Blogs from Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 8

Up for banana and honey pancakes for breakfast on the beach with Katerine and Rasmus before heading to Temple of the Sea with Mee, our divemaster. The dive was very nice, full of bamboo sharks, hawksbill turtle and blue spotted stingrays. Apparently the diving at Temple had been out of this world for the previous 2 days so, inevitably, there were too many divers out there and, whilst it was obviously a good dive to do with plenty to see, it wasn't the extraordinary one that others had been lucky to have experienced in the days before. Nevermind, you can't command nature to be there for you. So back ashore for and hour and a half, finding out that it was one of the divemasters 30th birthday that day and he was having a superhero party ... read more

I woke up at 7:30 in the morning because the sun was streaming into our room and I just can’t sleep if the sun’s presence is obvious. I got some writing done and stared at a lizard on my wall for awhile while Joel slept (not a huge fan of the lizards, that one). We knew that we wanted to go snorkeling and that the trip left at 11, so we headed down to the beach at 10, bought our tickets and ate breakfast at one of the small restaurants on the beach. I ordered a blend of strawberries and bananas and they brought this overflowing glass. It was WAY too much food. We left at 11 with an older French couple and our boat driver, Yo. First we headed to fish Point, which was an ... read more

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

After a quick overnight stay at a hotel close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, we caught a short flight to Kota Bharu at the top of Peninsula Malaysia's east coast. From there it was a one hour taxi drive a 45 minute speedboat ride to reach the Perhentian Islands. All the way from the airport to the speedboat jetty, the rain kept falling and the skies were a very depressing shade of grey. It hit home at that point that we'd just about had enough of the wet weather. July is peak season for the Islands, and it would be terrible luck if we weren't bathed in sunshine everyday. Fortunately, as we moved further and further offshore the clouds disappeared and the sun started shining down. This was more like it... The Perhentian Islands lie approximately ... read more

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