Yea...went to Pulau Redang with Eu Yang, Kah Yew, Chu Luei and Lay Peng on 15th June to 17th June for a 3 days 2 nights package in Redang Lagoon Chalet. pretty awesome trip, my 1st trip out with friends and everything went smoothly as planned without any delays and other sorts, so it was definitely satisfying and fun!
Day 1Everyone met up at my place at 4.30am cos my dad was gonna fetch all of us to LCCT for our 7.05am flight by Air Asia...no delays thankfully and even manage to take pics of the plane while sun rise so it was pretty awesome...
Arrived at Kuala Terengganu airport around 8am and went on the van that Eu Yang booked for us to go to Merang Jetty to catch the boat to go to Pulau Redang at 9.30am... the van driver dude name is Pak Lemang or smtn...was a pretty long drive too, around 45 mins to an hour...and we even managed to see the half collasped stadium!! haha we were so excited when he pointed it out to us, I guess he must be thinking we are such babies haha.
Arrived at the jetty, paid up the package fees to one of the Redang Lagoon's staff which was good cos we didn't want to carry too much cash with us... the package includes the boat ride to and fro from the jetty to the island and back.
Boat ride was pretty long too...about 45 mins to an hour again...and Kah Yew was absolutely enjoying himself by taking SS pics of his own hand and the view of the sea outside the boat haha...it was windy and nice..
It was satisfying in a way that we actually traveled on air, land and sea all in just 3 hours!
Arrived at the island and the place is just awesome, really. the sea is so clear that you could even see right up to the bottom of it...fuyooo!
The Redang Lagoon staff dudes drove their tractor thingi to help us take our bags to the chalet while we walked on the nice white sandy beach to the chalet to check in and all...
The place is not as grand as the other luxurious resorts on the island such as Laguna, it was more of a kampung-ish feel, wooden chalet type, but it was still all good, cos just basic would do, cos we came here for the beach and not luxury right!? haha..
For me, it was a different experience cos in Redang, it's all just a stretch of resorts along the beach and it's not like other places where you can go into town and rent a car and sorts...so basically most, if not all, the resorts here provide packages including food/meals for customers cos there's no way you can go anywhere else haha..
While waiting for our rooms during our check-in...I suddenly saw familiar faces...and guess what?! I saw Gurrubren, Winston and Dinisha with their group of 15 ppl who also came to Redang Lagoon for the same package! haha such a small world...it's not that I wasn't happy seeing them, it was just a bit weird la cos I'm trying to escape ACCA a bit during the holidays but it turns out I'm seeing college mates around as well even in Redang haha...
We were just hanging around while waiting for our rooms cos it wasn't ready yet, so we took the opportunity to try out the hammocks!! I'm happy and proud to say that our chalet had the most hammocks compared to the other resorts! haha..and it was really shady too cos of the leaves of the coconut trees around...but our chalet didn't have those beach chairs where the ang mos love to lie down to sun-bath themselves...
Btw, there was also this ang mo lady at our chalet and she was alone. dunno where she's from thou, didn't manage to ask her, but really max respect to her cos she's super fit going snorkeling and all even though she's kinda old la I guess, I dunno la ok, but definitely not young la haha.
Got the keys to our rooms, side by side yay haha...us 3 girls were in room M2 while the 2 guys Eu Yang and Kah Yew were in room M3.
Left our bags and stuff in our rooms and we then proceeded to have our lunch in the open dining area which was buffet style, well actually all meals were buffet style la haha..
After lunch we went and changed to get ready for our snorkeling trip at 2.30pm...got our life jackets and snorkel masks for rental of RM20 for the whole time till we check out...
Went on the boat with everyone else and it was kinda packed.we sat outside and felt the nice breeze, we even managed to catch a few winks during the journey, it was surprisingly long, could be around half an hour? yea..
We were somewhere in the middle of the sea la when the boat stopped for our snorkelling spot, I didn't know where it was exactly since the boat dudes didn't say anything much...
