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		<title>Phu Quoc Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">Man, Vietnam is truly a stunning country. Having been from the far reaches of the north all the way down to the south, I feel qualified to make such a statement. But I feel like I am repeating myself: &#8220;THIS is the most beautiful place in Vietnam&#8221;. Well, only one more time, I promise. Phu Quoc Island is everything a tropical island should be &#8211; white sand, turquoise water, palm trees waving in the breeze, and freshly caught seafood served grilled on the beach every night for dinner. On the other side of the road that lines the beaches there is lush, green jungle. This is one of those that places that you need to be careful about &#8211; if you don&#8217;t have anywhere to be, you could really get stuck here.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">And the amazing thing about it is that it&#8217;s not too crowded. The main beach is fairly developed, but with beach-front bungalows rather than high-rise hotels. It&#8217;s only an hour flight from Saigon and it cost me $40 one way, and taking the boat back to the mainland is $8 plus the cost of the bus afterwards. I can&#8217;t believe more people from Saigon don&#8217;t come here for a few days break from the city.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">But having said that, the cast from Season 1: Saigon actually did come here for a quick holiday from teaching. You can read about their experience here: http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2008/12/01/sna-phu-quoc/</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Suffice it to say, it goes to show that it&#8217;s very possible to have two completely different experiences in the same place. The words &#8220;gruelling&#8221;, &#8220;irritating&#8221; and &#8220;island prison&#8221; certainly didn&#8217;t enter my vocabulary while here.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Note: the last picture is the series is literally where I wrote this post on my laptop, gazing upon the sun as it went down over the Gulf of Thailand. They will have to drag me kicking and screaming away from here.<br />
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		<title>A SUNDAY IN VUNG TAU</title>
		<link>http://jetsetzero.tv/2009/11/27/a-sunday-in-vung-tau/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Version française plus bas) On Sunday, Serene and I decided to check out Vung Tau beach, a nice touristic place about two hours south of Ho Chi Minh City. We had a great day, except that we didn&#8217;t actually get to hang out on a beach! We left our guest house around eight o&#8217;clock in [...]]]></description>
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<p>On Sunday, Serene and I decided to check out Vung Tau beach, a nice touristic place about two hours south of Ho Chi Minh City. We had a great day, except that we didn&#8217;t actually get to hang out on a beach!</p>
<p>We left our guest house around eight o&#8217;clock in the morning. It took us about 45 minutes to get to the main bus station where we took a second, very uncomfortable bus- it felt like the bus wasn&#8217;t equipped with suspensions at all- to Vung Tau.</p>
<div id="attachment_6113" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 250px"><img src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/girls_vung_tau-250x375.jpg" alt="A great day &#039;&#039;on&#039;&#039; the beach!" title="serene and laurene in vung tau" width="250" height="375" class="size-medium wp-image-6113" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A great day ''on'' the beach!</p></div>
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<p>The feeling of wind in our hair, the sound of waves and the smell of fish felt awfully nice! Quite surprisingly, Vung Tau was also very quiet.</p>
<div id="attachment_6114" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 250px"><img src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/pagoda_vung_tau-250x375.jpg" alt="One of many pagodas in Vung Tau" title="Ngoc Bich pagoda" width="250" height="375" class="size-medium wp-image-6114" /><p class="wp-caption-text">One of many pagodas in Vung Tau</p></div>
<p>We visited a pagoda. We gazed at numerous fishing boats, fishermen and oil platforms. We had a nice cheap lunch of rice, meat and eggs with a fresh pear juice (or at least I did). We saw the back of a Jesus Christ statue overlooking the South China Sea from the top of a mountain.</p>
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<p>We had a very long walk along the shore and a little ride on a pedal boat in the hope of getting to Bai Dau beach, the supposedly smallest, safest and nicest beach in the area. Unfortunately, it was a little too far. So, we went back to the bus station so Serene would be back almost on time for her Twilight movie date with Kris, and I would get a good night of sleep before my first day of work.</p>
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<p>UN DIMANCHE A VUNG TAU</p>
<p>Dimanche dernier, Serene et moi avons décidé d&#8217;aller jeter un coup d&#8217;oeil aux plages de Vung Tau (Cap St Jacques), un petite ville côtière assez touristique à environ deux heures au sud de Ho Chi Minh Ville. Nous avons passé une super journée, même si nous n&#8217;avons pas vraiment eu le temps de nous poser sur la plage!</p>
<p>Nous avons quitté notre chez-nous vers 8h00. Il nous a fallu 45 minutes dans un premier bus pour atteindre la gare routière au nord d&#8217;Ho Chi Minh Ville. Arrivées là, nous avons pris un deuxième bus  très inconfortable- à mon avis le bus n&#8217;avait pas de suspensions- pour Vung Tau.</p>
<p>Le vent dans nos cheveux, le bruit des vagues, l&#8217;odeur de poisson! C&#8217;était délicieusement bon! De plus, l&#8217;endroit était plutôt calme pour une station balnéaire en plein un weekend.</p>
<p>Nous avons visité une pagode. Nous avons contemplé de nombreux bateaux de pêcheurs, les pêcheurs eux-mêmes, et des plateformes pétrolières. Nous avons fait un bon repas de riz, de viande et d&#8217;oeufs bon marché, accompagné d&#8217;un jus de poires frais (du moins pour moi). Nous avons vu le dos de la statue de Jésus Christ surplombant la mer de Chine méridionale, du haut de sa montagne.</p>
<p>Nous nous sommes longuement promenées le long de la côte et avons fait une petite ballade en barque-pédalo dans le but d&#8217;atteindre la plage de Bai Dau, la plus petite, la plus sûre et la plus jolie de la ville (d&#8217;après le guide du routard). Malheureusement cette plage était un peu trop loin. Nous avons donc rebroussé chemin vers la gare routière de Vung Tau afin que Serene arrive à peu près à l&#8217;heure pour son rendez-vous télé Twilight avec Kris, et pour que j&#8217;ai une bonne nuit de sommeil avant ma première journée de travail.</p>
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