Assalamualaikum and good morningg! ;)
Ada lagi 1 day plus before my another quarter of journey for year 3 begins, soooo i'm going to write a lil bit about my experience to Perhentian island - a short trip with my posting mates. (Sorry la sebab it's so difficult for me to move on haha). I am super excited about it because it was my first snorkelling experience, and i was totally amazed by how beautifulll Perhentian island is (not to forget Terengganu as well 😉).
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| This is us, from left: Peyi, Wani, me, Dayu and KK. (They are so outgoing, that's why 6 jam dalam kereta tak tidur :P). We were waiting for another two cars btw, lama juga tunggu 🙊 |
So it was a 3 days and 2 nights trip, but we only managed to spend around 2 days and 1 night at Perhentian island. We spent the first day at Terengganu, fuhh it was quite a long journey from KL to Terengganu (as compared to KL-Johor) but it was a fun journey. We laughed and sang along the journey - that was how i am now getting attached to all the Malay songs especially my video cover song hehe 😙. We spent the first night at Wani's house, dekat sangat dengan pantai, and the beach is so beautiful (budak excited nampak beach).
Then the next morning we headed off to Perhentian. Super excited, and it took around 2 hours to reach there, which is Kuala Besut, where the jetty is located at.
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So we took a boat there, baby Safiyya pun naik boat. Hebat kan 😎 Kalah semua aunty uncle. But Alhamdulillah there was none of us yang mabuk laut or vomit etc, although dah prepare dah plastic bag in case ada yang... haha
As soon as we reached the island, cepat2 put our stuff and settled everything. But this time, Safiyya and her parents (Syahirah and Pojan) were not joining us for snorkelling. Pity her, kecil2 sunburnt nanti.
For the snorkelling, don't worry if you can't swim, you won't get drowned if you listen to the advice and wear the life jacket. Overall, snorkelling was fun, except the first few minutes whereby you need to get used to the equipment and learn how to breath using your mouth - which was quite difficult for me at first (nak nafas guna hidung pun susah sometimes, ini pula guna mulut ye 😰) But yeah, i am still well and alive now, so i'm sure you guys can make it ;)
Then you can start swimming (practically floating lol) and enjoy the view. Banyak ikan comel2, and not to forget the corals 💜 It was indeed an amazing view, subhanallah cantik sangat. And there were a few snorkelling points. For the second point, which was the Turtle Point, there was this one guy who helped me to take the picture of the turtle. Biasalah, i was still learning how to use the snorkelling equipment and adjusting my GoPro, so first2 tu semua gambar tak jadi haha. You may compare me taking picture under the water (the first one) and that guy punya skills (second one).
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| Sorry budak baru belajar 😂😂 |
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| This is real and original picture from my camera, not downloaded from any website 😌 |
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| Couldn't remember which point, but yeah cukup 10 orang. 😗 |
Then the third point was the shark point, but too bad i didn't manage to see the shark. All my other friends sempat tengok. Too bad for me. And after we finished all the three places, it was already noon so we took some break and continue again after meal and prayer.
We stayed at Sealife Inn, which was very near and convenient. Semua benda ada and the accommodation was really nice and comfy. Well, the food there was quite pricey. I ordered Kuew Teow veggie (takdak picture sebab tak sempat tangkap dah masuk perut) 😈 Luckily mine was quite nice and tasty, so tak kisah sangat about the price. Then dah kenyang, we checked in solat semua, and finally continued second round. This time, ada a few already gave up and they decided not to join us, which left only 8 of us in the end. So ada dua group, one went for snorkelling, and another one group left for Taman Air.
This time tragic sikit, haha. Ada yang got cramped and dah lah tak pakai life jacket so you can imagine that situation, but Alhamdulillah nothing bad happened. And again, the places are beautiful. And what made it special was there were less people around, so we conquered the place and enjoyed our time. Ada yang belajar berenang etc. Well for me, I just enjoyed looking at them and savouring every moment of it.
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| 8 ketul yang tinggal |
That night, everyone was so tired. Serious rasa nak tidur je but then to think about it again, we made it here so it was quite a waste to spend the night by sleeping. Malam masih muda kan. That night, the sky looked pretty. It was the perfect place for stargazing. And kebetulan pula there was no internet connection there, so here comes the time for bonding session 😎 we spent almost 3-4 hours lepak-ing, playing games and singing, what's not to miss! 😉
The next day, the weather was quite gloomy at first (it might be sad since we were leaving soon, aww) but as soon as the rain stopped, we continued our last journey to the Long Beach.
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| Before climbing, enjoy dulu our unhealthy breakfast - Maggie |
Every time you sigh as you climb up the hill or feel like giving up, remember this view and it will keep you going till you reach there. But turun tu haha sorry dah takde motivation. As usual, my knees were shaking, trauma pula terjatuh and golek2 macam jatuh tangga dulu (plus risau tapak kasut tercabut, ni semua Sam and Amir punya pasal). But alhamdulillah selamat semuanya, thank you although jadi orang last sampai 😌
So i guess that's all. But i'm going to say this again, Perhentian Island is such a nice and beautiful place. Little did i realise that there's such a beautiful place in Malaysia. For those who's planning to visit beautiful island, tak perlu pun pergi jauh2. Of course there're still a lot of places which offer astonishing views, but Perhentian also not bad kan 😊 In summary, i would say this trip was worth it and i'm definitely having a hard time to move on ;)
Lastly, this is a video (i mean, the last video for this trip) to sum up all the beautiful memories crafted along the journey. I hope you'll enjoy it :)