The Perhentian Islands
The next stop on our continuing adventures was the Perhentian islands off the North-East coast of Malaysia. With white sandy beaches, crystal clear water and hot hot sun the Perhentians were everything that paradise islands should be. Getting there however, was another matter, and the journey from the mainland was on a terrifyingly overcrowded speedboat with people hanging on to their bags and praying we wouldn't capsize everytime the boat swerved at high speed.
We stayed on the main backpacker area of Long Beach in a wooden beach hut with a fan to help cope with the intense heat, and a net to ward off the evil hordes of mozzies. The electricity switched off at 9am every morning when the hut immediately became a sauna. Not much fun on the mornings after nights out partying!
We spent a relaxing week swimming, snorkelling, sunbathing and eating, and on one particularly energetic day we really pushed the boat out and walked 15 mins across the island to the beach of Coral Bay.
One of the highlights of our time here was a fabulous snorkeling trip where we saw world class coral reefs (almost as good as the Barrier Reef in Oz) and swam with a huge Hawskbill turtle, loads of BIG black tip reef sharks and 2 enormous Napolean fish more than a metre long with giant lumps on their heads. We had a great day including lunch at the local fishing village where we met an Aussie couple (Joel and Tasha) who became our new buddies for the length of our stay. It was Joel's birthday so we got rather merry and then cursed in the morning when the fan went off and left us roasting like potatoes!
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We stayed on the main backpacker area of Long Beach in a wooden beach hut with a fan to help cope with the intense heat, and a net to ward off the evil hordes of mozzies. The electricity switched off at 9am every morning when the hut immediately became a sauna. Not much fun on the mornings after nights out partying!
We spent a relaxing week swimming, snorkelling, sunbathing and eating, and on one particularly energetic day we really pushed the boat out and walked 15 mins across the island to the beach of Coral Bay.
One of the highlights of our time here was a fabulous snorkeling trip where we saw world class coral reefs (almost as good as the Barrier Reef in Oz) and swam with a huge Hawskbill turtle, loads of BIG black tip reef sharks and 2 enormous Napolean fish more than a metre long with giant lumps on their heads. We had a great day including lunch at the local fishing village where we met an Aussie couple (Joel and Tasha) who became our new buddies for the length of our stay. It was Joel's birthday so we got rather merry and then cursed in the morning when the fan went off and left us roasting like potatoes!
Click here to browse all the Malaysia photos!
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