Lounging on Long Beach

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Unbelievably chilled out!

I spent a whole week on Perhentian Kecil, or "the wee island" as I referred to it. I found out just today that Perhentian literally means "resting place" (not in a morbid way!) and I can't think of a better place to relax to the max.

My new travel buddy Stacey and I landed a pretty good chalet in the first place we tried on Long Beach, which was lucky given how hard it can be find accomodation there at the minute. We had a couple of days of swimming in lovely warm, clear water and toasting ourselves on the beach before our diving started. I really enjoyed doing my Open Water PADI course, once the super-boring videos were over. The fish and the coral were ah-mazing!

Highlights of the Perhentian Islands...

• being surrounded by a shoal of hundreds of barracuda
  
• spotting a lion fish
  
• watching fire poi
  
• dancing our last night away at the Palm Creek Cafe
  
• breakfasting on fantastic fruit salads
  

Lowpoints...

• leaving! :-(
  

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