Phu Quoc

My project is done, my internship is drawing to a close, and I’ve yet to regale you all with stories about Vietnam.

Pine no more, because today we’re starting.

So, Harrison and I spent a total of two weeks in Vietnam. The first week was in Phu Quoc at the J.W. Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay, which I had booked specifically because it’s themed as an an ex-school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And if you guys know me at all, you know I love me some Witchcraft and Wizardry.

I used a free seven night certificate to book the hotel, which meant that our stay was technically free.

I say technically because while the room was paid for, our various activities were not. And it was very much a resort, with cooking classes, yoga on the beach, bike rides around town- you name it, it was available. And we did most all of them.

But before I talk about the activities, I want to take a minute to show you guys this hotel. It’s really up there in terms of design and architecture, and has some of the coolest theming I’ve ever seen. It only opened late last year and had been on my list ever since, so I was really stoked to go.

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Now like I said before, we stayed at this hotel for a total of seven nights. That meant we had seven days to kill with various activities:

And seven days to swim in the water and enjoy the pools:

And eat some intensely confusing “science” food:

There’s not a ton else to say about the week, as we did what most people do during beach vacations: we relaxed.

Though we did end up going one night to the Phu Quoc night market, which Harrison loved and I nearly threw up in due to the dried octopus and various other unsavory scents.

Tomorrow, Ho Chi Minh and the hundred thousand things we did there.

-Carissa “It’s Over!” Rawson