Phu Quoc, Vietnam's largest island is situated in the gulf of Thailand. The drop-shaped island is 48 km in length, and from 3 to 28 km breadthwise. All in all it has 1.320 km² and about 70.000 inhabitants are living on it.
Compared to other islands, Phu Quoc has a very good infrastructure, like for example:
money-exchange, atm, hospital, post-office, police-station and a beautiful market.
Sightseeing's and activities:
River cruising, visiting fish-sauce factories and pepper plantations, jungle-trekking to the waterfall, boat trips to an thoi islands with snorkelling and fishing, enjoying the countless lonely beaches, marvelling the
local products at the market, try to find the whale museum. There are three diving-bases on Phu Quoc ( have a look to the link page ). They are located 1 kilometre down south of Duong Dong.