Cherating, Malaysia Travel Blogs

Cherating - Ghost Town!!!
May 7, 2006 (4 photos)

We arrived in Cherating around 8pm on Sunday evening. When i say arrived, we were left on the main road by our bus. We had checked out a place in lonely planet called Cerating Cottage which we went to and got a room(RM50) for the night. We had something ...

Day 144
Feb 6, 2007 (1 photos)

... . I walked down the road and started to see the guest houses that were on my lonely planet map. I checked in to the Cherating Cottages and got the feeling that this village was strangely deserted too. I know the East coast is less travelled and that the ...

Turtles and Cats
Oct 5, 2007 (19 photos)

... Ramadan hotel deals exceeded our expectations! We scored some breathtaking sites fit for a backpacker's budget.  The best part of Cherating Beach was our visit to the turtle conservation areas when we watched a green turtle lay 200 eggs and  ...

Cherating, Malaysia
Jun 24, 2007 (5 photos)

... and it was a welcome break from the high paced city action I had seen so far. Located right off the South China Sea, Cherating is a laid back surf town, with swells picking up during the monsoon season.  The town is also known for its local batik ...

Our House
Jul 13, 2005 (3 photos)

Cherating was a quiet little seaside village on the West Coast of Malaysia, it was certainly a breath of fresh air after spending a night in Kuantan. It was such a contrast to the extremely modern capital but it certainly didn't lack in charm. Our ...

Turtles, modern dinosaurs
Oct 26, 2008 (4 photos)

Happy Deepavali everyone! Since Malaysia is such a culturally diverse country they get holidays from three different religions. Deepavali is an Indian festival of lights. Just my luck I got to spend it in a village with Muslim people on holidays. So no ...

Dropping Out for a While
Jul 11, 2009 (6 photos)

We walked down from the highway into sleepy Cherating and asked at the Payung guest house for a room. It's very popular as it's recommended in Lonely Planet but lucky us we got their last free room. It's basic but clean and we met come lovely people. Trish ...

Heading up the East coast
Oct 24, 2009 (92 photos)

24th October 2009 Lynne....... Hi us again, we are in a beach town called Cherating which is midway up the east coast.  It is a lazy seaside town with a tide bigger than Southend's.  It is in a transitional stage at the moment as the beach balls ...

9 months away
Jan 26, 2008 (6 photos)

Well it's been a long time, long time now since I've seen you smile. And I'll gamble away my fright. And I'll gamble away my time. And in a year, a year or so this will slip into the sea Well, it's been a long time, long time now since I've seen ...

Help with my typing...take two
Apr 25, 2008 (2 photos)

... to bump my out of the travelpod website altogether, and now I have to start again. Never mind!! So, as I was saying before, Cherating is a very small village on the east coast. Its very quiet and there isn't much to do except relax and hang out on the ...

Turtle Expoiltation
Jun 14, 2004 (2 photos)

... , caught game 4 of the NBA finals, and started The Descent (J Long). I stayed at Puyang Chalets, expensive but nice. Cherating is also famous for having a nice beach and cove thats Malaysia best place for surfing and windsurfing...I was planning on doing ...

Back to the beach!
Jun 15, 2006 (10 photos)

... in a city was long enough for me and Luke and so we left this morning to head towards Cherating which is a beach resort on the East coast of Malaysia. Last night we went to the night market in Kuala Lumpur which was almost identical to the market me ...

Erholung ist nun angsagt
Sep 1, 2006 (4 photos)

... und Erhohlung angesagt. Auf dem Weg in den Norden, wo ein paar ganz schoene Inseln sein sollen, machen wir halt in Cherating. Cherating ist ein kleines Dorf an der Ostkueste und gar nicht so touristisch, wie wir befuerchtet haben. So haben wir also ...

