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Viet Nam With my daughter Sophie at the tender age of one travel was limited to travel inside Vietnam Phu Quoc - Autumn 2017 Long Hai  - May 2018 Vung Tau - June 2018 Nha Trang - August 2018 A short one hour flight from Ho Chi Minh City  Phu Quoc  was my favourite spot of the last year. The level of development is low with the exception of one or two spots on the island. Long may it last. The beaches and one or two parks inland were exceptional, rustic and still very fresh. The white sand beach in the south of the island was quite wonderful and the so-called coconut prison quite a place to visit especially in the heat of the day. Coconut Prison * Long Hai  was a so-so experience. Really it was just about having a long weekend. Long Hai has a long beach. And that is pretty much it. There is a temple with rhesus monkeys in attendance. Sophie in the homestay garden * Vung Tau  is somewhere I have been five or six times. Initia