Took night bus at 10pm from hentian pudu..thank you for chia wai fetching us there..waited for our bus about half an hour...the 'coordinator' of the station keeps talking like a DJ or a horse racing reporter.. " Bus transnational, double decker sudah sampai ..sekarang..nombor xxxx!...." Non stop reporting..which is cool..hehe..and yes we rode on the double decker bus..my first time..nice! The seat wasn't that comfy tho..and the aircon is killing me!! i was freezing badly and couldn't catch sleep..horrible..after 7 hours of journey we finally reach kuala terengganu bus station..it was still dark..after getting our luggages we were met by the staff of our resort..and we were ask to wait at the rest house for departure to the jetty..
Happily on the bus!
Day 2 (12/5/07)
We were join by a group of people at the rest house..after washing up and changing into short pants..about 6.30am we were called to board the bus..so 4 of us excited went up and got our seats..and the late comers came in where there's no seat available..so their guide 'uncle woo' ask whether there's anybody don't belongs to his 40 persons group..so we went down embarassly and the situation was really funny because everyone can recognise us...boarding the wrong bus...pai seh!
So we went back to the rest house and waited for the next bus...around 730am we were able to board the bus to the jetty..i took nap in the bus..which is really helpful..guess it was around 9am we boarded the boat that carry us to the resort...it was alright...not too shaky..the journey took about an hour plus..then we boarded a smaller speed boat to the shore..yy was unlucky...when she was jumping down the boat, her sling bag fell into the water..which is sad..hahhaha..we were greeted by some ugly smell of garbage..donno where it belongs to..i felt some sorta different with the previous times..it was cloudy..very cloudy ..
Food we had almost the same everyday..
Dragged our luggage to the resort and check ourselves in..after settling down in the room..we headed down to rent our snorkelling gears from King (the guy we met in the bus station)...as the lunch is not ready yet..so we decided to share a cup noodle 1st..hehe..after that its lunch time! everyone swallowed down thier meals..went back room to prepare ourselves for the snorkelling at 2.30pm...
Boat ferried us to an area near the marine park for for snokelling...as yy,sy,pc went into the water first and im the last person..i got lost with them..i was pretty nervous at first...so the instructor 'rescued' me and drag me to snorkel with him..he taught me snorkel then bring me to beautiful sites and help me took some photos of various sea living stuff...it was pretty fun tho..
Around 4pm we reach the resort and after cleaning up we went for tea time..we had hot barley and some keropok ikan..finished off our food and we went for photo session..brought my tripod along..did a bit of shots around the beach and got interrupt by a bunch of guys...chit chatted and took a group picture of us & them..it was quite funny..hehe..
Took bath and get ready for our dinner..we decided to walk to Laguna area to take a look..it was very pretty and happening in that area...live music was pretty loud..took some pictures at the 'more more tea' house..and walk ourselves past the brige and reach the redang reef resort..and there we found the 'blue sand' that glows in the dark..miraculously pretty..just like the starry water in phuket i saw...on the way back to our resort..we went for supper cum yum cha in redang bay resort..ordered fried mee and kong fu chow..nice and damn cheap..but the drinks from another stall was pretty sux...and expensive too..
more more tea souvenir house..duh
chow min..
We were quite exhausted so we headed back to our room and retire for the nite..
Day 3 (13/05/07)
Not sure what they did in the morning cuz i was still in bed while they took breakfast for me to eat in the room..hahah..as usual la..quickly get up and prepared for the morning snorkel trip..this time we are goin to snorkel in marine park..tho i been there once but i din really snorkel last time..so this time me and yy were quite lucky cuz the boatman was kind enough to bring us snorkelling around the park..this time we saw many fishes and corals..had great time there..1130am we went back for lunch..
While waiting for our next snorkelling trip..me,yy and sy went to beach to camwhore..hahha..they were on the deck chairs..so i decided to teach sy to buid a chair in the sand..we dug and keep dugging..finally done! So we continue to camwhore until its time to leave..we took so many pictures there..
3rd snokelling was pretty boring and a bit hectic for me as the boatman is using a tyre to drag us -4 person...haha..nothing much to see..only 1 small little white anemone.. =( boatman ask us to look for him at 5pm so that he can bring us to see baby shark...today's tea time was goreng pisang and potato sweet soup...we waited for him after tea time..we went to the beach nearby and start to snorkel out the sea...it was quite a dangerous site cuz there're many rocks and too shallow..we did saw baby shark and something special..i forgot the name..i had pics in my underwater cam..after that we went back to return our gears..and chit chatted with Xiao hei and Uncle..we were being tutored by the instructor about fishes and his experience with the sea..sat there for about 30 minutes more..left and went bathing ,ready up for dinner..
our so called 'bbq' dinner was not really a self cooked bbq dinner..it was some fried chicken, bbq lambs and fish, some fried rice and noodles..we got pretty full tho..after dinner we went for karaoke session at the bar...the sound system sux lar..cant even hear my voice..we then hung around the beach it was around 10pm..the pub turn into the disco..so we bought drinks and sat at the corner for music..and the instructor saw us and dragged us into the dance floor..it was pretty fun at first and we all got heated up except for yy who sat there whole nite..we took pictures around and some guys intro themselves..lol..pc was pretty hot that nite..nyek..there was some incident happen in the middle so we decided to take a leave and get some fresh air at the beach..got back to room after that..
Day 4 (14/05/07)
I was the last to wake up as usual...they were out early to took some pictures..quickly pack our stuff and check ourselves out...had our last breakkie at the resort..left the resort in speed boat around 930am..we were late to hop on boat as a result we did not get good seats..i kena placed in the middle of the boat sitting on a metal box...the winds strikes SO HARD and the boat was like goin up and down..i feel extremely uncomfortable and felt like throwing up..this is something unexpected from me..i never had sea sick before..lucky it was a 30 minute trip..if not i could have thrown up in public..phew..boarded a 'taxi' headed to the office to get our bus tickets..
leaving pic with King
Our bus was schedule at 1pm..it was about 11am ...so we decided to leave our luggage in the rest house and went sightseeing around kuala terengganu...we walk to the famous china town in terengganu..im not sure whether we looks like some creature or what cuz everyone was staring at us while we walk...the sun was shining brightly here..damn..there's no sunlight in Redang! We then found a coffee shop in china town which sells small roti where they were featured in newspaper..so we decided to try 1 and shared together..it was pretty good..and not cheap tho..continued our journey down china town and took some pictures of the shops and the street gate..
i think we miss pork a lot..=)
small roti that cost RM1.40..not cheap tho..tasted quite ok too..featured in newspaper wor...after walking for some distance we got really exhausted and decided to have lunch..chia wai recommended a restaurant but walk and walk couldn't find it..but in the end we found it after so many 'yun wong lou'..hahah..we were quite surprise at first because its an indian shop looks like very baria without any customer...we walk in and greeted with thier boss..he's a very friendly person who speaks hokkien! lol..ordered nasi daun..which is banana leaf in kl..we had goreng ayam and mutton curry..the fried chicken was good..fresh from the kuali..heheh..after resting for a while we headed back to rest house and prepare ourselves for departure back to kl...
banana leaf
The bus we took was SANI EXPRESS..Please remember not to take this bus again! We took a freaking 8 hours ride back to KL..and did i tell u we took up the back row of the bus? SIAO ok?It was quite torturing..and here we ended our Girls only Redang Trip!
Enjoy!