Ghost Town / Hive of Villainy and Scum
Jul 28, 2006 (1 photos)

... as a Thai bus, very bland.. But it was very comfortable and only had 3 seats to a row. Cherating is supposedly the most happening place on Malaysia's east coast. We don't agree... The place is really dead, but we still had trouble finding a room as ...

cherating
Apr 21, 2009 (2 photos)

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Where is everybody?????
Sep 3, 2009 (1 photos)

... east coast for a few relaxing days by the beach before flying on the 11th. Although now passed it's heyday, Cherating was once a favourite stop on the travellers route up the coast, with a long stretch of sand, good accommodation options  ...

CHERATING
Jun 16, 2006 (20 photos)

... happy been a wile since ive 7balled ne1. lol obv i won 2-1 and had the comfy bed which means its his turn 2nite! really nice here in malaysia, not as good of thailand thou, why u may ask? i do know but cant write it on this website! lol u will av 2 w8 till ...

Cherating
Apr 5, 2006

We stopped half way up the east coast of Malaysia in a little holiday resort called Cherating. We weren't overwhelmed by the standard of accommodation butit was realtivly cheap and with air conditioning. We planned for a few days there but decided on ...

did some melaka then tioman now in Cherating
May 29, 2006

... I also befriended a cat which he named "spike" who followed us around and took naps on chandler's lap. Right now we're in cherating which is a small beach town on the east coast. Tomorrow we are getting up early to catch a bus back to K.L. then up to ...

Cherating
Mar 25, 2007 (13 photos)

... ya  surement moyen me dit-on en payant plus de les obtenir plus rapidement. Je decide donc de rester un jour de plus a Cherating (on vient d'arriver!) et ensuite de retourner sur KL en bus (4H) le 27-03. Une autre vue de notre chambre au Tanjong ...

singaporean healthcare and dr. taxi driver
Sep 6, 2007

... And now it's 5.30 in the morning and I feel very productive, since the "most friendly bus driver" just dropped me off @ Cherating beach in Malaysia - and just found out that there is NO ATM like close by (great!) and that there is a taxi driver who owns ...

...animal kingdom attacks...
Sep 8, 2007

... spending a lot of time in the Alps with scouts and my family. I know it feels good, but you loose the real feeling :( So Malaysia helps right now. Back in Australia, I should head to the national parks more often - it's good! yeeee a squirel - like thing ...

Dernier jour a Cherating
Mar 26, 2007 (3 photos)

... boue mouillée. Un petit lezard moniteur repéré grâce à sa queue annelée... Ensuite on est alles a Kemamam a 25km au Nord de Cherating pour faire des photos d'identite pour nos VISA pour la Chine. Killian est tout mimi sur mes photos c'est juste parce qu' ...

Cherating
Feb 9, 2006 (8 photos)

... vamos que estaban vacios. Asi que le di las gracias a chico y me fui a mirar otro alojamiento. Encontre por casualidad el Cherating Cottage, bueno, no fue por casualidad sino que la chica de recepcion estaba muy buena, y me dijo que tambien cobraban 30 RM ...

Ranting Chalets
Jun 22, 2005

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A sleepy beach town
Jul 7, 2008 (2 photos)

During my travels in Malaysia I met a few people who had stopped in Cherating.  They'd all described it as a sleepy beach town, but said that it was a nice, relaxing place to stop for a couple of days.  They were right - it wasn't anything ...

Easter In Cherating
Apr 17, 2006 (16 photos)

... Malaysia being a Muslim country does not celebrate Easter, so Michael's Dad took some leave to enjoy this time with us. Cherating is lined with wide stretches of beach and accompanying this is the many palm trees and resorts. One could liken it to ...

Jungle Train and Cherating
Jul 21, 2007 (3 photos)

... 20 school kids squeezed on and proceeded to giggle and say random words in English to us for the next 20 minutes. Cherating is a lovely little fishing village, it must have had grand tourist hopes at one point as there are pavements half constructed, ...

Hunting for turtles & Batic Painting
Aug 17, 2009 (54 photos)

... the pictures...again the video is too big. They are very dark the pictures as we couldn't use flash. The rest of Cherating was also really good. We painted Batik...as you can see..and generally realxed..and enjoyed the atmosphere!! It was really good!! ...

Malaysia
Oct 26, 2002 (2 photos)

Affter Singapore we went to Malaysia. First stop was the beach!