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 ...

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 ...

... in the shade for a bit. The weather is so so hot, blazing sun and not a cloud in sight.   We continued our day at Long Beach with more time in the sea and on the sand, stopping for an occasional ice cold coke.  We payed for an umbrella fir ...

... 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 ...

... ;It came with a curry sauce which went really well with it even though it was breakfast time!   For the morning, we went to Long Beach to book our night bus to Johor Bharu, which will leave at 9.15pm from Jerteh. We will have to get a taxi there ...

... of the 2 backpacking spots on Perhentian. The larger being Lond Beach on the east side, the boat usually drops people off on the famous long beach but due to the rough seas we had to be dropped off here where it was more sheltered.   There isn't ...