Another fun Christmas display in Vietnam. After Da Nang, we hopped a short flight south to Phu Quoc , an island about 1¾ hours away. Right away we got our first “travel bribe” at the airport—$200,000 dong (about $7 USD) to use the priority check-in line.  It was money well spent when there were over 200 people in line. We landed after sunset and it felt really dark.  Streets, businesses, hotels looked dim. Then we realize the power was out.  Some hotels and restaurants had generators, others didn’t.  Thankfully, our hotel had a generator.  We picked a restaurant with the lights on, but we could still feel the chaos—servers racing around, orders piling up, customers on edge.  We were just happy to eat pho, noodles, and a few spring rolls.    November 30 We rented a scooter and headed toward Ham Ninh Fishing Town. We enjoyed our new wheels for about two weeks. In the fishing town, we stopped at a floating seafood restaurant for a beer and coconut w...