I have finally commit myself to one of my several annual recycle resolution . Yes, I have finally established one ok two resolution in which the other one is exercise.
I decided to change company and I finally done that after 5 years. Don't get me wrong, I liked my duty as an education counsellor and I liked my friends, but things change and so must I . So to reward myself , I've decided to go on a holiday, before I start in the new company, and my family (mom, dad, little brother) decided that it was time for our family holiday. So they gave the task of deciding a destination to me. (so they say) But I later found out that they had already mapped out where they wanted to go. (sheesh should have saved me the trouble of trying to find the cheapest package to Vietnam , India or even China which is impossible within a few days tight dateline and so very close to the school holiday (end of April)
It seemed that mom and dad had an idea of a road trip up north. Going all the way to Kelantan and coming down to Pahang. Driving along the east coast.
I was fine with it as long as we get out of Seremban.
So up we went , heading first to Kelantan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelantan
We stayed at the Cahaya Bulan Beach (Moonlight Beach) for two days.
The beach itself was pretty peaceful in the morning but its a pity that they hadn't finish the fort.
You can see the rocks in the picture, this is to avoid erosion. Hopefully it will finish next year and they will have their beautiful beach back.
Oh yeah went jogging early in the morning. Well the rest of my family member were jogging I was slugging behind :)
Hmmm there are a few attraction places that I didn't take in my camera. They are :
Siti Khadijah Market - for ladies, you will have a blast , shopping for batik clothes, t-shirt, souvenirs, bargain galores.
Oh Buddha statues, there's a few if your nearing the Thailand Border.
If you want to go to somewhere peaceful you can go to the Beach of Seven Coves ( Pantai Tujuh Teluk) . Unfortunately I don't have the picture in my handset.
Sorry ....But it really does have seven coves. I'll see whether I can grab my brother's camera and download it later. Its a pretty cool place to have picnics or stroll around the beach.
What I'm more excited, is the fact that I can strike off form my bucket list one of the places I wanted to go before I die . Which is Pulau Redang!!!! . (The pictures and info are all on top ya' all)
I have my dad to thank for this.
I guessed he saw me dragging my feet following mom shopping:) . He said " Why don't we spend two days at Pulau Redang?" Yahoo!!!!!
To go there we have to get out of Kelantan, downwards to a place called Kuala Terengganu.Redang Island is located a few kilmetres from Merang Jeti.
You have to get a boat/feri to Redang Island through two Jettys, first is in Merang (Jetty Merang) the other one is Jetty Syahbandar (no idea where that is ) .
It took about four hours for us to reach Merang. We arrived late evening. We scouted the price at the Jetty. We were lucky that there was a chalet place that would take us in for one night. But it will cost us RM 200 each for the whole package, snorkeling trip and food. Steep, but its well worth it! Besides, it was a day before the school holiday begins, they would have marked up the rate by then .
Early the next morning...Pretty excited.
Our boat departed from the Jetty at 9.30 am. It took about close to almost an hour to reach the island . We missed the first snorkeling trip but there was another one at 2pm.
We got two chalet each, mom and me, dad and little brother. (there is a brief cameo of how the chalet looked like in the video I put op)
The chalet wasn't bad, it's a two storey bedroom, the main bedroom at the bottom with air-cond,washroom, heater, blanket , water (basic essentials) and the top floor is the attic bedroom. Most importantly it was cosy and clean.
At 2pm, dressed in our t-shirts and track suits, we waddle through waist length salt water to the awaiting boat . I was slightly disappointed that our snorkeling area wasn't further off from the beach. But the view was beautiful underneath the water. There were colorful fishes and corals. Rainbow fishes, nemo , Dorey and other type of fishes of different shapes and sizes. I thought I saw a turtle but it turned out to be a coral. We didn't realise that we were getting farther away from the group and the water was getting rough. It was later that dad told me and little brother that they were waving like mad on the boat to call us backand one of the guide even blew his whistle. Didn't they know that we were both short sighted and that our ears were filled with sea water that we practically couldn't hear anything! Anyway, after our two hours were up we headed back to our part of the beach.
Dad jumped into the water first and then rushed back to me and brother , telling that the corals at the beach was was better then our snorkeling area. So we spent another hour or so snorkelling near the beach looking at corals and the fishes there. I was still in the water when both dad and little brother got out of the water to clean up.
I only got out when I realise that it was tea time and I was getting really hungry.
Tea was served at the dinner hall, hot tea, rolls , cakes and local pastry.
Then all of us went for a walk around the beach until close to dinner time.
It was barbeque night, so we had to to cook our own food. Dad left the barbequing to the two of us. Little bro and I were fanning like mad and keep turning the food to make sure the fish, chicken and cutlets were cook to perfection. I'm proud to say that we didn't burn any of the raw food,not even the chicken breath!
We had a hearty round of barbequed fishes with fried rice and went of for a walk along the beach.
I would have to say that there is nothing on this earth as beautful as walking along a beach on a clear night. The sky lit up with stars and it felt like we were walking underneath the milkey way. Simply magical, as if we were in a different planet :)
We bought milk tea and just sipped and talked on the beach. There was a live band playing at one of the resorts , practicaly lullabying us to sleep. Then dad got up and said it was time to bed.
There was a funny confusion when we got back to our chalet. The scene happened like this:
Me : mom, i thought i switched on the front light .
mom : maybe someone switched it off for us .
me : whys there a broom infront of the door .
mom : maybe someones helping to clean d patio
Me : and throw away my shoe?
mom: wait wheres all your wet clothes that was hanged outside?
Me: G2? Our room is G3 (both of us looked at each other)
Me: eeeeeeerrrrr mak why is dadtrying to open the door to OUR room?
Hey, at least it wasn't a car this time around! :P (check family of thief, accidental)
We head to Terengganu city early the next morning....
I seriously would recommend people to visit the Redang Island. I know I don't have much description on it but if you ever need a place to relax, trust me you should go......Just don't go during the school break.
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