Pulau Perhentian Kecil

Got back from the Pulau Perhentian Islands this morning, it was absolutely stunning! Although it was a bit missionish to get there (bus to jerteh, bus to kuala besuit, ferry to the island Kecil, then a hardcore trek across the island), it was well worth the trouble! The islands are on the east coast of Malaysia, near Thailand and are just beautiful! White sands and the clearest, most beautiful torquoise water I've ever seen in my life! When I say clear i mean i would sit in the water and see schools of zebra fish swimming around me! (We named a specific one "Alpha"...for the greek letter...cuz it looks like a fish...thats what you get when you travel with a Mathie and another Engineer :P)

We decided to stay on the small island Kecil and we had a little chalet at this place called Mohsin. Met some awesome people and did a lot of reading and relaxing on the beach. Lots of fresh organic fruit and yummy malay food, including a lot of roti canai!! At night we usually had a great dinner and then chilled at Lily's and drank fresh fruit cocktails (mango, orange, etc). Just yummilicious!!

The small Island Kecil is split up in 2 sides, one side is the quiet one called Coral Bay and the side that we stayed on has about 10 chalet places and it is called Long Beach. Lots of things to do along the each including play beach volleyball, sit under coconut hut roofs and umbrellas and watch fire shows at night. The first night we slept on the beach, which was definitely something i've never done before! It was amazing, the sunrise woke us up. Met lots of malays and lots of foreigners. There are so many ppl on the island that just went to visit one day from different countries and never went back home. Some work there as staff and some own chalets...what a life! We were quite sad that we only got to spend 3 days but we needed at least 2 in Singapore. Will try to get pics up soon :)