Long Beach Pulau Perhentian Kecil

... and quite frankly, here it is. Thailand offered some brilliant places like Ko Tao but we never found the one. We stayed on Long Beach which is probably the busiest beach on the two islands but we fancied enjoying a little nightlife as many of the ...

... was something else. Island Life Other than that we've been spending the rest of our time generally kicking about down here on Long Beach - the serenely curved bay on which we're staying. Much of this time has been spent sitting around on the soft ...

... goes further again. Pancakes and tea and smoothies for breakfast in this place cost about a quid. The island we chose is Perhentian Kecil (Small) as apposed to Besur (Big). Besur has more resort-like complexes and is generally more touristy, Kecil has no ...

... hour shared taxi ride, a 2 hour wait, and then a 40 minute boat ride to get to the islands! I arrived at Long Beach on Perhentian Kecil and was situated in the midst of the most beautiful ocean colors. The beach is in the shape of a crescent moon with ...

... Besut to take the last ferry. We had done a little research and decided to stay on the smaller of the two Perhentian Islands (Perhentian Kecil)... it is advertised as having a lot more budget accommodation than the other island. The boat we took over was ...

... other side of the rain clouds and the sun came shining down.  In another 10 minutes we were blown dry and pulling up to Long Beach.  A good start to our first day. Once we settled in to our comfy chalet, we hit the beach for some good eats.& ...

... a reasonable amount of accommodation on so we went on a short walk through the jungle to come out at a smaller beach called Coral Beach. Long Beach was nice but in my opinion Coral Beach was much more attractive beach. The water looked different from the ...

... & a boat ride later & lots of money spent on excess baggage...............I finally got back to Long Beach on Pulau Kecil (small island) in the Perhentian Islands (just off the northeast coast of Malaysia). I worked out that it's been a year to ...

We had to get a minibus from Kota Bharu down to the port town of Kuala Besut and then get a boat over to Palau Perhentian Kecil (The Small Island). We loved the simplicity of these islands, there were 2 islands - The Small Island and The Big Island - ...

... of fish. The second day we went on a snorkelling day trip (more about that in a moment) and the third day we spent around Long Beach (where we were staying) and then round the other side of the island near Coral Bay. Sadly, a lot of the coral is dead in ...

... to Kota Bharu, and a taxi drive to the quay in Kuala Besut, I jumped on a speed boat to take me to the Perhentian Islands.  I've been told by many people along the way that these islands are meant to be amazing.  They weren't wrong! There isn ...

... Airport Duty Free. As there is more than one island on this archipelago we had a walk across this island from Coral Bay to Long Beach, again, quite quiet during the day so we decided to take on the advice of an Aussie Divemaster we spoke to on the boat ...

... it was the best diving of their life. We’d left the Germans on the Big Island, and so Bert and I stayed alone on Long Beach on the Small Island. The busiest beach on the islands, but also the cheapest and most social. A good choice. I settled into ...

... a 30 minute speedboat ride (and a mandatory, 2 Ringit boat ride from the speedboat to the shore) I had arrived at Long Beach on Pulau Perhentian Kecil (Small Perhentian Island). What a beautiful place. Just stunning. The water was the clearest I had *ever ...

... mainland and we were pleasantly surprised to see the Danish girls on our boat with us. All in all, our visit to the Perhentian islands was wonderful and even better because we got our dive certification! Moving to BuBu’s was key to my happiness. It ...

Tja also, Pulau Perhentian Kecil an der Ostkueste von Malaysia... Ein Minispeedboot hat uns gefahren - nichts fuer schwache Nerven oder Maegen! Hohe Wellen sorgten dafuer, dass wir an der wettergeschuetzten Coral Bay (muesste eigentlich "Dead Coral ...

We're in Long Beach!  Well Long Beach, Malaysia on Pulau Perhentian Kecil - we haven't been hiding in the States for all of you naysayers and doubters who think we are faking this trip! We are not going to be saying any names ....Arlen, ...

... dove mangiare, colazione, pranzo e cena. Non c'e' molta scelta, ma in un posto cosi' la scelta e' superflua; sull'altra spiaggia dell'isola, Long beach, ad una decina di minuti da qui, c'e' un po' piu' di vita, due o tre resort aperti e un paio di bar. ...

... island.  "Kecil" means small, and "Besar" means large.  So the two islands are aptly named Pulau Perhentian Kecil and Pulau Perhentian Besar.  Most of the land on the islands is undeveloped - dense jungle-covered hills, with lovely coral ...

... the crystal clear water.  It was so nice but also very hot that we decided to head back for our chalet earling than planned!  LOng beach has really nice white sand to swim in.  OUr beach (coral beach) has a lot of corals (go figure) so it's ...