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Relaxing in the Perhentian Islands
The train proved to be fairly uncomfortable but not a killer, I am sure we have far worse to come in China. Eventually we got to Kota Bharu and the moment we stepped off the train there was a taxi driver asking us if we wanted to go to Kuala Besut to get a boat to the Perhentian Islands, "How convenient is that" I was thinking, he said the taxi …
Singapore - Pulau Perhentian
Hallo lezers!
Na de volle dagen in Singapore was het op 9 april tijd om te vertrekken in de richting van Jerantut, Maleisië. We hadden besloten de Jungle Train te nemen, een trein dwars door de jungle en langs een hele hoop rubberplantages. Doordat we vanuit Singapore met de trein vertrokken en dus per rails Maleisië binnen gingen, werden …
The Perhentian Islands and Cameron Highland
... and make a fool of myself. Not that I really cared. Would rather breathe!
Stop four: lunch in a fishing village where there were 4 baby turtles in a giant bowl; for tourists to have a look. They were just the best things ever. Just before leaving our last destination Lee caught a little Nemo and put him in a bottle with some water. As we returned from lunch, no joke, Nemo had escaped!!!!
Stop five: Shark Point
All the tour guides made jokes about the ...
Surprise guest blogger!
... haven't mastered that!!), a navigation dive, a night dive and a fish identification dive! Had to miss a day so did my last two on the day we were leaving! Was a bit worried I wouldn't make it back in time for the ferry but it all worked out and I even had time for a shower before our 2 hour ferry, 13 hour train, hour and a half taxi, and another half hour boat ride to the Malaysian island we are on now!
I loved the diving and the fun on the way to and from the dive sites! ...
Days 13 to 17 - Perhentian islands
... hot and sweaty after a 50 minute trek as the sun set. With it being Ramadan the sun setting marked the end of fasting and time for all the taxi boatmen to go home for their family dinners. The jungle path was definitely not one we fancied navigating back in the dark. Luckily we got Craig's rash vest, and were welcomed back by the Ecoteer volunteers to share their dinner. The day time speed boat taxi for just the two of us had been pretty cool, feeling like a private ...