it?
Nice holiday and eating street food good luckk !!
Another beautiful vlog, thanks for sharing. I noticed the other couple during the cooking segment that I also follow (they led me to your site). Note, neat tat, I not now, when......
You guys always have so much fun😍
What month were you in Phu Quoc Island?😊
Drone shots are awesome 🙏👍
Thank you 😊
Thank you so much from your share this video
Love your videos! You guys are my easily my favorite channel!! LOVE your reactions to the coffees!! 😂🤣
Awww thank you so much 😊❤️
Starfish are generally seasonal
I just subscribed after seeing this video & your Halong Bay cruise video. So informative and cute funny how you approach these new experiences. Taking family w young kids in June from south to north. Never heard of Phu Quoc but after this video and further research, we’re staying here! Loved how you put in your honest review with your observations and recs. ❤.
Glad you found it helpful! Hope you'll have a great trip 😊
That is crazy, Italy in Vietnam! Thanks for another great video.
Love watching you two. Such an inspiration, I'm doing videos on Vietnam now also.
Your channel is so cool. My new favorite channel.
I like your channel to, your Vietnam travel videos are great but your El Nido Philippines videos are amazing.
@@justiceprevails4002 thank you so much. I appreciated the support.
We are having a problem with the Sun Group corporation. They built too many European architectures all over Vietnam, all of which are beautiful but make Vietnam lose its identity. The Asian architecture of Vietnam is very beautiful. The Forbidden City, China was built by the Vietnamese with the curved roof architecture of the Vietnamese, the chief engineer Nguyen An (of course the press and the Chinese will find ways to reduce it. We are also rebuilding the citadel. Thang Long, scheduled for completion in 2028. You will find it is a version of the Forbidden City but more original. We don't hate Phu Quoc and Sun Group. The house also sold out in 2 weeks but did not dare to invest because it was too Westernized, so Vietnamese customers were less and less. The Vietnamese part is very sketchy and simple, unlike the time when Vietnam was the richest. It is like a strong blow to the self-esteem of Vietnamese people. Western guests also don't like it because they'd rather go abroad than Venice or something like that. Wake up Sun Group, Bana Hills, Ha Long, Phu Quoc , Nha Trang are too enough.
well i totally agree with you... i live in australia and wish to visit vietnam in march next year and will not visit any of those places... for me travelling is about immersing in a culture that is different from your own .. widening your perspective not visiting a theme park..
This is the same comment I made in videos of all these faux European cities that sprang up like weeds all over the country. Those European cities are all tacky and gaudy looking and there's way too many of them. I personally loved how the abandon water park looked in Hue with the dragon, which is what I think Viets should be using as a model to build instead of all those ugly European cities. Other Viets told me they built those cities for locals and nearby Asian countries whom can't afford Europe or don't want to go to Europe but want to see what Europe is like. Fine. Build 2-3 at most, but it looks like they're building them in every damn city. What a shame. Westerners come to see Vietnam, not fake Europe, which is why many love the Old Quarter in Hanoi. They want to see the culture and tradition of a country that's different than theirs.
The Vietnamese government don't spend to preserve, or renovate those historical sites. It's left to private companies where money is from creating musement parks for the Vietnamese ppl. Vietnamese will not spend to go to something they already have.
Your comment is spot on .. and sad .. I was completely disgusted just in the old French imperialist buildings I can’t imagine a company trying to build more of those horrible looking buildings.. keep Vietnam traditional.
That's what I've been talking about. Why the hell the Sun Group/Corporation keeps on squirting European crappy structures in Vietnam? Vietnam is now like an illegal copy of anything European, all thanks to this peculiar behavior of this developer. Vietnam look more like a French's colony than ever. If the country's authorities don't stop this trend of building sooner Vietnamese will have a confusion of what country they're living. What a mess!
Love your vietnam videos!
Thank you for this useful information. Please let me know the weather in August . Thank you!
You’re welcome! We’re not from there so we’re not sure what the weather will be like in August…better to Google 👍
For Starfish, from the beach you were, you need to rent a boat that brings you to another beach called Mui Ham Rong (about 10 min). There are a lot of starfish there.
Ohhhh we did see some boats but didn’t know we had to go further out to see the starfish. Thanks for sharing!
Love your travel stories :)
Thanks very nice video
Thanks for the video. Loved this.
How much was the Water Taxi fare?
Sorry, it's been a while so we don't remember. It wasn't expensive though 😊
Thanks for sharing my beautiful country to the world. the quality of your channel is wonderful.
