Mango Bay

Sitting just off the southern coast of Vietnam is the island of Phu Quoc. The island is seeing major development in its tourism infrastructure so that its easier to reach it’s more central beaches. However, there are still a few remarkable properties that own their beachfronts and Mango Bay is one of the best of them .

An eco-friendly resort with bungalows stretching along the coast, it is the perfect idyllic island experience. Laid back staff, beach bars and fisherman casting off the rocks and you could easily be forgiven in thinking you had the whole place to yourself. Due to its size, even if the resort was fully booked, you would hardly feel cramped.

Luckily we had three days here so I could relax for one day, then get into the serious stuff. I found the best way to shoot was to simply spend a few lazy hours at different areas, look for nice angles, then head to the next spot. There was no need to rush around trying to set things up.

The only difficult shot was trying to get the bedroom looking half decent. Eventually I ended up shooting through the window with my tripod balanced on a chair. I think it came out pretty well in the end.