Blogs from Perhentian Besar, Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 8

The journey from Cameron Highlands to Kuala Besut Jetty was an 8 hour journey in a minivan that holds 10 people. There were 10 of us plus 9 big backpacks! A bit of tight sqeeze. The start of the journey was not so bad, as i said before its really cool up in the highlands but after an hour so you caould feel the temperature creeping up as we got lower and lower. Luckliy for us, three of the girls were not going the whole way and that got us a bit of extra leg room but we were all happy to get out of there and on to the boat. The boat was a Fast Boat - thats what it said on the front - and we had to choose which of the beaches ... read more

Not what you expect to see outside your hutThe Perhentian Islands, off the West coast of Malaysia are famous for lizards. Big bloody monitor lizards. Some get to 5ft long. One afternoon there was a 3ft lizard sat on the sand just outside our beach hut. They are harmless, but a few things go through your mind when you see one, and if you are unlucky some things seep out of the other end aswell. Ok I'm overexagerating a tad, but you get the picture. It was pretty smart to see such wildlife close at hand. What else to say about Malaysia so far. Well, we pretty much came straight to the Perhentian Islands straight from Krabi, about an 8 hour bus ride, followed by half an hour on the speedboat. The Islands themselves are pretty ... read more

It was pouring with rain and the sea was very rough when we got the boat from the strange little village of Kuala Besut. The boat was flying over the huge waves and belly-flopping back down with such force I honestly thought it might split or capsize! I was just worried about my backpack, and had visions of it sinking to the depths with all my possesions. I seriously considered putting a life-jacket on my backpack, it was that bad! Despite the crazy weather, we could tell it was gorgeous - the sea was still such an amazing bright turquoise it looked unnatural. We stayed in a little hut at the furthest end of the beach, a collection of huts called 'Lemon Grass Chalets' or something. To be fair it was literally just a shed ... 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

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