As a Vietnamese myself do hate that fake-copycat Venice town. It's just not matching with the nature and the culture of the island and the local people there. The leaders of this island literally sold their soul for money. I understand that they want to make the island look fancy, cool and modern but this is a terrible choice since the Phu Quoc island itself is already a beautiful destination (could be as nice as Bali) without any concrete. So many green natural area had been destroyed to build that ridiculous empty buildings. I hope no tourists will stop by that shitty place, let it die soon so the island would start to wake up and take some corrective actions to save the unique beauty of the island!
P/s: If you're looking for a truly beautiful and nature-reserved island in VN, then I highly recommend you to visit Con Dao island of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. It's a small island but still untouched too much by human hand.
Totally true!
You got my vote. You have to build some things for Westerners or Asians to feel comfortable while traveling there.
I love you guys! Matt from Canada 🍁!
Love your videos! I have a trip planned to Vietnam next March visiting my brother in Saigon but then have 4 days spare! Would you recommend Hoi An or Phu Quoc?? Thankyou :)
You can visit Côn đảo island, vĩnh hy bay, hà giang
Take a bike to BAI SAO the beach is turquoise water and super white fine sands.
Hahaha those empty buildings remember in Ha Long City, when we’ve been there to took the ferry over to Cat Ba island. It was empty and no people at all. At least in December as one of the staff from the hotel said, it will be very busy in other months wen the high season is
Hey Flora and Note thanks for sharing ! I have heard there is a lot of garbage on the island, did you notice any in some particular area? thanks!
We did notice garbage lying around when we were driving through parts of the town. I think they still haven’t figured out the best waste management on the island in some areas like near the old airport runway.
Phu Quoc is amazing. I from Poland and I paid less than for Gran Canaria ;) Sunset Town and New World is amazing but not natural. Central City is very nice, a lot of street food, nice people. I found some coral reef on Sai Bao. Not only on south :)
I was there alone in December 2022 when I travelled through Vietnam. The island itself is great. The cable car ride is great and there is a water park at the other end that is also really great. What I absolutely cannot recommend are the beaches. Take a closer look at the Google reviews. It was a rubbish dump. I don't understand why TH-camrs don't film the opposite side. The beach is really dirty. People touch the starfish, take them out of the water, leave them on the beach and don't know that these beautiful animals are dying. It is a disaster. The drive to Starfish Beach alone is very dangerous if you are on a scooter.
We were at starfish beach a few years ago & it was literally covered with starfish 🤷♀️
Can't wait to go there
Hi i’m new Subscriber here i love all your video my Husband and I we been in Vietnam twice we love Vietnam we been in 5 cities but we never know about this Phu Quoc island until i watch your video so amazing and we want to go there. Could you possibly tell the name of your accomodation we like to booked & stay in the resort you stayed it has an amazing view. We just went back in Vietnam last April 2023
Thanks for following our journey! Glad you enjoy our videos 😊 We stayed at the Movenpick Residences.. we link all the places we go to in the video description.
Thank you so much for replying god bless you both
@@georgezenyserbianpinaylivingin Make sure to research all the stuff you can do there as there's a lot more to do such as the war museum, the water park, the safari, etc.
Con dao island is much more beautiful. When you land in Con dao , first feeling and impression is totally a holiday island
I stayed there for 9 days and it was wonder full
Vinpearl was the place i went to 2 times one time when i was 6 i think and 2024 january
There was vin wonders water park i went to the hawwain drop i saw penguins and exotic birds
Safari i saw lions baby tigers
It was the best day
Hi, great video! What month did you go? Thinking of taking kids.
A very beautiful island that had been destroyed by unthinking developement. Tacky and without any long term vision.
What time of the year did you, folks visit phu Quoc? Doesn't seem overcrowded
Very cool
Please could you tell me the name of the hotel and how you booked it, directly with the hotel or via a booking website.
We stayed at the Mövenpick Resort Waverly Phu Quoc and we booked it through booking.con
@@FloraandNote Thank you for replying! Best wishes.
Phu Quoc is great. Went a year ago, going back 1/15. Vietnam is awesome!!