And so, we went down to the sea to snorkel...it was a 1st for me, the other time where I just played around in the shallow part in Koh Samui in 2007 doesn't count la haha...especially when that was without life jacket and barely any fish...duh cos it was too shallow..
Eu Yang brought his brother's waterproof camera cover thingi so we managed to take pics underwater using that...I snorkelled for a few minutes and I started to feel extremely dizzy and sea sick so I swam back to the boat to rest...felt terrible and about to vomit but I made myself tahan all the way cos there wasn't anywhere I could vomit anyway, especially not the nice clear sea! and plus the embarassment...so I went inside where they had proper seats and rest there, felt a lil better...
Went back to the chalet, and we had a tea break...which was just some fried cucur udang or smtn dipped in chilli sauce...
After that we went on to meet Jing Jing and her boy Eng Yeou who stayed at Redang Beach Resort with also a 3 days 2 nights package but they came a day earlier on Sunday...we played beach volleyball with the volleyball that Eng Yeou brought along and also the frisbee aka blue piring that I brought along too...
It was extremely fun playing water-frisbee (oh how creative of us, xp ) cos we didn't need to run to pick up the frisbee if we dropped it, we just need to swim to get it, xp..
When it was already getting dark, we went back to our rooms to freshen up and get ready for dinner which was BBQ...thanks to Eu Yang and Kah Yew who did all the work of bbq-ing the food for all of us haha...the chicken and prawn was good...the sotong and fish was ok ok la...
After dinner, we walked along the beach to check out the other resorts and the souvenir shops...Laguna Redang had a live band which was pretty good...there were a lot of discos and karaoke going on during the night, which made the whole island really lively...but the thing was some of the speakers were so loud where even the most-probably-already-drunk dude whose singing his karaoke song out of tune is audible and disturbing even though we are FAR FAR AWAY from the resort walking past a few resorts already...it was that loud wei..
We went over the bridge thingi to Redang Reef Resort where we checked out their souvenir shop which had quite a variety of stuff and was not as expensive as the other shops...
We also checked out the blue sand thingi at the tiny secluded beach area near Redang Reef Resort where there's this tiny lil blue glowing thingi in the sand which is supposed to be some organism thingi la...
After that we went back to our rooms and ate some of the junk food we brought along before going to sleep and I was dead tired plus still a lil dizzy from being sea sick so I went to sleep first...especially when the next day was gonna be a heavy one..
Day 2 Got up at about 7am plus...washed up and all and went to have our breakfast...and it was good...xp..
Went to change and get ready for our next snorkelling trip at 9.30am in Marine Park where we had to pay RM5 for that...
The Marine Park thingi was actually at some other island's beach area so it wasn't being 'dumped' in the middle of the sea but more of swimming from the shore onwards without crossing the ' line ' cos there's boats passing by and all...
Was feeling terrible again of the sea sick thingi , I guessed it was the current that was too strong and being worst that I have to swim against it since we have to swim from shore...went in a couple of times and kinda just gave up and sat on the sand instead cos I was really getting dizzy...
Got to know from the others also that this snorkelling trip was not as good as the one we had the day before too cos of the current...
After that we got back by boat to the chalet and had our lunch...there was still some time left before our next snorkelling trip at 2.30pm at Pulau Paku Besar so Eu Yang teman-ed me to go buy some meds for my sea sick-ness since our chalet didn't have any sadly...went over to Redang Bay Resort and managed to buy a pack of 10 tablets for RM5...
So of course la I ate the tablet and I'm really happy it worked, oh well it better! so this time when we went snorkelling, I was able to actually enjoy myself and keep up with the others instead of struggling to stay alive or smtn...
This last snorkelling trip was actually the nearest one, it was just around the island right opposite ours, so it was only around 5 minutes for us to get there, compared to the earlier 2 trips which was much longer...
And this was also the best one according to the others so it's all good, especially since I took the meds before this so I'm happy I was ok to enjoy the best one haha...yeap as they said, save the best for last...yea...
