Feb152013
Last weekend was the proper start of Chinese New Year, which meant that I was facing the prospect of a week off work with nothing planned. It was then that my friend suggested coming to her small hometown of Labis, to see how the Chinese…
Due to several well placed Public Holidays, I found myself with an unprecedented five day weekend. Last Thursday 24th Jan was the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, and so naturally a day off here in KL. Yesterday, Sunday 27th was the Hindu festival of Thaipusam, and again…
The final route as taken during the trip to Pulau Perhentian. Initially I wanted to loop back around through Taman Negara, Cameron Highlands and Ipoh, but was told that it would not be possible in the time that we had. Shame really, as it was…
The return boat ride was very smooth since it was still quite early, and before I knew it we were back on the Mainland again. I had survived another island trip! Making our way back south, we took our time since we had the whole…
After 9 hours of travel, we were finally here, on the island that literally means “A place to rest” and that was exactly what I intended to do. After checking in and dumping the bags in our chalet, we hurried to the private cove that…
After my initial plan to visit Indonesia flopped, the idea was introduced to drive to the East coast and visit an island. It wasn’t long after that Pulau Perhentian was suggested and chosen. Having had an interesting experience with Pulau Tioman, I was less than…
