Perhentians!
After a
long long bus ride from Ao Nang I arrived in Penang, with a really good first
impression. I loved the Malaysian people right from the start, they are SO
friendly!
In Penang I
arranged my 2 months visa for Thailand. I rented a motorbike with an English
boy I met on the bus and we drove around the island. It was a lot of fun to be
on a motorbike again in the chaotic Asian traffic.
The next morning at 5am I got a bus to Kuala
Besut with some amazing views on the way.
From
there I took the boat to the smallest islands of the Perhentians, Kecil, where
my friends Guillem and Jose were waiting for me. The boat ride to the
Perhentians was beautiful. We seemed to be floating over the turquoise water.
Arriving
at Long beach, one of the two white sand beaches of this very small island, the
water seemed to be like the water of a swimming pool. So clear! I have never
seen clearer water in my life. Arriving on the beach, not sure where to go
because nobody seemed to know the place Jose told me to go, I luckily saw
Guillem walking towards me. Perfect timing. So together we went to the bungalow
to wake up Jose, who was still sleeping/recovering from the night before.
Within
no time we created a group of friends, all staying in bungalows in Rock Garden.
Rock Garden is the nicest guesthouse on the island, it’s on the left side of
the beach and you have a beautiful view over the whole beach.
With
Jana, Luca, Ibrahim, Qasim, Jose, Guillem and me we had 10 days of relaxing on
the beach.
Swimming in
crystal clear water, having dinner in one of the few restaurants on the
beach and party at night in the beach hut and the Black Tip, the only
two bars on the beach. In the Beach Hut we were always welcomed with a shot of
Monkey Juice (illegal sweet liquor) by Natalia, a Spanish girl that travelled with
Jose and Guillem. She is working on the Perhentians for a few months.
Besides
from the days of party and relaxing I did a lot of beautiful dives! I went to
three different places: Temple, a place with millions of fish. You swim thru
schools of fish and they all surround you. Another dive place is T3, there is
less fish but beautiful rock formations, it seems like you’re in the mountains
under water. And the 3rd was a wreck dive. For my
advanced dive course I had to study a bit and do 5 dives: a night dive, a deep
dive (30 meters), navigation, fish ID and Peak Performance Buoyancy. It helped
me a lot to feel more in control under water. Especially the buoyancy dive,
where you learn to move your body in the way you want and keep balance, so you
can stay still at a place to look at something and to not disturb your
surroundings by moving a lot.
After 10
days it was time to move on. I was supposed to go back to Thailand to start my volunteerjob but I was too curious about the rest of Malaysia. My first impression was so good. I was surprised about the beauty of the country and the Malaysian people. So I decided to stay and continue traveling with Jose and Guillem.
It was great to have stayed in one place for a little while
and feel at home. And what we used to say every day: You only live once!
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