Blogs from Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 15

From Bali to Perhentian Besar, welcome to our last discovery trip we did the last 3 days. We first made a short stop in Saigon to drop Leslie. Ma'ri and I are now together for few days enjoying some romantic times together. Perhentians Islands are another dive spot in Asia. This time we are hitting Malaysia. And it's finally the 20th country in which I'm diving. Will make sure I jump to 30 countries soon or later! Perhentians are actually two main islands, Kecil and Besar or also know as the Small Island and the Big Island ( very original!!). We are staying on the Big Island. No roads, no cars, not even bicycles around. Only boat to ferry you around, to go to dive or to other beaches. The sand is amazingly soft and white. ... read more

We left the Cameron Highlands on Friday morning and caught a bus with 4 other backpackers heading to the Northeast coast, to the Perhentian Islands. There are two islands, Perhentian Besar (big island) and Perhentian Kecil (small island). Most backpackers opt for the smaller island because the accommodation is cheaper and the island is less developed. The journey took around 6 hours, stopping about halfway for lunch and then switching buses. The second half of trip was by far less comfortable, with at least twelve of us crammed into a mini-van bus all with our big backpacks. We met some wonderful Brits traveling up from Taman Negara National Park (where we headed to after the island). The drive was absolutely nuts, overtaking cars on a two lane road and swerving around small motorcycles. We made it ... read more

Selamat pagi (Good morning)! I’ll start by saying that I have added pics to the last entry so it should be a little more interesting now… I left off as we were about to embark on the last part of the field portion of the course, Pulau Redang. An hour boat ride across azure seas took us to what can only be described as paradise. Paradise might even be cutting it short. We pulled up to a diminutive sandy beach skirted on one side by coral reef and on the other by dense jungle. The beach was covered in short sticks coming out of the sand (more on that later) and there was a small hut for cooking, lectures, and where the couple of employees stay. It is called Pasir Mak Kepit, which roughly translates to ... read more

From Borneo, we flew back through KL, and worked our way up to the Perhentian Islands. There are 2 of them and we stayed at Kecil, the smaller of the two. The beach here is the best I have seen so far in SE Asia. The sand is amazing, white and soft. The water is amazing, azule blue and clear. No garbage in the water. So needless to say, we did very little here but take a vacation from our vacation. Did a little diving, did a little snorkeling. Traveling can be exhausting, so it was nice to just sit on the beach for 9 days. I know, rough life;) The accomodations on the island, surprisingly, are very crappy. There are multiple locations with bungalows, but I overheard many peoples stories of unwanted varmin in their ... read more

At last i manage myself to be an official divers. It suddenly pop - up in my mind to get a valid diving license and make a quick decision ever, it happen after I come back from Thailand. From snorkling suddenly I decide to explore more about underwater creature. Get support from good friend who also know someone working in Perhentian to help me on this. From cheapest rooms, and not very expensive dive course. Its unbelievable that I already pass that exam within 2 night. Score it with flying colour, without any doubt. So now i start to plan where and when will be my next dive trip. Photos has been capture by using just a normal film ( 35mm ) camera. Look a bit blurry. But its doesn't matter as long I can explore ... read more