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( 077-387 9095; 259 Ð Mac Cuu; r 150,000-250,000d; ) Stretching over four pink
floors, Hong Yen is a likeable minihotel with sizeable, clean rooms and friendly owners.
There's a lift and some rooms have balconies.

Hai Au
(2 Ð Nguyen Trung Truc; mains 60,000-120,000d; 6am-10pm; ) A fancy restaurant by local
standards, this cavernous eatery with chandeliers has a great location by the Cai Lon
River. Seafood is popular, including crayfish and crab, and Western-style dishes also fea-
ture.

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Information

Banks, ATMs and internet cafes are scattered around town.
Kien Giang Tourist (Du Lich Lu Hanh Kien Giang; 077-386 2081; ctycpdu [e-mail] ; 5 Ð Le

7am-5pm) is the provincial tourism authority.

Loi;

Getting There & Around

Vietnam Airlines has daily flights to and from HCMC (from 1,100,000d) and Phu Quoc
Island (from 800,000d). The airport is 10km southeast of the centre; a taxi into town will
cost around 80,000d.
Boats to Phu Quoc Island leave from the centrally located ferry terminal at the western
end of Ð Nguyen Cong Tru. three hydrofoils leave daily for Ca Mau (110,000d, three
hours) from the Rach Meo ferry terminal ( 077-381 1306; Ð Ngo Quyen) , about 2km south of
town.
There are regular services to Ca Mau (50,000d, three hours), Ha Tien (38,000d, two
hours) and other cities in the region from the central bus station (260A Ð Nguyen Binh Khiem)
north of town. A taxi into town will cost around 20,000d.

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Phu Quoc Island

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Fringed with idyllic beaches and with large tracts still covered in dense, tropical jungle,
Phu Quoc is morphing from a sleepy backwater into a favoured escape. Beyond the chain