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By IvaG
October 12th 2009

V vodi z zelvo Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil

Perhentian island

Kevin Costner plese z volkovi. Jaz plavam z zelvami. No, vsaj enkrat sem. Sla sem na zajtrk za pregresnih 7,5r: roti chanai za 5r in teh tarik ais za 2,5. Filip se je hvalabogu skidal, tako da sem lahko uredila vse za snorklanje pri sosednjem guesthouse po imenu Lemongrass. Sedela sem tam v kaficu in nisem zelela fotkati in se izpostavljati, ker menda na otoku kradejo ko srake, na vpisnem listu za snorklanje pa so bili vsi moji podatki, vjucno s stevilko bungalova. Ne paranoja, ampak previdnost. V tistem trenutku nisem imela prav nobene zelje raziskovati otoka, ker se nisem pocutila [View Full Entry]

By IvaG
October 11th 2009

Paradise, but not Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil

Tezko je bilo zapustiti Bunga Raya guesthouse, ker je gazda res totalna faca. Poleg tega stalno nosi neko hrano not in mi jo ponuja; tako sem morala ze veckrat zavrniti nasi lemak in neke pocukrane pizdarije. No, tem sem se danes le vdala: neke ocvrte zadevscine iz tapiokiine moke in sladkega krompirja. Spravil mi je tudi par stvari do torka, ko se vrnem. Sla sem se cez cesto na roti chanai telur (z jajcem) in teh tarik, potem pa na bus st. 639 do Kuala Besut. Cena je 6 r, scena pa je totalno nova in se ni v LP-ju, saj [View Full Entry]

By alytashi
October 7th 2009

In love with the oceans. Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil

Despite the stacks of work staring at me (now that I have tidied them up yada) I feel that I wouldn't be doing these memories justice if I don't blog about my trip/s to both Pulau Redang, and the Perhentian Island/s. On a note, I must really thank my lucky stars, and that I be allowed to travel, within a short break of a month, to visit Redang, and later to visit Perhentian. So here goes: The first trip was with my cousins, Angel & Kelvin and Kel's girlfriend, Jacyln (: It was my first time travelling out with them without [View Full Entry]

By Wanderly Wagon
September 11th 2009

Island Paradise, with Turtles, sharks, lizards and finding Nemo. Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil

D'Lagoon

Our journey here wasn’t without its hassles. Our bus was over an hour late leaving and we had to wait beside 20 or 30 other buses in an underground bus park with all their engines running. It was hot, humid and the fumes were intoxicating. Add to that people staring at you the whole time and it becomes very uncomfortable. I know we’re different looking but surely we’re not as alien as some people make us out to be. You could stare back with full eye contact and this does not put them off. Eventually we got on the bus and [View Full Entry]

By Amy and Dan
August 19th 2009

East Coast Extravaganza...Kuala Terengganu, Cherating, Kuantan and Mersing to you and I! Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Kuala Terengganu

Perhentian to Kuala Besut

18 August, 2009 - 20 August, 2009 KUALA TERENGGANU Kuala Besut to Kuala Terengganu by bus (RM10.60)--2 1/2 hours After spending an extra night on the Perhentian Islands we finally felt ready enough to leave our little piece of paradise (actually, the cash ran dry so we had no choice!). We awoke bright and early and caught the 8am speedboat for the hellish journey back to Kuala Besut. Hellish? But why? After boarding a relatively overloaded boat we had to transfer to an even more overloaded one in the middle of the sea (requiring extreme balancing skills with the backpacks on!). [View Full Entry]

By Mitrompeta
August 18th 2009

Paradise Lost Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil

Boat+beach

Obviously before you lose paradise you'll have to find it. We found it somewhere in the South Chinese sea, at least for a couple of days. Jet our arrival at paradise wasn't that great. It was in the middle of a tropic storm to be precise. We tried to outrun the storm by quickly jumping on a speedboat. But it caught us mid sea anyway and had us soaked in mere seconds. Its a great experience though, jumping from the bus into a speedboat, racing on waves that get bigger and bigger. catapulting our boat right into the next one. All [View Full Entry]

By JHG
August 15th 2009

Perhentian Paradise Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil

Sunrise at D'Lagoon

Beach, book, sunshine, snorkelling, clear water...yes to all the above. Perhentian Kecil is my current location, after a day on a bus and a (speedy/bumpy!) boat we arrived at the island of Perhentian Kecil. Luckily we had managed to pre-book accomodation at D'Lagoon because all the other places on the island were full. Most people headed to the popular Long beach and got turned away. In fact, D'Lagoon turned out to be the better option for us, with more fish and better snorkelling than the sands of long beach. We were able to walk 10 minutes to Turtle bay and snorkel, [View Full Entry]

By Amy and Dan
August 15th 2009

Picking up Paradise in the Perhentian Islands Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil

Pulau Perhentian

August 12, 2009 - August 18, 2009 Travel info: Whakaf Bharu station to Kota Bharu Bus Terminal by taxi (RM15) Kota Bharu to Kuala Besut by bus (RM6)--2 hours Kuala Besut to Perhentian Kecil by speedboat (RM70 return)--30mins Finally arriving back north near the Thai border at Whakaf Bharu (Kota Bharu's only train station about 5kms away) we jumped into a cab to take us to Kota Bharu bus terminal to catch the bus to Kuala Besut on the coast. The taxi driver couldn't comprehend why we didn't want him to take us straight to the coast! It's hard trying to [View Full Entry]

By Kchix
August 14th 2009

Rendezvous Perhentian July 09 Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Besar

lovely hammock

In early July 2009, me and my friend Jodie decide to run from hustle and bustle of Kuala Lumpur. Traffice jammed, tonned of work, late night stay in office really make us sick for every seconds. It just a short visit and i wanted to polish my skill in diving. After make deal with our friend who live in Perhentian Besar and work as a diving instructor in Fauna reef, again I got complimentary rooms from this kind person. Jodie mention to me that she need to squeeze her budget on this because of her financial problem. We arrived jetty [View Full Entry]

By smkwan
August 10th 2009

Diving one more time Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Pulau Redang

Exploring exploring

The last time I dived was 2005! So excited that I'll get to dive again yeh... Kinda anxious... Will I rem how to dive, despite us taking our refresher course 2 weeks again? Will I puke during the boat ride? Arrived at Redang after more than 14 hrs coach + boat ride. After checking in & light lunch, underwater world... here we come! To our horror, we had to dive with almost 40 other ppl (cos it's the Singapore National Day weekend). Each boat took approx 20+ pax... somehow, the dive masters seem to be in a hurry. Gear up now! [View Full Entry]

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