It may look rather flat in the image because of the image I was standing at the upper part of the hill to take the photo by shooting down. However, in reality, it’s very steep. There was a couple and when the husband drove downhill, his wife, who was at the back said “I have a wish…” (in Vietnamese, it means I have a wish… before dying 🤣)
Another guy, upon reaching the end of the slope, basically said, “I only have half of my soul left after rolling down that slope.”
The interesting part was that we didn’t see any sign saying steep slope at the top of the hill. But we see a sign of instructing how to climb up the hill at the end of the slope. Our tour guy, however, kept going up and down to pick some of us up and down, as naturally as if there was nothing strange 😂. I guess he was a local, so he got used to that, but not us.
If you plan to make a visit 😅:
- How to reach the island: I think in the recent years they started to allow foreigners to enter the island. You need to have your ID or passport in order to book the ferry to the island. They will check your ID when you board
- No car! But you can rent motorbikes easily.
- English? I don’t know. So, if you’re foreigners you may want to make friends with some Vietnamese before going there. Or maybe this is a good motivation to learn Vietnamese 😅
- Cost: way cheaper than Phu Quoc
- Seafood: simply amazing. The seafood we ate was very fresh. They also sell a lot of dried fish on the island. Cá xương xanh is a local specialty. While dried fish can be put in the fridge, it lasts much longer if you put it in a freezer.
- Activities: sea sports, of course. They have parachutes, diving to see coral reefs, squid fishing, and many other activities:
