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Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil September 21st 2013

I was debating about whether whether I would include a Malaysia chapter for this blog or simply omit it. I hesitate not because Malaysia was unimportant, uninteresting or unexciting but rather I really enjoyed my stay here even if it is not the most glamorous of countries. Also, I should mention that in this case I am referring to Penninsular Malaysia as opposed to Borneo which I have already written about and rightfully deserved its own space. Malaysia is probably the most overlooked of the SEA countries. It lacks the parties and hedonism of Thailand to the north and the exoticism of Indonesia to the south. In many ways Malaysia seems to act as a buffer between these to hotspots. For Canadians anyway. As for Germans, well, I might as well have learned German to prepare ... read more
Tea plantations in the Cameron Highlands
Street art in Penang
Underappreciated Coral Bay

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Kuala Terengganu September 12th 2013

Thursday 12thWe left the island on time at 12.30 and soon made land fall. We were going to catch the bus down the coast but we had a good offer from a taxi driver and after negotiating him down further to 100 ringgits we decided to take the offer.He was a frustrated racing driver and we sped along soaring over the speed humps, grateful that we had missed lunch ! We did the two and a half hour drive in one hour forty five. The scenery was attractive but not spectactular. We passed villages and open fields and a couple on a motorbike with the passenger carrying a full size old style TV. It was ok though as it wasn't switched on !We arrived at our hotel, a real bargain buy. A 4* hotel at half ... read more
Fish market
Maplins
On the river

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil September 7th 2013

It was now seven months to the day since we'd left home. When our pals Darren, Jim and Ste had told us of there plan to meet us in Malaysia along with Sonya's buddy Laura, Sonya and I had been in New Zealand, just four months into our trip. We were delighted at the prospect but it seemed along way away. Yet the three months in between had passed by and the reunion we had so eagerly anticipated was upon us before we knew it. We would meet the gang in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, spend less than 48 hours there before heading to an idyllic little island off the north east coast of the peninsula, called Perhentian Kecil. I'd had the pleasure of visiting the Perhentian's on my last trip to Asia in ... read more
Darren and Sonya
Coral beach
Frisbee days - Perhentian Kecil

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil September 7th 2013

Finally arriving in the Perhentians at 7am after a long, uncomfortable mini bus journey and a speed boat, Justin and I trailed the stretch of sand to find accommodation. Getting frustrated, as we were looking for a specific price range, Justin walked up through the wooded area to try and find the original place we opted for (only saying this because a local man said he had never heard of it before). He strolled back over to me after 15 minutes of being gone, saying, yes...it was there and for a double room it was 20 ringett per person. Perfect. In the meantime, I had been chatting to Shanae (English) and Jerry (Taiwan) who were also waiting for the owners of another place to appear, but they thought, our option sounded good so decided to join ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu September 6th 2013

Friday 6th to Thursday 12th We successfully escaped KB on the 9 am bus down the coast. The bus stopped and collected and dropped off locals as they wanted. A sort of public private taxi service. We arrived at Kuala Beset in plenty of time for the speed boat transfer. We have booked 6 nights at the Tuna Bay Island Resort on the island of Perhentian Besar which forms part of the Perhentian Islands about 20 K off the east coast. We have really blown our daily budget on this one ! still it's not all about slumming it around the world. Any way if it gets too expensive I can always help out with the fishing. We're staying in a lovely chalet 30 secs. from the beach. After dropping our bags off, it's on with ... read more
Tuna Bay Resort
Christine at lunch
It's a turtle !

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Besar July 23rd 2013

If the fact that we were in Malaysia was a surprise to us, even more so was the fact that we spent around 10 days on the Perhentian Islands, two small islands located off the coast of Western Malaysia. We made the definitive decision to set course there when an old friend from Poland, who was now training English teachers in Malaysia, let us know that he was going scuba diving there for the weekend. We hadn’t seen him in around 10 years and, since we were planning on obtaining our scuba certificates anyway, though the initial inclination was to do our certificate in Thailand, we wondered if there was a good reason not to visit the islands. Unable to think of one, we caught a night bus – in my opinion, the best we’d been ... read more
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Hotel map
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Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil June 8th 2013

Von Kota Bharu nahmen wir den Bus und dann ein Boot auf die Perhentian Kecil Islands (Kecil heisst klein - es gibt auch noch eine grosse welche gleich nebenan liegt). Die Insel ist wirklich klein, so kann man vom einen Strand zum anderen Strand welcher auf der anderen Seite der Insel liegt, einfach zu Fuss in 5-10min gehen. Auf den Perhentian gibt es keine Autos und nur ganz wenig Motorräder, weil es gibt nicht wirklich Strassen, sondern eher Trampelwege. Weil wir am Freitag ankamen war es ziemlich schwierig ein einigermassen günstiges Guesthouse zu finden. Wir fanden schliesslich doch noch eines, wechselten dann aber am nächsten Tag in eines mit "Seaview". Im Guesthouse in Kota Bharu lernten wir Aki, einen Tauchlehrer kennen. Deshalb entschloss sich Vy, in derjenigen Schule ihren 2. Tauchkurs zu machen, wo Aki arbeitet. ... read more
auf der Wanderung
über Bäume...
...und unten durch

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Kuala Terengganu May 18th 2013

That should read ... Another glorious day in paradise! While said tongue-in-cheek, it is fast becoming a stock-phrase out here in these parts, when we wake up to another blue sky, with lots of sunshine, and hot temperatures. Before you all start berating me for this, the temperature is that little bit too hot, where you come over all "diabetic" half way through the day, and have no energy to do anything. A ten-minute walk outside, results in being a sweaty-mess that needs a 3rd shower of the day! haha, we're certainly not complaining, but small variations in the day, when you're from/live in a country that can have snow/rain/sun all at the same moment, never mind the same day, are also greatly appreciated! We were on Kapas yesterday, when a storm blew in ... it ... read more
Buddha appreciates KFC!
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Santa turns to buddhism

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil April 24th 2013

Wir fliegen nach Kota Bharu und machen uns auf zu den Perhentian Islands...in den paar Tagen hier werden einige Tauchgänge unternommen. Die Unterwasserwelt hier ist der Hammer...so viele Fische und Korallen...zu den Highlights zählen mit Sicherheit die riesen Schildkröte, die aus dem Nichts auftaucht und völlig uninteressiert an uns vorbeigleitet...Wir haben Glück und sehen abends nochmal ein Monsterexemplar am Strand...locker über einen Meter lang robbt das Teil über den Strand um seine Eier abzulegen...wir sitzen gespannt im Sand und verfolgen, wie sich das Riesentier langsam wieder Richtung Wasser begibt... Jetzt seid ihr wieder auf dem laufenenden. Auch wenn ich nicht wirklich viel geschrieben hab in den letzten Berichten, schaut euch die Bilder an, denn die erzählen ja auch einiges...es geht weiter nach Borneo, nach Kota Kinabalu um genau zu sein und von dort weiter nach Sandakan ... read more
Unterkunft
unser Taxifahrer

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Kecil March 30th 2013

It had been over a week since we were last on a beach and while we had gotten used to (and enjoyed) the cooler climate in the Highlands over the last few days, this is the tropics and we knew it wouldn’t be too long before we were back to sweating in the heat. It was with the heat in mind that we took an early mini bus for 6 hours towards Kuala Besut, the jumping off point for the idyllic Perhentian islands, just off the East coast. On the way we met a nice girl from Holland (Debbie) who was travelling alone so our group of four quickly became five, which would grow more in the next few hours. After the obligatory stops for lunch/petrol/toilet breaks we arrived at Kuala Besut ready to take the ... read more
Amazing beach
Our group on the snorkel trip
Stunning sunset




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