We took the speedboat back to the mainland.It was really fast. The journey lasted only 20 mintues
Instead of waiting for 6 hours in town our bus tide home at 8pm, we opted for a bus ride to Kuala Lumpur. From KL I took another bus back home
Travelling on the road in Malysia you come across either Palm plantations or
Primary rainforest
We were brought to a dive site called Pulau Paku Kechil.Plenty of hard corals and fish life
The reason why my colleaugues wanted to visit the island was due to the film Summer Holiday.I have never heard of this movie before until now
Laguna Redang Resort has restored the house that was featured in the film
Shirley,Andy and Irene enjoying a light hearted moment
We finally arrived at the Kuala Trengganu bus station after a 12 hour bus ride.When I was here 7 years ago the bus station was just not covered from the rain and sun
We went over to the Pelagi Resort office which was just across the road to pay for the stay
It was another bus ride to the jetty at Merang
Trengganu is part of the Malay Heartlands and there are plenty of mosques here. Right next to the river bank is the Crystal mosque that the locals are really proud of
After 1 hour on the boat we arrived in paradise
I signed up for diving straight away
My colleagues from China have been looking forward to visiting Pulau Redang.They first heard of the island from a Hong Kong movie starring Sammi Cheng which I have not heard of before.We found a cheap package for only $200 per person with 3 daily meals.The only catch was we had to arrange our bus ride there. The plan was otake a bus toi larkin bus station in Johore and transfer to another that will bring us to Kuala Trengganu
Andy got a Chicken burger from the Macdonald's at Larkin station.It did not look or tasted good
We took these pictures at the rest stop at Yong Peng
In the pond was a couple of giant catfish
