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xracer
From HCMC, it’s really a 1 hour flight to Con Dao airport...I believe the only carrier making this flight is Vietnam Airlines and it seems like the resort has some days ‘reserved’ so that while the flights do not appear on the VA website, they are available through the resort...made all of our internal Vietnam flight arrangements through the resort and were very happy with their service
villas are right on the beach, but raised 10-12 feet up so that those walking on the beach have a limited view into your villa
ah, interesting. instead of having vegetation/etc block view.
were all beachfront villas raised about the same height?
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xracer
Overall, we found room service food for lunch/dinner to actually be better than the food at the main restaurant. Food, overall, was very inexpensive for this category of resort.
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xracer
Food here was fantastic - actually, much better than at the Six Senses...very reasonably priced
great comparison.
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xracer
May (which is when we were there) is the start of the ‘calm’ season...weather is much more windy between December – April
similar at amanoi?
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xracer
service was very nearly perfect, already much better than that at the Six Senses...Aman service vibe...management was always present and always engaging. We felt honestly welcomed...employees really loved (and were proud of) their jobs.
Housekeeping was excellent – always in when we were not and we never saw them...we used a lot of buggies and they were always there before we were ready. Literally, we’d call and by the time we put on our shoes and walked from the villa to the main path, they were waiting.
[spa] quite nice and the treatments were excellent. The spa manager was newly arrived from one of the Amans in India and was doing an excellent job.
villa pool and the pool at the beach club...too hot to use. The only pool that seems to be immune to this is the cliff pool.
interesting for those of us in the minority who prefer warmer pools.
as always, fantastic details. really appreciated. thanks for replies including a photo reply!