Nam Du – regretful but wonderful
On 27th Jun I and my friends started our wonderful tour from Sai Gon to Kien Giang. To get to Nam Du, we have to travel by train. There is only one train to Nam Du, and this train doesn’t run on bad weather (since it is very dangerous). So if you plan to travel to Nam Du, you should check the weather first, or else the plan might fail due to no train running. It cost 220.000 VND per person to buy ticket to Nam Du. The train will run for 3 hours, so you’d better prepare medicine if you are seasick. On my tour that day, many people barfed due to seasick as the sea was quite choppy.
3 hours later, we had set our foot on the Big island in Nam Du. This island was crowded with fisherman living. We enjoyed our lunch in Mr. Bay’s house. We were both exhausted after the trip, so we decided to take a nap. When we woke up, it was already 12 o’clock. We started our journey around Nam Du.
I regret that the sea that day was too rough, causing us unable to visit the surrounding island. As a result, we had to head back to Dau island.
The sea water in Nam Du was crystal clear. You could even see fish swimming under the limpid water.
You could find multitude of fish on Dau island. There were so many fishes that I could even catch them while standing on the shore. As a result, fishing here were too easy. I, who had never ever been able to catch fish before, were able to catch 10 fishes. Wonderful! After going fishing, we continued to catch sea-chestnut. In the end, we had a wonderful grilled seafood meal!
After fishing, paddling basket, drinking coconut, we headed to Ngang island to have a meal. Then, we went around Ngang island to discover the locals’ life.
At about 7:30 p.m, we were taken to Dau island. On the way, we met a fishing vessel, and bought very much seafood. I was very lucky because bro Bay bought fresh and big cuttle-fish for me, I had the chance to buy fishes right on the vessel.
The vessel took us return in the night. The feeling of moving in the dark sea was so strange and difficult. It made me admire fishermen very much.
When we arrived in Dau island, we started to make a campfire, steam crabs, cuttle-fishes, oysters. Fishes were grilled. It was not only cheap but also delicious.
wonderful tour to Nam Du
After eating, we put up tents to go to sleep. I and some of my friends chatted with bro Bay. We wish that this island would be still primitive as now when we return afterwards.
On the day we left, the weather was not good. In the morning, the sun hid afer the cloud, making us regret not watching the dawn on the sea. We decided to sleep more. At 8:00 a.m, each got a bowl of seafood noodle, drank coconut and got on the vessel Hon Lon to climb up to the lighthouse.
We were present on the big island at 9:30. The express train from Hon Long to Rach Gia departed at 12:00. We just climb up on An Tinh mountain and returned not to miss the train.
Saying goodbye to Nam Du, and bro Bay, and little friends, I was very regretful. Therefore, I have once more reason to return this place. I bet that Nam Du tour will soon become as popular as Vietnam Laos Cambodia tour and Vietnam Thailand Cambodia tour.I will visit this wonderful islands on the most recent day.
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