Assalamualaikum everyone!
I had a wonderful raya weekend though I didn't go back to KL to continue the celebration with my family.
Since a really really good friend is leaving for KL for a transfer, they've decided to have a get-away trip to Perhentian. The last time I went there was in July 2011 with a Korean lady I met on the bus on my way back home from the airport. (Before Perhentian + In Perhentian post)
Paid RM250 for return transportation Kerteh-Besut with my car, boat Perhentian-Jeti Besut (around RM70), one night stay in Ombak (room of 4, or 2), breakfast at Ombak, Snorkeling trip by Ombak (RM35 like that), and underwater camera rent (RM100 per group if I'm not mistaken). All in all, it was worth it!
This time, since we're already in Terengganu, we had to drive from Kerteh the night before at around 9:30pm and stayed overnight in Kuala Terengganu at another friend's family place. While another group departs from Kerteh at 3:00am the next morning to catch the boat from Jeti Besut at 9:00am.
On Friday, we woke up at 5:00am and went to pray Subuh at the nearby Masjid on the way to Besut. I was shocked to see that the huge Masjid's parking spot was nearly full!
There were about 90 ladies there with 6 saf, what more the men?
Since we have to catch the boat, we used the highway to the Jeti Pulau Perhentian in Besut. Drove so fast, thank goodness it was really in the morning and there were no cars on the road. Just probably few along the way.
Had nasi lemak (a must!) before departing, and make sure to get a big bottle or two of mineral water at the Jeti Besut. Since we went to the small island, there's not many shops there and a bottle could cost you triple the price.
We were told that the boat should only fit 13 passengers, and their names should be listed properly and signed by the officer at the exit.
I guess not.
The driver 'singgah' somewhere and picked another 4-5 locals, and went to the other end of the jeti to pick up 3 more of our friends who did not make it in the "13 list".
The boat was definitely too fast as if it was about to fly off, and the non-13 list passengers did not have their life vest on. So much for HSE (Health, Safety and Environment).
Oh well, we survived the 30+ mins boat ride to the island and went to Ombak Chalet.
Since check-in is at 3pm, we changed, and went straight for snorkeling.
It was a tremendously amazing!! Enjoyed it so much!!
The last time I went, I can only float, and I panicked because a lot of sea water got into my googles and I couldn't see much.
This time around, thanks to that weekly swimming session in KGRP (Kelab Golf Rantau Petronas) in front of my office, I could actually swim and dive into the sea without any equipments (though I hold on to my life-vest just incase the tide gets stronger which it did and I had to hold on to my friends who was wearing them). Plus, the googles Ombak provided us was simply tip-top quality.
Went straight down to the turtle (penyu) on the sea-bed and almost die of pressure and loss of breath. Haha.
Too bad the photographer pressed "OFF" instead of the shooting button, and I was too tired to go back into the sea-bed for another photo. (It will be my own story of failure and I will remember you Mr. Turtle. When I come back again, I promise I'd hold my breath for at least 1 minute. I'll practice okay? ;) At least I managed to get a photo when Mr. Turtle went up for air. Good enough I guess.
Lot's of success story this time around.
I was super close to a huge leopard-skin eel, and the sharks!
I only swam around the tower last time. Though I had a great time playing around feeding the fishes, I thought I must give it a go. A jump.
This time around. I must.
I am scared of heights, my heart was going to explode and even though they've counted until 3 and I was ready to jump, I just went back in and sat on the cliff.
"Impossible. This is too scary"
"But wait. Going down by the stairs is much more 'memalukan', I rather jump"
I cursed. I did.
So, I finally jumped.
"Hey, that was FUN!!"
I went back for another jump. Hahaha. Oh Nadiah... ^^"
So that was rather a short story from my snorkeling experience and I'm glad I overcome all my fears this time.
Not in my life I've jump from that height, swim that deep below, and kept my breath that long.
I guess every trip will change you somehow.
To be honest, I was not close with this group of people that I went with. Some I never talked to, never knew their names, and those that I was really scared of because they had a creepy look in their eyes like they're going to eat me alive. (The girl that were supposed to go for us to celebrate had to cancel last minute). I thought that I'd be going for my worst get-away ever.
Now I see them in the office, I'd be like, "Hey dude!! Hey womaaaannn!!" making daily-life at the office means so much more knowing how crazy we've become with each other.
Ah.. I'm blessed.
*Oh, the last time I said that aboutmy new founded awesome-office-mate-friend, we had a 3rd World War for nearly 4 months. har-har.
More photos of the trip can be seen here (Facebook Album).
Signing out with love for everyone.
Selamat Hari Raya.
Assalamualaikum. <3 font="">
*Oh hey. I haven't told you how my Raya went. XD
We'll see la when I'm rajin kayh. We literally had a *blast*.
2 comments:
Perhentian looks fun. Have you been to Tenggol Island?
Haven't heard about that island before! And it's so near to KERTEH! Planning for Redang next week, but we bet it'll be raining since the monsun season is coming :(
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