Sunday, July 24, 2011

Duong Dong market


When you tour Phu Quoc, do not limit yourself to just the beach. In this post, I’m recommending that you check out the Duong Dong Market.

Duong Dong Market is just right across the old bridge in central Phu Quoc or, to be exact, located in Duong Dong Town. With no tarmac road and hundreds of people and motorbikes packing the narrow path, it’s gonna be quite a dusty affair. But this is Vietnam. If you want to get into the real life of the Vietnamese people, see ladies with conical hats sitting on the floor selling vegetables and hawkers shouting to get attention to their stalls, go to this Duong Dong Market. You won’t be disappointed.

Everything in Duong Dong market looks so different from anything else in town: huge fish, odd fishing tools … A lively and cheerful atmosphere permeates the marketplace from vendors in conical-palm hats sitting on the ground with their small baskets of little fruits and vegetables to salespeople at their big well-stocked stands. A walk to the market jetty where you can take wonderful snapshots of boats constantly loaded and unloaded in a hurry is also worth trying.

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