Phu Quoc is a little island off west coast of Vietnam in the gulf of Thailand. It’s a quick 45 min flight from Vietnam that will cost you less then $80 USD round trip. A few weeks back my friends and I were discussing going to the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Christmas Gala. We looked up the price and jokingly said that we could have a whole weekend in Phu Quoc for the same price. So, we book a weekend trip to Phu Quoc and it was such a nice and much needed weekend away.
Phu Quoc is a quiet little island right now, but there was a lot of development going on. Give it a few more years all there will be a lot me resorts which is good or bad depending about how you feel about development.
We stayed a place called Richis Resort. The people were so kind. Airport pick up and drop off was included in our stay. The staff was very helpful. They let us store our luggage on Sunday and use the showers at the spa once we’d checked out of our rooms. And I asked them at one point what the name of an essential oil was that they were using and the gave me a small bottle of it to take home! (Still don’t know the name though. Ha ha!) 
The buildings looked like they came from a southern plantation. The whole property was gorgeous! Check out the pictures below:
Saturday was spent lounging around the by beach and the pool. You could see the beach from the pool so that was pretty awesome!
Sunday we went snorkeling.
First stop of the day was to do some snorkeling (I’m the one with my hand up). Unfortunately, there wasn’t much life in the reef.
After lunch we had out second stop of the day. Here we had the choice to either snorkel or take a small boat to an island called Fingernail Island. We opted for the boat to the island.
We ended our weekend with a beautiful sunset.
I needed this weekend! I needed to get away from the hustle, bustle, noise, and pollution of a big city and just relax by the ocean with friends. It was so nice! Phu Quoc is a place I definitely plan on visiting again!
Such a beautiful place! Happy you get to see such awesome places!❤️
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