Saw a lot of fishes and corals...was a bit scared when I saw all the fishes swimming around and even towards my direction...but after a while I got used to it so it was fine la haha...near the rocks towards the island was kinda shallow so I was able to stand up and not stress too much just swimming and floating aimlessly haha...
And the same routine again like what we had in Day 1, went back to have tea and then went on again to play around the beach...but without Jing Jing and Eng Yeou since they went back today...
After that we went and took a shower, washed up and stuff before heading on to have our dinner...dinner was good too...had a lot of varieties...
After dinner, again la we walked along the beach and we went to the More More Tea Inn place to check out the souvenir shop and take pics along the way too...
We went to check out the discos too and we visited Redang Bay Resort's one and I just randomly asked the DJ whether I could beatbox and he gave me a mic, fuyoo! haha.. so I just did some freestyle and covers la...was fun haha...loud speakers...one of the staff there even gave me a can of 100 plus after that so it was all good...:D
Kah Yew and me danced a lil on the dance floor at 2 discos but it got boring pretty quick la haha...noobs right..not saying us ok, I'm refering to the ppl there dancing, really noob la haha..
So after that all of us decided to go and try out the beach chairs and just look at the stars in the sky...it was awesome and sooo relaxing....
We couldn't get enough of it, so we decided to just lie on the sand instead and it was of course much better, (ignoring the fact that we had to dust the sand off our clothes after that), the icy cold feeling of the sand made it so much more relaxing....Eu Yang actually fell asleep! haha...but Chu Luei and Kah Yew wanted to go back to the room sekejap and so we had to wake him up, too bad la...
Went back to the room to get our Maggi Cups and fill it with hot water while hanging out outside our rooms at the hammocks...
Went to sleep around 2am plus....
Day 3Woke up around 6am cos I wanted to catch the sun rise...managed to take some pics but it was cloudy so it wasn't all that clear...we took some group pics too just before the sun REALLY rised or else it would be difficult to take pics with our backs facing the sea as the light is facing the camera.
Had our breakfast and then packed up to get ready to check-out...returned our life jackets, snorkelling masks and keys...and waited for the boat to pick us up to go to Merang jetty...
While waiting we chatted up this gang of 4 girls who were at the same chalet and package as us...found out that one of them was actually Kah Yew's senior in SMK SS17 where he studied Form 6 haha! wow really small world...
Eu Yang and Kah Yew ordered for ABC while we were waiting for the boat when suddenly our resort's staff dudes told us the boat has arrived already, so both of them la have to just stuff it all in asap hahahahaha...
Got on the boat...suddenly this bunch of unfamiliar ppl came on to our boat but we didn't think much of it...then after a while they realised they went on the wrong boat and they were even already wearing the life jackets haha, good thing the boat had not sped off yet...
When they went off, we realised that it was only us again on the boat and the driver then took off...we were like fuyoooo...we are the only ones!! so cool, it felt like it was our private boat wei...we even went up the deck to the seats next to the driver and chatted with him..it was really awesome! especially the breeze!
Arrived at the jetty, our van driver dude Pak Lemang was already waiting for us. But he asked whether we wanted to just take a look around the stalls selling souvenirs before going off so we did...
After that Eu Yang told Pak that we wanted some keropok lekor since Terengganu is famous for that...so we did stopped by at this stall and bought some lekor and other types of keropok as well...
After the keropok stop, we went on to another stall to have our lunch which was mix rice...I didn't eat thou, the others did, cos I was already full with the keropok lekor haha...
Before Pak dropped us at the airport, he took us to half collasped stadium haha...so we got down and took some pics and we couldn't go too near cos there was a police line...
Arrived at the airport around 2.30pm for our flight which was at 4.15pm by MAS....
Nothing much la after that...arrived at KLIA and my dad fetched all of us back..
Yeap..thank God nothing got delayed and that nothing bad happened except sea sick-ness...so that's it for this Pulau Redang trip...would be looking forward to our next trip again together..but the question is when?
kim logging off XD