Blogs from Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 31

Crossing the border from Thailand was like a breath of fresh air. There was a chap there whose job was just to welcome us to Malaysia! How nice is that? Everyone seemed really friendly and helpful. We headed to Kuala Terrenganu as a good stopping off place to get to Redang but we didn't get to see much there as I got sick for a few days. No better cure than to chill on a beach and what a beach we found in Redang! It was stunning. Sand like icing sugar and warm crystal clear water filled with tropical fish. The snorkelling, even off the beach which had several hotels along it, was fantastic. It was so good we even got up early to go swimming! The hotel organised snorkelling trips to various sites around the ... read more

The great country of U.S and A! Lange sedan jag senast skrev pa bloggen. Jag tror att vi far flytta oss tre veckor bakat i tiden. Som ni kommer ihag, sa akte tyskarna hem och vi blev pa tremanhand i Panama. Dar spenderade vi ocksa den sista veckan i centralamerika. Vi tog taxi fran staden pa Bocas mot Playa Bluff. Vagen var urusel och ingen ville forst kora oss dit, men till slut fick vi skjuts. Vi hittade andast ett Hotell pa den fem kilometer langa stranden. Hotellet sag helt for fint ut for oss, men som tur var, sa var varden helt jatte trevlig och lat oss bo for 45$/natt. Hon hette Stacey och hade inte riktigt ennu oppnat stallet, sa det var lite halvfardigt. Vi fick ett fint rum med tva dubbelsangar och flakt. ... read more

Hey Guys, Wow.... This place is absolutly amazing, and has far exceeded any expectations that we had. The beach is as near perfect as you can imagine: white powdery sand, torquise water, palm trees and hardly another tourist to be seen (thanks for the tip Paul!). We stayed at Paradise Resort, which was right on the beach, and there was a very good dive centre next door where we hired our snorkling gear. The snorkling was absolutly incredible. After checking in, we headed straight down to the beach for a snorkle in the next bay along. We saw so many beautiful fish, every colour you can imagine and were fortunate enough to run into a Hawksbill turtle feeding on the coral. The carapace (shell) was getting on for a metre long and the markings on it's ... read more

Well after the sights of Railay we set off on a boat and bus combo! unfortunately we had to get up at 5 or something like that and i wasnt feeling too fresh when i got up, anyway we made it to the meeting point with no one in sight . Eventually after a hour or so the woman we booked it with arrived saying because the tide was in we couldnt move the boat as it was stranded on the sand??????hmm surely they would know what time the tides come in and out and so plan to have the boat further out???? oh well after another age of waiting she finally arranged someone to meet pick us up and then we set off to get the bus. We caught the bus no problem, well when ... read more

After travelling through 3 countries in 1 month we wanted to take some time off to relax a bit.. We had seen so many advertisements for all kinds of ' bounty islands' that were determined to go to our very own bounty island.. So there we went, off to the perhentian islands.. Well, it was everything we hoped for! The start was a bit stressful, we had taken the night bus from KL to Kuala Besut, and as most people who know me know, I can't sleep that well in buses.. So I was very tired and sleepy when we arrived in Kuala Besut at 5 am, where it was completely dark and we didn't have a clue where to go to. We kind of got dragged out of the bus by a guy from some ... read more