Dear all, we truly apologize for this much delayed entry. We gotta say the Perhentian & Redang trip did zapped up a lot of our energy and it took us almost 2 weeks and a half before we fully recovered from the fatigue. However, it was one hell of a trip though. So we are glad to present you with our travelogue in this 3-part entry.
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12th June, 7.40 a.m. - Off we go! We were one of the lucky beneficiaries of MAS and Air Asia's "zero fare" wars. A one way trip from KLIA - Kota Bharu by MAS made us only RM 76/per pax poorer. What a real bargain!

We had planned this trip 1 month earlier and joining us were my buddy Chun Sing and his girlfriend. Both Chun Sing and I were probably getting too excited the day before when we stayed up until 4am to watch live Euro match before heading to KLIA. It proved to be a big, big mistake for us subsequently.

Look at my sleepy eyes - stayed up late to catch Euro match

We reached Kota Bharu exactly 45 mins later and were picked up from the airport by a tour van to the jetty. From there, we took a speedboat - manned by a local guy who most of the times seemed so blur and lost.

I thought what so big deal about riding a boat. But believe me, when you are sitting on a speeding motorboat with the wild sea waves splashing against your skin, you will start having this wild hallucination about being thrown out into the sea and bitten to pieces by JAWS!

The 1 hour journey from the jetty to Pulau Perhentian felt like forever.......until we saw this!

An island..... finally!

We reached Pulau Perhentian finally. By then, all of us were so eager to jump into the crystal blue sea, except ME.

Because I CAN'T SWIM!

Now, don't laugh because even though I am a total noob when it comes to swimming, I was still determined to explore the sea and to face my fear. Now, that sounds more MAN. Haha.

This is the place where we were lodged. New Cocohut resort. This were to be our 'home' during our 3 days there at the island.

Our very first activity of the day was snorkeling. We were being ferried by another speedboat to Pulau Perhentian Kecil for our first snorkeling session. Since everyone on the boat (except me, of course) know how to swim, the guide decided to skip the training part.

Our first snorkeling spot

So happy...

At that time, I was feeling dizzy and so was Chun Sing. We were not sure whether it was due to lack of sleep or simply because we're seasick. To aggravate our situations, all of us were feeling hungry too as it was about noon already.

And so, we then headed to Perhentian Long Beach for our quick lunch fix.

Perhentian Long Beach

We were treated to local food and were joined by four others who were in our tour group. They were a friendly bunch of companions, apparently.

After refreshed and charging our 'batteries', we then headed to our next snorkeling destination to catch a glimpse of turtles and baby sharks.

As dusk approached, we went to our final stop - Pulau Air Berani.

Relaxing at Air Berani

According to the myths, any bachelors who took bath with the cold water streaming down from the hill will likely to found his match and get married soon after.

Although we don't really believe it, we bathed with the cold water nevertheless. It really did have miraculous effect in relieving us from tiredness and seasick.

We then retreated to our chalets to have a good and well deserving rest.


Until then, we will update more on our 2nd day adventure in the next entry.

It's gonna be a far more exciting day, you bet.