Blogs from Perhentian Besar, Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 4

The end of February is the end of the Monsoon Season for an area including the Perhenthian Islands. It means that most places had only been open for a week or two when we visited and there were good deals around for sea facing accommodation along the beach cos the place was half empty. But it also means that it can rain and rain hard some days, which it did. We stayed at the Watercolors Dive Resort on the island of Besar. Staying there any brief feelings of satisfaction from the cash gains we made on low season rates were pretty much wiped out once we started to order drinks. They get you back on the price of fruit juices, beers, and coffee. But, they do make 'real' coffee, so it's nearly worth what they charge ... read more

Today we had decided to check out of Maya's and move to the larger island of Besar. After saying our goodbyes we hopped into the taxi boat and sped over to Abdhuls Chalets. Alot more expensive but we wanted to live out our last few beach days in style, with air con at night! The chalets were great and nice and quiet. There was even a fenced off section in the water to swim in. We checked in and headed for the pretty much private beach. Here we lazed all day with Rachael getting very brown indeed. When it cooled off Rachael walked around the headland and into the next bay before I followed and met her on her way back. Here we sat on the rocks and watched the horizon, beautiful. That evening we ate ... read more

Hi everyone! Hope everyone had a wonderful labor day! it was the malaysian independence day here on Sunday, and starting Monday, ramadan, with all the muslim majorities fasting for the next month. It's really amazing to me that they can't even drink water all day. seems almost dangerous. It means all the malay restaurants are closed, so food options are more limited : -( It’s Ju-Hyun’s birthday today! My dear college friend from Korea. She’s not even on this blog, but I will still post the msg ;-) some VERY exciting news for me! Next Saturday, on my way back to the states I have a 9 hour layover in Tokyo. I emailed my host family from back in 2001 and I'm planning to spend the day with them! Really excited! i have not seen their ... read more

I really need to spend a decent amount of time in a place to get a feel for it; simply hopping across the border to get that stamp in my passport really isn’t my ideal kind of travel. With that said, however, I am also not always big on returning to the same location either. It’s not that I don’t find most places interesting, but sometimes I feel that lingering too long (especially when on a budget) can come at the expense of covering new territory. It’s a big world, and striking that all important balance can be extremely difficult. However, when it came to returning to the Perhentian Islands there was absolutely no hesitation. Through happy chance, we were left with a spare week before beginning work in Indonesia, and so decided to pay ... read more

heute nacht sind wir ( leider ) schon wieder von unserer Inselreise zurückgekommen.. zum glück kann man sagen, dass man malayischen buskomfort überhaupt gar nicht mit dem deutschen vergleichen kann. Für umgerechnet 6 euro pro person bekamen wir eine 8 stündige busfahrt der luxusvariante, mit sitzen die man in liegelage bringen konntenund seeehr viel beinfreiheit.. dementsprechend gut haben wir auch die ganze reisezeit geschlafen. Auf die insel ging es dann mit einem motorboot, dass leider so schnell fuhr, dass es 2 mal schlappmachteuns dann aber doch noch heil an den strand brachte..vorher war zeit um "unsere" insel von weitem im morgengrauen zu fotografieren. Perhentian übertraf wirklich alle erwartungen, die wir vorher hatten. klischeemäßig gab es türkises glasklares wasser, man konnte wirklich bei jeder tiefe auf den boden gucken.. dann palmen und weißer sandstrand, an dem man ... read more