The PL Ace Cherating

On Sunday the 5th at 6am a car picked me up from the hotel and took me to one of the airports in KL. Took a 40 minute flight to Kemaman to check out our supply base where tools are maintained and prepared before getting sent offshore. A driver picked up me and four other guys from work at the airport and 40 minutes later we arrived at Kemaman Supply Base (KSB). We spent the afternoon trying to communicate with a few tool strings that were to be sent out to ...

... and found a great chalet for RM40 (7 quid) and planning to stay here for at least 5 nights I bargained the owner down to RM35 saving myself a few beer tokens ( I say beer tokens, what I was really hankering after was a bottle of cool wine which in Asia is as rare as the proverbial rocking horse. It was going to be a long wait for South Africa)

The next morning I woke to explore the village. Walking as far East and West as I ...

... to big! We then waited fro the big turtle. We where given Milo to drink...delicious chocolate milk...and took the opportunity to show you pictures of the perfect take away concept for drinks in Asia...a plastic bag full of ice and the drink added!! Its great!!

Well a few hours turned into sleeping on mats until 6.00 am, as the turtle never came. Apparently they patrol the beach waiting for them, and as if they ...

... our neighbour in the next door chalet (hut) he's retired from being an aircraft engineer, now he mountain bikes through the jungle when there's not enough wind to go windsurfing but then there's also his reiki and pilates...

We had lovely chats over roti canai breakfasts and curry and rice dinners across the road.

The beach here was wide and sweeping and the village had what you needed, a minimart and a laundry (and not much else) - so you could see the attraction.
Cherating, Pahang, Malaysia martynandsarah

... mystery book now, and must say I'm afraid of reading at night...). I ate prawns and fish and they were fresh from the sea and very good, made with sambal, a spicy sauce made of chili and garlic. There was a nice lady in Cerating who owns an internet and souvenirs shop, book shop and sells bus tickets. She's really helpful and nice. I would recommend anyone to turn to her for the information.

... 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 ...

... to slow me down to stop the Bends, me just wanting fresh air. We got to the surface & no harm was done apart from feeling like my lungs & ribs had been crushed.. I almost collapsed, but kept going, got back onto the boat, back to the mainland & thanked my ...

... we've seen includes a turtle in the pond, an iguana (about a foot and a half?) also in the pond and an exotic bird in the trees, actually two of them, yet to be named. Saddest thing (which ...

Took the bus, nowhere near as interesting 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 double beds are the norm, not twin rooms! The beach had ************e on it, very weird. AT night there were loads of places to eat and drink ...

We unfortunately missed the last bus of the evening to Cherating and had to spend a night in the grotty little town of Kuantan, the whole place looked like a council estate - it was horrible! There was absolutely nothing going on here, we couldn't even find anywhere to get a decent meal and ended up having a sandwich from a 7-11 ...