Blogs from Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 36

As we were waiting for the night train to the Perhentian Islands to leave KL Sentral, we came to talk to a young man sitting beside us. He turned out to be an Indonesian currently working in London and was on his way to a beach holiday with his fiancé. He was very nice and refreshing, and when we left for our platform we told him goodbye in Indonesian, which left him quite surprised. We could only get to the platform and on the train half an hour before departure, the platform was closed up to that time. Trains in Malaysia are comfortable and always on time, but the network is not very extensive. There are actually only two lines, one on the western side and another one on the eastern side, whereas these lines run ... read more

I think the pictures speak for themselves, we spent a week in the perhinthians before going to singapore. It was a small relatively undeveloped tropical paradise. No cars and only partial electricity. We did another snorkelling trip where we saw turtles and sharks and nemos, it was great.... read more

No, I haven't been eaten by a whale shark... I've just been away from the computer for a while saving my money and taking the Open Water diving course. The diving has been amazing here. I had four dives and already I saw 5 sea turtles, a rare eagle ray, lots of colorful fish and corals. I took the course with 3 German teens visiting their older sister, one of the Spice dive instructors. Every time we went underwater it was like a circus and we spent more time trying to clear our masks after laughing so hard than we did doing the practice drills. To be honest the whole diving theory was a complete bore to me. I just don't have a lot of interest in the equipment or whole concept of diving. But taking ... read more

Our speed boat pulled onto the white sands of Long Beach yesterday evening. It has been a little over 24 hours here and already I feel at home. The Perhentian Islands are truly paradise!! My first day was spent lying on the beach, hanging out on the couches at Spice Divers and reading a book on the porch of my bungalow. I've been enjoying seeing Natasha and Mazlin in their natural elements, too. It's very VERY laid back here. Lots of nice people and good food. I think I'll stay a week...or maybe two...... read more

Happy Happy Summer! While all you Connors/BRCC/extended family folk were partying in Hackett's Cove this Saturday, I was on a midnight train bound for Malaysia. And don't think I wasn't thinking of you! Since I last wrote from Bangkok, just after leaving the lovely lovely Laos, I've continued on my journey...south. Wayyyy south! Back in May, (seems like a lifetime ago!) I visited 2 of the 3 islands located in the Gulf of Thailand: Koh Tao and Koh Samui. (You may recall the food poisoning/parasite incident? That was there.) Anyway, since I missed out on Koh Phagnan, the one in the middle, I dropped in (sounds so casual, eh?) on my way to Malaysia. I knew that two Swedish girls I befriended in Laos were going to be there as well. Anyway, Koh Phagnan is the ... read more