Perenthian Islands

Malaysia

May 2005
6 days

Gavin wrote:
After the highlanbds we went to the Perenthian Islands in the north east of the country - quite possibly the most beautiful islands i think i have ever seen - the water was so clear and the colours were amazing, turquoises to deep blues. We stayed at long beach, on small island - which was again a very beautiful beach - white sands, palm trees - the works!

we spent our time lying on the beach reading and we also went on a snorkelling trip where we swam with giant turtles (so cool!) and we were suposed to see sharks but we didnt (there were sightings of a 2 meter shark when we were snorkelling but we didnt see it).

i tried my hand at water skiing after lorraine kept going on about how easy she found it when she was in Oz. i sucked! it was much harder than i thought and i only managed to stand up for about 10 seconds (over two attempts) the rest of the 20mins i was falling over.

Lorraine wrote:
....Then went to the Perenthain islands and spent about 5 days there. The water was probably the clearest Ive ever seen and we stayed on a really lovely beach. Although the accomodation was rubbish - v. overpriced and didnt even have electricity for some hours of the day (always the hours when I wanted to be in the hut!). Kayaked to the next island to a really nce beach - it took over an hour to get there - although I suspect it should have taken a lot less (me and Gav are v. poor rowers).Also went on an snorkelling trip to various sites. Saw some large turtles and tried to keep up swimming along side one but it was v. fast and someone dived down to the bootom and grabbed another poor turtle and dragged it up so we could get a better view - not a very nice thing to do. Was also supposed to see some sharks while snorkelling but didnt get to see any which was disappointing - I think!!

Anyway, have to go the internet place is closing. Will write again from penang.