Some of the others partied hard last night. This morning tt was pretty easy to see who went to bed early and who'd had a lot of drinks. Most of us wanted to go to the beach so the decision was to meet later on Bai Sao beach some 25 kilometres from our resort. We needed to rent a scooter before heading there or anywhere so the others left, we went for scooter rental and eventually made it to the beach around 12 and met with some of the others.
There were a lot of people on the beach and generally busy around the restaurants. We went for a swim in the ocean and we constantly bumping into pieces of plastic and other floating trash. Such a petty for a nice beach. Looking at the beach it became quite obvious that there is a lot of construction going on and that garbage is left in piles on the beach itself. The locals put it on fire once in a while so at the other end of the beach there was a huge plume of smoke. We took a walk on the beach later in the afternoon and it was just so depressing to see the plastic and garbage everywhere.
Heading home to our own place also gave some input to think about. The whole island is more or less one big construction zone - partially finished sewage pipes, some already full of grey water, others half dug in the ground, pedestrian areas partially finished, construction materials left here and there and so on. No doubt that the island has a lot of potential but there is some way to go and if you look for quiet places go to Thailand - there are plenty of good options there.
We brought food back to our resort and had sushi for dinner before going down to our "own" beach across the street for drinks at one of the beach bars. The mood there was perfect, a quite big place, but not too noisy and not too crowded. And then we spent the rest of the evening and part of the night having drinks and enjoying the company from our place. It's still great to be on Phu Quoc.
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| Bai Sao beach |
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| Looks great from a distance |
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| Lots of trash on the beach and in the water |
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