Blogs from Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 30

Left the very cool Cameron Highlands for a very long trip to Kuala Besut to catch a boat to the Perhentian Islands. It was fantastic to be back on a boat again cruising along the water! After arriving on the smaller island (the larger Perhentian Island is full of expensive resorts and so basically no backpackers!) wandered along Long Beach searching for a good dive school to complete the Padi Open Water course with. Eventually settled on signing up with Turtle Bay Divers. The Open Water course itself took three days to complete. The first day was basically going over lots of theory as well as completing a couple of confined dives. You have to go through all the skills you talk about in the theory like taking the regulator out of your mouth and ... read more

Tento blog pisem po dlhsej dobe z Kuala Lumpur kde sme vcera dorazili po tyzdni na Perhentian Islands tu v Malajzii. Predvcerom sa mi stal mensi uraz na banana boat - ako sme padali vsetci do vody kamarat ma musel asi riadne kopnut do svalu na lytku lebo sa mi neda chodit a priserne to bolelo. Myslela som si ze mam po cestovani lebo som na nohu nemohla poriadne ani stupit a bolelo to aj na dotyk. Dnes je to uz lepsie - rano som bola v nemocnici ale kedze je nedela nemal sa mi na to kto pozriet, tak pojdem zajtra rano. Myslela som ze mam roztrhnuty sval ale zrejme bude len natiahnuty. Zajtra poobede letime do Indonezie do Bali tak sa na to vsetky tesime. Baby som stretla v Bangkoku a uz sme ... read more

We're actually now in New Zealand! We've had so much stuff to get on here but no time to do it- so we've just slogged it all out in an internet cafe in Christchurch, Canterbury (but in NZ!). We've got tons of pics to show but we have to keep the text short- or we'll be here forever!! So here we go :) The Perhentian Islands! Have'nt got many pics of this place but thought we'd stick what we had on here anyway! This is where we did our advanced open-water diving course. The water was so clear and it was the first real taste of equatorial style climate and scenery! ... read more

Arrived in Singapore late in the evening and managed to navigate our way through the absurdly clean underground system to our little hostel. The next few days were spent exploring the city, including Little India (visited a fish market where they appeared to be selling a whole shark!!!), Clarke Quay and Orchard Road (huge great shopping malls selling every designer label under the sun - not quite backpacker shopping territory). Managed to find extremely cheep and yummy food, including traditional puddings which consisted of a lump of ice with coconut milk poured on it and fruit. Unfortunately, Barcely's fraud department were a little eager and blocked Bekka's card, so a great deal of time was spent trying to unblock it (we did not seem to be able to engage with Singapore phonecards - v.frustrating!!!). After ... read more

perhentian island resort Asia » Malaysia » Perhentian Islands By KAApril 3rd 2007Kate and MarkSom, here are some pictures from our trip to Perhentian in 2005. Mark... read more