Blogs from Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 35

Yes, where is it? I am getting a bit tired of being lied to. Customer Service means nothing in some places in Malaysia and although some people may differ with me in Thailand also. I personally find it rather low and it annoys me, giving me a bad time when I only want to enjoy the country. The lies mainly come from the travel agents (I will not consider them in the same category as their fellow countrymen). Firstly, I don't know if I mentioned it (in a previous blog) in Thailand, to be more precise Koh Lanta, where we bought tickets "TO" Kota Bharu (Malaysia) to later find out that they meant "the border" (Thailand). We found out while we were still in Thailand (Hat Yai) and when I asked the girl behind the ... read more

Days 144 - 151 After a long bus journey followed by an early morning boat, we landed on a gorgeous white beach with clear blue sea lapping up onto the shore. We were at Coral Bay in the Perhentian Islands. We walked along the beach looking for somewhere to stay and checked into a bargainous beach hut a stones throw away from the beach. We got ourselves sorted and planted ourselves on the beach under the clear blue sky. The sea was so still and clear, it was literally like a luke warm bath, with lots of little fish swimming around and attacking Stuart's moldy old feet. This pretty much set the scene for the rest of our days on the Perhentian islands. A couple of days in, we went on a brilliant snorkelling trip. It ... read more

Short and sweet one here as I’ve got so far behnd again that it’s just too daunting to write in depth. =================== We finally left Phi Phi on the Monday by boat, which would eventually take us (by bus across the country) to the Malaysia Pulau Perhentian islands. Without breaking tradition, I was very hungover from the “goodbye” celebrations the night before and as such, I fell asleep on all modes of transport we took to reach the islands. After a long-endured bus ride to the border, and a stay at a random hotel before we could cross in the morning, we finally walked into Malaysia and said goodbye to Thailand for this journey. Via taxi and an extremely bumpy, wet and painful boat ride, we finally reached the islands (Perhentian Kecil (small) and Perhentian Besar ... read more

Moving from beach (Tioman) to jungle (Taman Negara) I was forced to stop in the less-than-touristy city of Kuantan, apparently some distances really are too far to travel in a day, despite what look like teensy distances on a map! Kuantan was alright, though rainy, but it was quite obvious that it doesn't receive the same number of Westerners as other places... I'd gotten used to be being invisible, and suddenly I was once again being stared at, and the recipient of compliments, marriage proposals, and less polite advances from the groups of young men which apparently make up the entire population of the city. Oh well, it was flattering(?) and I had a stranger buy my dinner at the local restaurant I'd visited - I'd thought he was staring because my method of eating with ... read more

When we arrived in the Perhenatian islands we were amazed at how beautiful they were. We were staying on the smaller of the two islands called Kecil island. The sand is whiter than white, the sea is so blue you can see all the fish without even putting your head in the water and the weather was brilliant. Liam did a 3 day open water diving course with Phil and Karl and they all really enjoyed it. They had to do a bit of learning but it was well worth it he said! They saw sharks, turtles, stingrays etc. So now Liam is a certified diver. I spent most of the time on the beach and learned how to snorkel with Jenny. There are lots of fish close to the beach so we didn't have to ... read more