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

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil July 24th 2011

I'm so behind right now i really need to pull my finger out. We are currently in Bangkok for the 3rd day and have just booked our 12 hour over night train ticket upto Chang Mai. Since my last update though we have already been to the Teman Negara National Park and had a quick overnight pit stop back in KL to catch a 2 day train journey up through Thailand. I will try my best to try to get caught up on blogs but they do take me forever to finish so bear with me. Hmmm (I'm thinking whilst scratching my head here!). I'm unsure of where to even begin with this blog about our time spent in the Perhentian's. I'm getting kind of bored listing activities by day and it's probably becoming a bit ... read more

A Perhentian Paradise

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil July 11th 2011

Butterfly

Chris and Amy

Another night bus, another driver with little or no sense of safety for his passengers as he winds recklessly (often on the wrong side of the road) through the mountains, another early drop off and a night spent being eaten alive in a travel agent’s office in the middle of nowhere, a further boat ride... then we had arrived at Pulau Perhentian Kecil; the small Perhentian Island. And I can say with certainty that it was worth the effort (and cost of £30 per passenger, a weighty expenditure on a traveller’s budget) to get here. Blue sky, white sand, lush green jungle and the clearest water we have ever seen. The Perhentian Islands are located on the north eastern coast of Malaysia; there is the big island (?) with its resorts, and then the small island ... read more

Crawling above us after we found some shade

Picturesque Perhentian islands

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil May 27th 2011

Zebras everywhere

Round the world on a Shoosmith

The journey to the Perhentian islands was not the longest or hardest we'd endured so far but still pretty epic even by our Asian trip standards. It started with a 4am cab ride to one of KL's airports and a McDonalds breakfast to prepare us for the day. It was raining when we left so weren't too sad to be leaving KL and the 2 hour flight onboard one of those scary propellor planes again to Kota Bharu on the east coast was painless. Once down we took a deep breathe and prepared for the enevitable ripping off that comes with most taxi booking in Asia. With the barganing out the way we had the pleasure of travelling with a driver who was either falling asleep at the wheel or sounding like he was suffering an ... read more

Perhentian Islands - A Tropical Paradise

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil May 23rd 2011

Long Beach

wheresjason

I have found a little paradise called the Perhentian Islands in northeastern Malaysia. There are two main islands here called Besar(large) and Kecil(small) which I have spent the last 6 days on. They both have plenty of stunning beaches, snorkelling and diving spots, and decent accommodation. I am on the smaller island which attracts mainly young foreign backpackers whilst the larger island has more local tourists as well as more up market places to stay at. It was quite easy to get to, on wednesday I took a two and a half hour local bus from Kuala Terengganu and then a 40 minute speedboat ride to the island. I found it a little bit hard to get cheap accommodation so ended up staying the first night in a bungalow with shared bathroom and limited hours of ... read more

Perhentian Islands for some serious relaxation

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil May 13th 2011

Complete Island relaxation

Jess off to c the world

Taking a back breaking boat ride over to Coral Bay on the smaller of the two islands which honestly felt like your whole body was going to break and everytime someone got off the boat you all have to shuffle around to keep the boat balanced, was the most interesting boat ride I have ever taken to get somewhere! Reaching Coral Bay I found a lovely hotel where I managed to sweet talk the receptionist from giving me a standard room for 240 to a deluxe for 120 rm per night between Alex, Moritz and myself! The boys even shared the double letting me have the single! Bless they didn't even know about it until they arrived late afternoon, but we extended the stay to 4 nights so they obviously didn't mind that much! So after ... read more

The islands

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil May 13th 2011

Photo 2

Rice Capades 2011 2012

part 1 - 10/5/2011 So, as Jan promised, a little bit more about what we did in Georgetown, Penang Island. It was actually my wish to visit Georgetown as I read so much about how amazing the remains of the colonial architecture are and that some buildings are under UNESCO’s protection, so I thought it would be amazing to see. We joined a German girl, Sandra, who stayed at the same dorms at Cameron Highlands, and went to the bus station to catch the early morning (8.00) bus to Georgetown. We were joined by another German, Mario, also our dorm-mate. 5 hours later we arrived to Georgetown, and to say it was hot is, well, it just doesn’t even begin to describe it. We separated in search of a hostel, as Jan and I found a ... read more

