Blogs from Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 14

You know, usually I like to go for a clever pun for these titles. But this time, I just decided to go straight for the jealousy button. And you already feel pretty jealous don't you? Don't lie, I know you are. As Lionel Ritchie once said, I can see it in your eyes. Hello. We made an early start from Kota Bharu, and as such were relaxing on Coral Bay on Pulau Perhentian Kecil by 11am. I'd rented out some snorkelling gear, and went for a bit of an explore into the water, to see some of the most bizarre rainbow coloured fish I've ever seen. There was also one cheeky chappy that challenged me to a duel, by repeatedly swimming right into my face, then backing off. We faced off for half an hour or ... read more

El sábado también empieza bien temprano. Esta vez sin embargo, tenemos a Mr Lee susurrándonos a través de la puerta. "Are you readyyy?". Menudo susto que nos llevamos... Después, los retortijones empiezan. El ansia de probar comida distinta juega malas pasadas frecuentemente, y ahora el pastelito malayo me da duro :S . Sin prisa para pensar, salimos de la pensión y nos metemos en un taxi que nos lleva a Kuala Besut, a una hora de camino. Kuala Besut no tiene nada de especial y sólo es conocido por su puerto donde aguardan decenas de lanchas que conectan con las islas Perhentian, nuestro destino. Después de solucionar un pequeño malentendido con el taxista, el cual pensábamos nos había timado (¡resultó que era yo que estaba dormido! :o ), nos tuvimos que pelear con la gente de ... read more

I'll start by putting this trip and its experiences into context... I've completed almost 800 dives in 50+ dive locations around the world and one of the dives we did on this trip ranked up there in the top 10! As Ali says in his blog Awesome, Awesome, Awesome! This is the second of our forays into East coast Penninsula Malaysia diving. The first was Pulau Tioman a larger island with the mass tourism that makes things comfortable yet a bit inefficient. The diving was 'Ok lah' but nothing special... maybe we were a bit unlucky with the weather we thought but the general experience was a fun time. Some of us drove to Mersing over night some took the bus. The drive took 4 hours, the bus 5hrs. The ferry then took over 2 hours ... read more

So we got to the smaller of the two Perhentians and unloaded into our little hut - only power coming from a generator switched on from 10am til 1pm, and 7pm til 7am. Not to worry, all our time was spent chilling on the porch or on the beach or snorkeling. We went for a trip around both of the islands for one of the days we were there, and swam with sharks, giant sea turtles and sting rays. Really hot weather and some of the friendliest hosts we have met yet ! These guys live the most chilled place in the world I think and it shows... No alcohol was readily available on the islands unless you went looking for it so it served as a bit of a detox for us too (well there ... read more

Well I booked a flight to Kuala Terengganu for 7:05am Tuesday morning, so I got up at 2am to get taxi to KL Sentral and then the Skybus from there to the low cost carrier terminal. I booked my return flight for 9:20 pm the same day. Many websites told me that there were return boats from Merang jetty to Redang island ALL DAY. I now still feel like suing these websites for false advertising lol. The nightmare began at around 5am with this disgusting chicken porridge from KFC - rice with chicken floss in it topped with FISH! FOR BREAKFAST!! YUK! Got plane to Terengganu and already had a bad feeling at the airport. Everyone on the flight flocked to people holding up signs with their names on. Obviously there was no sign for me. ... read more