New Front Page article by yours truly, describing how I did a recent trip overland to Phu Quoc, Vietnam.
http://www.khmer440.com/k/2018/11/a-tri ... hnom-penh/
Not sure I'd do it again until the ferry is up and running. Will probably stay on this side of the border.
A road trip to Phu Quoc, Vietnam
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It is a shame that you did not manage to eat and drink at the new Beer Garden there, either on the way out, or the way back. I have had several good evenings there
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Duong Dong is an interesting enough little port on the west coast.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Were you able to park your car at the Hatien Vegas casino? Do they charge by the day?
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A couple of points.1)Arrive at the border at a non peak time,either 09.30-10.30 or after 14.00.I crossed from Phnom Penh to Ha Tien yesterday at 14.00 and the Immigration officer had to be woken up to stamp me out of Cambodia.Between 10.30 and 13.30 the tourist minibuses enter and then leave Vietnam and there can be huge queues.
2)The correct price for a taxi from the border to town is 160-200,000 VND depending on taxi size,from the border to the pier 200-250.000VND
3)Don't hold your breath about a boat from Cambodia to PQ it's been being talked about for years and the facilities required would be hugely expensive(Customs and Immigration)I can't see it happening,at least not in the near future,unless the casino people in Cambodia finance it.There are too many vested interests in maintaining the land border,I cannot imagine the Vietnamese government allowing tourists from PQ to go to Cambodia to lose lots of money in the casinos there,when they can lose it in the casinos in Phu Quoc
2)The correct price for a taxi from the border to town is 160-200,000 VND depending on taxi size,from the border to the pier 200-250.000VND
3)Don't hold your breath about a boat from Cambodia to PQ it's been being talked about for years and the facilities required would be hugely expensive(Customs and Immigration)I can't see it happening,at least not in the near future,unless the casino people in Cambodia finance it.There are too many vested interests in maintaining the land border,I cannot imagine the Vietnamese government allowing tourists from PQ to go to Cambodia to lose lots of money in the casinos there,when they can lose it in the casinos in Phu Quoc
The only "Western style" bar in Ha Tien
I would like to know that as well.steelyRon wrote:Were you able to park your car at the Hatien Vegas casino? Do they charge by the day?
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We parked two cars for two nights... never asked anyone, everything was fine, and nobody said anything to us when we left...tathom wrote:I would like to know that as well.steelyRon wrote:Were you able to park your car at the Hatien Vegas casino? Do they charge by the day?
So, your call if you want to talk to them and offer a daily rate, or risk it I guess. Playboy guessed it would be fine and was right. I had fully intended on patronizing the beer garden on both my way in and out, but as they were closed until 3 PM I could not.
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