The PL Ace Cherating

... and will be staying until Monday (if we can get booked on a bus by then) we have been trying to avoid traveling at the weekends but we haven't worked out when that exactly is. Some towns have Friday off, some Saturday and Sunday off - Thursday too seems to be a no go day...so we are sticking to just traveling Monday to Wednesday and hoping for the best.<br><br>As I said it is a nice slow beach town with not too much going ...

... these things (with about a 4 foot extension rod/grabber) I have to have all these badges and yahda ya whatever send me to work. <br><br>Its Friday night and I'm going to step out with the international crowd again. Last weekend I met people from all over the place, including Australia, Indonesia, Iran, Canada, England, and KL. Strangely enough, on THIS side of the world people also like to go out and socialize on the weekends. Weird. Anyway, thats all I got for now.

... and then checking out the beach I could only assume I'd stepped into the twilight zone. No one seemed to exist, no open shops, no faces, not even a stray dog crossing my path. Well give it time I thought, it's only early and being the month of Ramadan some places close completely.<br>By 11am two shops had opened and I'd spotted 5 elusive humans. As much as I loved my chalet (easily the most comfortable and relaxing yet) there was no ...

... they collect the eggs, so they take care of them and then let the baby turtles free in the sea, to try and boost turtle production. Luckily our wonderful host said we could go again the next evening!! So this time we turned up with plenty of reading material ready for another sleepless night...but we were in luck...after just 30 minutes the ranger came to say we must hurry as there was a turtle. We had to walk along ...

... The other highlight here was our trip down the river to see the fire flys at night. A truely magical experience. Made especially lovely by the two little girls who put their hands out trying to catch tinkerbell and peter pan!<br><br>We stirred our stumps and booked our ferry tickets for Tioman Island (as their in hot demand) but our way out of Cherating was by local bus - a bone rattling two bus trip to take us further down the coast to Pekan before we head over to the island. <br><br><br>

... include a dive or some snorkeling in mid-afternoon. Diving was beyond description as the colours and shapes underwater are not the ones you see above it. I was always astounded that the sea creatures simply did not mind our presence. During the evening, after the required and scheduled cocktail hour in front of the sunset (thanks to Mamie for this routine) we would saunter off to dinner in the rustic outside restaurant ...

... or so! That was the 2nd time this year i've nearly been a gonner - i'm using up my luck a bit too quick here! So, a memorable stay in Redang, for more than one reason, but now it was time to move back to the Mainland, to Kuantan, &amp; then onto Tioman Island for more diving!

... dans la mer. Killian s'amuse comme un petit fou et moi aussi. L'eau est tellement chaude! Avec le seau, les pelles et les formes on est parti pour une petite cuisine: Vue de la baie de Cherating : Killian recoit d'un malais son premier chewing gum: Le ciel avant l'orage: On attends que l'orage passe... Ensuite avec notre velo, on va boire un verre au Shadow of the ...

Two days 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 and Emma went to in Bangkok. Lots of people hassling you if you want to buy anything from fake watches, to porn DVDs. I invested in a dodgy CD player in a shop because I figured there was loads of CDs to buy in the ...

... 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 a bit of that, but now my ankle won't allow it. In the evening, the owner of the chalets knocks on my doors and says the locals have spotted a leatherback turtle coming on shore to lay his eggs and that a few people will go see it ...