Parallel Universes and Infinite Possibilities on the Island of Stub-Tailed Cats

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil September 13th 2010

auspicious

The Perhentian Islands do not have the best sand or the best food or the best sunset I’ve ever laid eyes on. This island of stub-tailed cats seems to defy all reality and reason and introduced me to individuals believing in, you decide, the impossible or scientific realm of parallel universes and infinite possibilities. On this island, the cats must fear monitor lizards rather than poison in a box. One morning I saw an approximately 2-meter monitor lizard. It looked like a crocodile to me. A guy with a makeshift fishing rod dangled bait in the lizard’s face for entertainment. I’m told this amphibian’s tail can cause significant injury to a man’s leg and its bite is lethal because of the bacteria swarming in its mouth. On this island, people risk a timeless existence of arriving ... read more

Pulau Perhentian Islands - Malaysia

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil September 10th 2010

Malaysian Border

tommystenger

We took the train from a city in southern Thailand (Hat Yi) all the way to the Malaysian border, the train journey took about 6 or 7 hours of which we had to stand the entire time and I have never seen so many people in such a small place, I will never complain about trains in the UK over booking again and having to sit on the floor. We were in 3rd class meaning we paid about 90 pence for the trip, can’t argue with that really. It was on the train that we were told as western people, we were brave to come to Hat Yi, giving it’s had its fair share of terrorist attacks in the past. Its better to be told this sort of information when your leaving somewhere, as apposed to ... read more

Pulau Perhentian, Burit Pari!

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil August 24th 2010

kuplakopla

Perhentianin saarilla meitä vastassa odotteli jo Annemiekin sisko Marleen. Päästiin heti perille paikan sukelluskuvioista sekä hostellin huonoista ja hyvistä puolista. Hyvän mainospuheen jälkeen päätettiin alottaa open water-sukelluskurssi, ja kattoa kuinka Eve selviää hankalien korviensa kans. Ennen eka sukellusta piti palata takas koulun penkille, mikä tuotti vähän hankaluuksia reissurouville, kirjoja kun on tähän asti luettu vaan omaksi huviksi, jos siksikään. Lukemista vaikeutti myös uteliaat hostellin pojat, jotka pyöri koko ajan ympärillä kysellen ja höpötellen. Ensimäisen koulupäivän jälkeen, innokkaat opiskelijat sai tarpeeksi aktiivisuudesta ja päättivät vaihtaa vapaalle, opettajien liittyessä seuraan. Illalla oli siis luvassa sikäläinen kuuluisuus, Monkey Juice. Huvitusta tämä apinoiden juoma soi meille useampanakin iltana ja Long Beachin yöelämä tuli tutuksi aina auringon nou... read more

Highlands and Islands in Malaysia

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil August 20th 2010

Workers relax on sacks of tea leaves..

MikeandHelen

The Cameron Highlands After having spent the last few weeks in the real heat of southern China and Malaysia, we decided we needed a bit of cool relief. To that end, we headed inland onto Peninsular Malaysia from Penang, and up into the mountains of the Cameron Highlands. Located at between 1,300 - 1,800m, in just a couple of hours drive the weather changed from 30+ Deg sunshine to 15 Deg and rain as we arrived. Helen was instantly thinking "this is more like it". We kept hearing how the Cameron Highlands are just like Scotland - which has a grain of truth to it. On arrival, you are greeted with lush green hills and mock tudor guesthouses offering tea and scones and homemade strawberry jam. Due to being located within the tropics, the mild climate ... read more

The forest dwellers come out for the camera

Enjoy the final product overlooking the tea plantation

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