Mengejar Mimpi

My friends and I went to Perhentian Island last weekend (25-27, June 2010). Altogether 9 guys including myself departed from Dzul Aqmal’s house on Thursday, 11pm. Arrived at jetty Kuala Besut on Friday 7:30 am. Then arrived at Perhentian Besar about 1 hour later. We stayed at Flora 2 chalet. 3 rooms were rented.

On boat to Perhentian Island, Terengganu

We checked-in our chalet around 10:30 am, have a rest till lunch time. Then we started our activity with a short-trip snorkeling package. It tooks about 4 hours of snorkelling from 2:30pm to 6:30pm. There are 4 points of snorkelling visited which are the beginner point, turtle point, fish point and shark point. Our boatman was Abang Mat Snorkeler and he is the best boatman and snorkeler at Perhentian Island.

Snorkeling at turtle point, Perhentian Island

On the next day, we started with breakfast on 8am then went to Pulau Redang for our second snorkeling trip. It was a join trip with another group. The boatman was Pak Din but seems like he had nothing to do with our group. So thumb down. We visited 3 points which are Pulau Redang (baby shark point), Marine Park and Pulau Lang Tengah. Overall, the snorkeling trip was a bit disappointment because the coral there mostly died.

Redang Island Beach

At Marine Park, Redang Island

Turtle rehabilitation at Marine Park, Redang Island

On the last day, we departed from Perhentian Island on 10am. We planed to go back using beach roadway (through Kuala Terengganu). We bought some souvenirs and kopok lekor/sata/otak-otak on our way back home. The journey was so tiring but our car was so cheerful because all the passengers did not sleep at all (plus chatting about girls). The day ends with watching England vs. Germany world cup live match at Dzul Aqmal’s house and England beaten by Germany 4-1. Yes!

Last day at Perhentian Island