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hey guys!
hope every1 is ok! well the last one was from penang cant remember what i got up to there but anyway we walked around penang and went to the fort and an assembly hall and looked at a load of the colonial buildings! we also went to a house that has been made into a museum and it was a typical rich nonya house was good was really nicely done inside and had loads of beautiful things inside! we got rained on several times that day though! and then the following day we left at 5am and got a minibus to kuala besut where we got a speed boat to the perhentian islands the islands were really good really pretty and crystal clear water!! we spent a few days just chilling on the beach and then on the last full day we did a snorkelling trip!!
the first place we went to was shark point to see sharks funnily enough! i was really scared when first got in the water although they assured us they were vegetarian sharks yeah right!! but then swam around for ages and didnt see any although everyone else seemed to see them so was really annoying but finally saw one and we followed it snorkelling along above it and then it joined up with another one and they were following each other and we were following them so that was good!! they were quite big though and at one point they turned back around which was a bit scary!!
the next place we stopped was just to look at the coral which was really pretty and there was loads of brightly coloured fish!! but i saw a shrak there as well and was actually more scared then as not expecting to see it and it was quite a lot bigger than the other two we had seen!! we then went looking for turtles! the boat driver found one and we all just had to jump out and follow it but it was only walking along the bottom so bit boring but it was massive about 1m across maybe more!! then the driver called us back as he had seen another one and this one was swimming!! and we swam over it and watched it come up for air!!! was really good then time for lunch! but they made us climb out of the boat onto some really slippery rocks for some reason they dont like using the jetty!! and ian feel over and had a big lump on his back!!
after lunch we went to another place that had loads of coral and one of the other boat drivers brought a sea cucumber up for us to see and he threw it at me and i screamed as didnt know what it was and they all laughed!! the coral there was really pretty too and loads of really pretty fish, then some really big fish came along too!! they were strange as looked like they were baring their teeth at you all the time but i think they just had a white upper lip! then we went to the prettiest beach i have ever seen! the water was even clearer here and so blue and the sand was really white and lovely! then back to the island!!
the next morning we got the boat back to the mainland but because they wont use the jetty you have to pay a little speedboat to take you out to the big speedboat but the waves are quite big so is a nightmare!! was difficult to climb into the boat and then as soon as i sat down a big wave came over the top of the boat so all my stuff was soaking wet! and they had made me get in the boat with some other boy and ian was still on the beach and he had all the money and boat tickets!! then ian came out after but he got soaked to so did all his things!! the trip back to the mainland was ok though! and then went to get the bus to kuala terranganu! it turned out the only bus is the local bus and they dont really have a set time so you just have to wait and eventually it turns up!! ended up waiting about an hour and a half but bus ok as all windows open so there was a breeze! we got to kuala terranganu ok and found a taxi to take us to the place we were going to stay we decided to stay on the beach about 5mins outside of the city was lovely and there was a swimming pool as well quite expensive but worth it! that afternoon we just chilled out! in the evening we went to get dinner and ended up at a little food centre but on the way there loads of people smiled or said hello so gathered probably not v touristy!! then got there and none of the menus were in english so we just had to pick something and hope for the best although some of the staff could speak some english so we had a rough idea what some things were!! the next day we got a taxi into the city and went to the market was strange as we were pretty much ignored unlike normally where they are trying to persuade you to look at their shop! then we went looking for an internet cafe! ended up asking the staff in the seven eleven as the one in the guidebook didnt exist!! then went looking for the express bus station to buy bus tickets! although after walking around for ages and asking few people found out that didnt exist either so ended up walking around the whole city centre pretty much and ended up at the local bus station and finally managed to get tickets there turns out that is the only bus station!!
The next morning we went to get the bus to mersing and it didnt turn up until later than when it was supposed to leave but got on it ok in the end! that bus trip took pretty much the whole day and then when we got to mersing they just dropped us in the middle of the road so had no idea where we were but one of the people from one of the travel agents came over and explained where we were turns out the bus station here is new and not in the book either but just a couple of roads away so went there to get tickets to melaka for when leave tioman and then went back to the travel agents and ended up booking the boat through them and somewhere to stay! apparently they dont do speedboats here anymore as there was a big accident a few years ago and 7 people died so now is a proper boat! we stayed just in the next bay to ABC which seems to be the main backpacking place so we thought it would be quite busy but actually looked quite quiet but where we stayed was really nice! we had a sea view as the room was built right on the rocks and there was raised pathways connecting it to the jetty and the beach! we spent few days relaxing on the beach we were going to walk to ABC but when we saw the path it was a really overgrown jungle track so didnt incase ian saw a snake! the last day we hired some snorkelling stuff and went snorkelling but no where near as good as perhentians! the coral was really boring and lots of it looked dead there were some pretty fish though and water quite clear as well although not as clear!!
then this morning we woke up early to get the boat and when we woke up it was raining and thunder and lightning! when boat turned up was just spitting so not too bad but boat was really busy as first boat out and sea was quite choppy! me and ianb both felt quite sick! now just wasting time until we go and get the bus to melaka and then 2 nights there then 3 nights in singapore in a nice hotel for ians birthday from his mum and dad cant wait and ians v excited and then on to india cant believe how fast it is going!!!
only a month and then we will be home again!
hope all ok take care xxxx
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