3:20 he said 10.000 is for the small size, still that price is a bit expensive, maybe bc you're at tourist spot
Wow how much would it cost at a local place? 10,000 seems very cheap already 😳
@@FloraandNote i mean 20k is a bit much :d usually theyre only cost 10-15k in city like Ha Noi, could be cheaper like 7-8k if you came to somewhere outskirt of the city
I like a music that you put in making video. ^^
Those coffee looks so strong
I always wonder about travel vlogs that are the videos uploaded at the same month as they travel 😄 I'm just curious about the weather 😄
Could you please give some advice on what's the best way to get to Grand World and the rough cost if you could remember? I'm planning to drop most of my heavy luggage at the mainland Phu Quoc hotel, before taking the cable car to Hon Thom Island and stay over somewhere near Grand World. So after I get off the cable car, should I then take the cab straight to Grand World, or is there another easier way?
Had a question... How do you guys plan which hotel to stay in and where do you book from?
Amazing video BTW...
We just look at rooms and book on Booking.com 😊👍 Sometimes Agoda will have better prices so make sure to check both platforms.
Sorry for my ignorance, but I've never been to Asia and all of my friends tell me to avoid drinks with ice when in there, is it something to be careful about or no need anymore? Thanks
If you’re unsure, better to avoid ice. You can still find chilled bottled or can drinks. We’ve lived in SE Asia for years now and have gotten used to consuming ice and don’t have any issues.
Hi, which airline did you take from HCMC to Phu Quoc?
We took Vietjet 😊
Phu Quoc is the only destination in Vietnam I haven’t been to…maybe next time
Definitely worth a visit 😊
Do not bother search in forum before and you ll see a lot of people posted pictures of trash invaded beach , it s very dirty there . I ve been to South Asia a lot and love it but not this island
@V A some beaches yes. Maybe the sea trash comes from China. Not sure. Or mekong delta. Ken abroad went there too before going to hk recently.
Cooking class looks fun! Where did you go for it?
Yeah it was fun and informative 😊
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Yah normally local like to up the price if you're aware. But overall its not toooo expensive but still be on a look out of what you're buying and how much it is!
He was telling you 10k is for the small cup. In case you are wondering. 😂
Oops forgot to ask my question: what area would you stay if you went back? North/west/south? We do want convenient location to most activities or local eats but not right on the busy area where the noise is.
We actually really enjoy Hoi An in Central Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City (around District 1 or 2). We easily could live in these cities for a month at a time 😊
Vietnam should think about creating something to give tourists a view of Asia thru Vietnamese traditional architecture rather than copying Europe architecture. It comes out looking cheap and gaudy. If you copy, you need to make it exact by matching the true colors.
This is what I was saying all last year...why keep building cheap, fake European cities? I mean, 2-3 is enough for the whole country, but they're building them en masse all over the country. Get a great designer who knows how to make Asian style architecture and stuff and do that instead...for example, that abandon dragon park in Hue is amazing. They should be doing that. But I'm told they build all these faux European cities for the locals and Asian tourists that live around SE Asia and China whom cannot ever afford to go to Europe in their lives...or prefer to see "Europe" whilst in Asia.
Do you guys really think that the developers didn't think hard to decide which style of building they had to build? They built such style houses for sale to make the highest rate of return of investment. Middle class Vietnamese consumers like European style. The success of Bana Hills made them build European style I think. If they build traditional Asian style to attract White tourists but the sell would be slow. It will be ended up in cash trap. I think the sell would be promising without the COVID.
Wonderful vlock womberful view wonderful way you like wonderful you together
I like the introduction music
what time of year did you go? We are thinking of visiting but the humidity looks terrible - you looked so hot having that ice cream! I am a pale white woman who really struggles with humidity
We went in April so it was getting really humid. If you enjoy the cooler weather then Dec-Mar is perfect :)
Do drone are allowed in vietnam? I have heard you can't carry drone in phuquoc airport ?.is this true? Can you tell inwhich airport you guys enter?
You have to rent the boat to go the lagoon on the other side that is the real starfish beach. It is reclusive and hidden from the public.
Hey, that's two passports 1 dream!
Go to east java ,borobudur temple, white crater..
How far is grand world and cable car area in between
Pretty far from each other! The cable car is all the way south .. I think there are buses you can take to get around tho. We took our motorbikes and it was quite a drive .. almost an hour.
Visiting the safari is more meaningful
lovely couple❤️
Thank you 😊
Wow❤❤❤❤
What is the name of hotel?
Mövenpick Resort Waverly Phu Quoc: www.booking.com/hotel/vn/movenpick-residences-phu-quoc.en.html?aid=8046225&no_rooms=1&group_adults=2
what was your main transportation on the island?
We rented a scooter 🛵
@@FloraandNote Thanks. Did you stay at one place or moved along as you go?