Table and chairs on the beach

Today we spent the day on the beach again, snorkelling, swiming and Haze of course sun-worshipping, and then went back up to our resort to chill out, drink beer and gin before heading back down to the beach for a beach party!

The beach bar

It certainly was a late night, ladies got free drinks which of course was a bonus even though they were pretty strong and not that nice. But it was quite entertaining especailly when the bar got raided by local poilce officers stealing all the alcohol.

Haze, me and Chris

Fire dance

Fire dance

Fire dance

Neil

Reggie

Chris and Neil

Chris

Yet 30 minutes later they miraculously found a lot more beer and spirits stashed away somewhere!

Monkey juice!!

The monkey drinking monkey juice

The boys drank monkey juice which are served in buckets (that are traditionally used to make sand-castles) which is a whole bottle of rum with a can of lemonade.

Love is in the air??

4 monkey buckets later it was 4am and Chris decided to go for a late night swim resulting in me wrestling him on the beach the whole way down...

The night ended hazily at around 5am somehow back at the hotel... Good and messy night!

written by  chrischarly on April 26, 2011 from Long Beach Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia
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One of the many anchors on the beach designed to trip you up

This morning Chris woke up before 7am and was so excited to have everyone with us he was like a little boy!.. Thus it took a great deal of persuasion to stop him from waking the others. Neil however wasn't so lucky as Chris snuck off and started banging on his door dragging him down to the beach for an early morning swim.

Perhentian Island

The gorgeous beach

We got Haze and Reggie up at about 10am and then we all had breakfast and headed to the beach for the day finding a lovely shaded spot to base ourselves before splashing in the sea and taking Haze snorkelling for the first time.

The lovely sea

Shade

Yet us girls weren't as lucky enough to find sharks as the boys were!.. Plenty of time left though and an awesome snorkelling trip we are planning for a couple of days time!

written by  chrischarly on April 25, 2011 from Kota Baharu, Malaysia
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Neil, Chris and Reggie

Haze is obviously very excited to see me!

Then after an hour's flight we then did the same in a taxi to catch a Ferry to Perhentian Islands!

The ferry

Neil, Chris and I

Me, Daisy and Reggie on the ferry

We found our accomodation relatively easily which is set back away from the noisy beach but is to be fair, a mission to hike up with your bags and chatted the night away...

Our huts

Our balcony

Haze's first Malaysian dish

Old Portuguese ship

A Famosa Fort

Chris showing off his cannon

Not sure what she's trying to do here ?!

A' Famosa in Melaka

Christ Church since 1753

Funky rickshaws

Our lovely guesthouse

She was late to setup, but pushed through the crowds

Jonkers Walk

And Chris finally decided to get his hair cut!

Chris after his haircut - nice look !

Good Friday celebrations in Melaka

Melaka at night

Famous Jonkers walk in World Heritage city Melaka

written by  chrischarly on April 22, 2011 from Melaka, Malaysia
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Here it comes

All over the internet everyone had raved about 'The Jungle Railway' that you can take from Kota Baharu straight through to Singapore, including many travellers who claimed it was the highlight of their trip to Malaysia, so we were determined not to miss out!

Charly waiting for the train

So we woke up at stupid-o-clock and caught a taxi to the train station. We decided not to go all the way to Singapore though as it would've been pointless and get off at Gemas as we would have gone through Taman Negara already which is the famous jungle in Malaysia.

On the Jungle Railway

It was a 10-hour journey but to be honest was an anti-climax; very over-rated! Pretty much all you could see was dense forest and yes, it was luscious green everywhere, but that was pretty much it and we did get a little bored and as everyone except us slept pretty much the whole way, we think they felt the same!

Another rock in the jungle

Another brown river

A bug that chased Charly

Nice brown jungle river

More jungle from the train

More jungle from the train

Nice view from train

The jungle view from the train

Once we arrived in Gemas, we had to take another train to Tampin.

A nice simple map of Malaysian penninsula

This wasn’t a long journey but I did however manage to break a new flat screen T.V by putting on my backpack whilst leaving managing to co-inside with the same time the train decides to break, so I fell backwards on to it hearing a loud, 'POP' sound. "Oops" was all I managed to say in response and myself and Chris quickly jumped off the train and ran around the corner! After a speedy 10-minute walk to find a bus to take us to Melaka, we got on easily and without hassle on an ultra-cheap local bus ride. However, things obviously weren't going to be that easy as half way the bus driver chucked us and the 3 other passengers off the bus in the middle of nowhere at a bus stand saying the bus wasn't full enough for him to continue, so he was going home! We couldn't exactly do much about that so we did as he asked and waited for another! Around 20 minutes later another local bus did arrive and we were so pleased to arrive in Melaka, but not where we hoped it would drop us, so after looking for yet another bus, we gave up and paid for a taxi. Accommodation wasn't cheap and after looking around a few, we chose to splash out and stay in one for £10 a night, which is in fact luxury for 2 nights, and with air-con! Then finally, after 14 hours of travelling we went exploring around Melaka.

written by  chrischarly on April 21, 2011 from Kota Baharu, Malaysia
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Another amazing Kapas beach

Our private beach on Kapas Island

This morning we woke up, packed, and took the Ferry back to Marang before catching a bus to Terengganu before catching another bus to Kota Baharu.

Leaving lovely Kapas

El' Capitano

Clear water just off our beach

Gemas Island off Kapas

Leaving lovely Kapas

We decided to go to Kota Baharu to get on the jungle railway the next morning, even though we would be flying straight back up there in a few days when we have met Haze, Neil, and Reggie. Then again, it seems we just love travelling around everywhere, and by looking at the map of Malaysia that we have travelled so far on this blog; it seems like going in circles seems to be our preferred route!

written by  chrischarly on April 20, 2011 from Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
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Nice sunset from our beach on Kapas

Our lovely beach

More Kapas Beaches

Today Chris was feeling a lot better so we went out snorkelling again determined this time to see a shark... We were in fact in luck and we managed to see the back of one swimming away from us! Unfortunately, we never got the chance to see its face but it was unquestionably a shark either way! But it was so quick so we didn't have time to be scared, just happy that we had finally seen one; even if it was just its tail!

written by  chrischarly on April 19, 2011 from Pulau Kapas, Malaysia
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The beach

Poor Chris woke up today with bad stomach cramps, so we didn't do a great deal today as I wouldn't let him go in the sun or sea whilst he wasn't feeling well. So we instead chilled and read books whilst dosing Chris up with the tasty rehydration sachets listening jealously to all the tales once again of people seeing many sharks, but not us :(

The view

But then again, I can think of worse places to be chilling and reading!

written by  chrischarly on April 18, 2011 from Pulau Kapas, Malaysia
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The beach where we snorkelled

This morning we woke up and walked 2 beaches away apparently with the best snorkelling. And to be fair it sure was fantastic, with some amazing coral and fishies. Ther are supposed to be loads of ssharks swimming around and we are desperate to see one, if not more, but as yet our luck hasn't been with us. Everyone else that seems to be going out finds at least one, but not us just yet!..

All smiles after snorkelling