Blogs from Perhentian Besar, Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 6

My last week on paradise island came around far too quickly. Managed to catch up with sunbathing, we managed to follow Molly the Hawksbill Turtle during her feed, where she came up for air 4 times - and I had my camera! Many games of scrabble and misc card games, and I think we've exhausted every possible film for pictionary! (How many films have got 'world' or 'family' in?!) We also did a Fish I.D. dive yesterday, where we tried to identify different types of fish around the coral - went well until I lost our pencil - it was a real 'noooooo' moment! Even Laura couldn't save this one (the other day Fran dropped the slate during a somersault snorkel and Lau dived down to get it before I could even breathe in to get ... read more

A little joke for you all: What lies on the bottom of the sea and shakes? A nervous wreck. ANYWAY... After almost a whole day of umming and ahhing, Fran, Kate and I decided to do the Advanced Open Water course along with Sarah, Liz and Gemma. The wreck dive sounded really interesting, as did the underwater photography - and as for the night dive? We'll see about that... There is also no final exam, so less studying than the Open Water - and we convinced ourselves that we'd probably spend the money on fun dives anyway! We get on instructors also said that it was the cheapest price we'd find in many places and I thought it wouldn't stop me diving in Thailand too. Enough with the justification! The wreck dive last Thursday was really ... read more

Had a fab night last night, went over to Long Beach after lunch, sat in the sea for ages as it was so hot. Julie, Katherine, Katie, Sarah, Liz and I all went for Katie's 19th birthday. We stayed at the Panorama again and stayed in the same room. I wandered round the shops in the afternoon and when we were all ready to go out we went to Bubu's for cocktails then went for dinner at Panorama. We went to Palm Tree bar again and sat in one of the huts on the beach, it was a really good night and we bumped in to naked Pete again! Jon asked me if I wanted to do my Advanced tonight, I said yes, it starts tomorrow! Short notice or what! ... read more

Yesterday spent recovering after our trip to Long Beach! Set off on Sunday afternoon and found rooms to stay at Panorama hostel - complete with a big owl sat outside which we all thought was stuffed at first! Shared with Kate, Laura and Fran in a room with AIR CON! Which we were all excited about. However it only lasted as long as a nap as by the time I woke up the Air Con had conked out, ah well. We joined the others at Bobo bar for a cheeky cocktail. Ordered a Cosmopolitan (of course) which took aaaaaaages (barman trying to do too many orders at once) but went down very nicely. Plus we were entertained by a big gecko trying to catch an even bigger butterfly! He nearly caught it - but not quite. ... read more

Had a fantastic night last night, we all stayed in the Panorama chalets, shared a massive room with sarah, Liz, Katie and Gemma. The bathroom was extremely pink and we had seats shaped like hands! We were all very exciteable, it was luxury compared to our huts at Bubbles and we all decided we wanted to stay forever. We stayed in the room for a while talking, then Sarah, Katie and I decided to go and explore. We bumped in to Kate and Fran then went and looked in shops and walked along the beach. We found Katherine and Julie at a bar drinking cocktails, so obviously I felt obliged to join them, treated myself to a Cosmopolitan. We all got dressed up for the evening, and just as we were about to leave the room ... read more