Long Beach Pulau Perhentian Kecil

Short entry as we're so behind - soz!


We had a great on Perhentian Kecil or Small Island, Long Beach is really nice, white sand and crystal clear water and a good bar scene after sundown. The journey there was a bit hair raising, we travelled from Cameron Highlands in a shared car where we met Kate and Amy from NZ and Lyla from …

... 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 ...

... something else. I start tomorrow at 9.  After a nice chat with the girls that worked there, I went over the hill to Long Beach, another glorious white sandy beach with blue waters that you can just wade miles out into without going much past your ...

... and noticed why the place smelt so bad, big area filled with yellow/brown foam water with rubbish in it too, gross! Went back to long beach sat down at one of the few restaurants they have and they said they were not severing for half an hour or so ...

Day 215 ; Our first full day on long Beach, we woke up really early and made our way down to the beach, it was so hot even at 8 in the morning, the beach has the clearest waters we have ever seen and blue like in the films, its so nice that they keep ...

... a walk to long beach, coral beach was meant to be the quieter more secluded beach, it just had a really funny vibe going on. Got to long beach just after twelve me and Lauren sat down and had a drink while Phil went on the hunt for a place to stay, Phil ...

Having survived the torturous near 24 hour journey from Ko Samui our bags are loaded off the boat and placed upon the sand of Long Beach.  We pay the ferryman 2RM each (under 1 quid), heave up our backpacks and proceed to walk across the beautiful ...

... , and consist of two relatively small, undeveloped islands which have no roads and no electricity during daylight hours. Pulau Perhentian Kecil, the smaller of the two islands is becoming quite a popular destination for backpackers, so we thought that we ...

... 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 ...

... a 1.5 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 ...