Lang Tengah (8-10 Jul)
the trip that we have been looking forward to, has come & gone. we left kl on wednesday night.. or, should i say thursday morning at 0030. from wangsa maju, we headed to merang jetty, terengganu. we didnt know how long the journey would be. only one driver throughout the journey. we offered to drive. but driver said,"it's ok. i'm fine". so we let him drove lah!
my eyes were extremely heavy. i thought i could kept the driver company. 2 passengers accompanied him, while me & juns shut our eyes. 5 of us were in a car, while another 3 friends were to fly to KT. they have drove all the way from singapore. if to drive to merang, can die!
we stopped to pee once, and to pump petrol once. no food stop. and when i was about to fall sleep, we have reached the jetty at 0630. my head was so heavy. at the jetty, there were so many "stalls" with the name of the resort. but we could not find RedangLang Resort. we stopped looking. we decided to eat breakfast first. hungry. i was like a zombie walking out from the car. ahhhh.... and could not even eat so early in the morning. i sat for 15min, before i ordered the most expensive nasi lemak biasa. a bit of rice, a bit of sambal, and 1 hard boiled egg. RM 2.50! what??? hai... pay lor. my friend said "muka tourist macam tu lah"...
then we turned around again at the jetty to find a parking spot. juns decided to ask a man, where exactly was our jetty. and we got to know that the jetty was far away from the common jetty. CIS! action nya! we have to drive out and turned to another side of the river. the jetty was a standalone in another corner. NO WONDER we could not find the name of our resort.
and we waited for the remaining team members to arrive via flight. we detoured to a hotel nearby. just to waste the time and also use the toilet. hehehehe. we were supposed to leave the jetty at 1000, but the boat was late. hmmm... malaysian timing. what do you expect? and off we went to the island at 1030.
i was so tired that once i sat down, i slept. and jo-ans took a picture of me sleeping and posted in FB. aiyor!!!! habis reputation!!!! 15min before 1200, we arrived at the resort. terus bangun dah!!! why? because of the beautiful view lah! clear blue sky, white sandy beach.
#1 : blue sky, white sandy beach, coconut trees!!
the room was ok. 2 queen beds, 1 single bed. i took the single bed because i am not used to sleeping on the same bed with a stranger. i just met the friend on that day. hahaha. went out for lunch before we changed and headed to the marine park.
#2 : sunny day!
we spent an hour at the marine park, which was located at redang island. clear water. we saw lot of fishes, but no baby shark. no nemo. hahaha. we stayed away from sun by hidding under the bridge. it was only our first day there. we didnt want to "over-heat"ourselves too fast.
once back to the resort, we had a tea break. the young ones continued with volleyball game by the beach, while i went back to the room and slept. i was so tired. slept until 8pm. they came back to bath and went out for dinner. the food was almost GONE by the time we were there. and we slept early on day 1. everyone was tired after the long drive.
day 2, after breakfast, we went for an island walk. supposed to go for jungle trekking. but there was an elderly couple with us. they would prefer the leisure walk around the island instead of junlge trekking. ok lah. it's fine with us. and the guide brought around the island. we checked out the other hotels in the island too. kaypoh-nya!
and we went back to our resort for lunch, and got ready for another round of snorkeling. this time, out at the open sea. cool!!! we were asked to jump into the sea once the boat anchored. err... ok. kind of scary at first. but still jumped into the sea :) i didnt wear my safety jacket although i has one. action! it was hard to swin with the jacket on. and my roommate was a bit scared when come to open sea. one of the guide noticed her and helped her by guiding her around. i tagged along wherever they went. hehe. the guide was very kind. we saw some nemos, thanks to his good observation.
we went back onto the boat and headed to another location to snorkle again. this time, i pulled along the safety jacket. during the first snorkle, i had to tread water while washing my google. it was very tiring. so, this time round, i decided to bring the jacket along. as and when i need to rest, i have the jacket to hold on to. and again, my roommate has a guide, and i happily followed them again! but couldn not see anything special.
another tea break and we were off to the other side of the resort and hang out by the sea. it was sunny at 1700. i sat behind a big rock, while waiting for the sun the set, while the rest happily swimming with the fishes. i only joined them an hour later. hahahaha... yes, i know. why want to hide from the sun when i'm at the beach. anyway....we were in the sea until the sun set.
#3 : sun setting at 1900
and we had a few group photos in the sea and also by the beach before we went back to the hotel for dinner. we didnt bring any tripod along. then use what leh? on a rock, i placed my camera casing on top of a t-shirt, and then the camera on top of the casing. within 10sec, i had to run to the group. it was sandy. so hard to run wei! after 3 attempt, this was the best shot that i loved most.
#4 : us!
we didnt bath and headed straight to eat dinner. we were worried that the food might run out because on second day (friday), there were more people checked in. 100% occupancy. once tummy filled, then only we took our own sweet time to bath. we had a quick mahjong session after that. and went back to bed at 2330. tired already lor.
day 3, we had to check out early as the boat back to mainland was scheduled at 0830. we said goodbye to clear blue sky, clear sea & white sandy beach. came back with a shade darker. tanner on the back because the back was exposed to the sun the most during snorkling. hahahhaa.....till the next trip, like what ricks love to say, "wait what oh? plan lah next trip"!
my eyes were extremely heavy. i thought i could kept the driver company. 2 passengers accompanied him, while me & juns shut our eyes. 5 of us were in a car, while another 3 friends were to fly to KT. they have drove all the way from singapore. if to drive to merang, can die!
we stopped to pee once, and to pump petrol once. no food stop. and when i was about to fall sleep, we have reached the jetty at 0630. my head was so heavy. at the jetty, there were so many "stalls" with the name of the resort. but we could not find RedangLang Resort. we stopped looking. we decided to eat breakfast first. hungry. i was like a zombie walking out from the car. ahhhh.... and could not even eat so early in the morning. i sat for 15min, before i ordered the most expensive nasi lemak biasa. a bit of rice, a bit of sambal, and 1 hard boiled egg. RM 2.50! what??? hai... pay lor. my friend said "muka tourist macam tu lah"...
then we turned around again at the jetty to find a parking spot. juns decided to ask a man, where exactly was our jetty. and we got to know that the jetty was far away from the common jetty. CIS! action nya! we have to drive out and turned to another side of the river. the jetty was a standalone in another corner. NO WONDER we could not find the name of our resort.
and we waited for the remaining team members to arrive via flight. we detoured to a hotel nearby. just to waste the time and also use the toilet. hehehehe. we were supposed to leave the jetty at 1000, but the boat was late. hmmm... malaysian timing. what do you expect? and off we went to the island at 1030.
i was so tired that once i sat down, i slept. and jo-ans took a picture of me sleeping and posted in FB. aiyor!!!! habis reputation!!!! 15min before 1200, we arrived at the resort. terus bangun dah!!! why? because of the beautiful view lah! clear blue sky, white sandy beach.
#1 : blue sky, white sandy beach, coconut trees!!
the room was ok. 2 queen beds, 1 single bed. i took the single bed because i am not used to sleeping on the same bed with a stranger. i just met the friend on that day. hahaha. went out for lunch before we changed and headed to the marine park.
#2 : sunny day!
we spent an hour at the marine park, which was located at redang island. clear water. we saw lot of fishes, but no baby shark. no nemo. hahaha. we stayed away from sun by hidding under the bridge. it was only our first day there. we didnt want to "over-heat"ourselves too fast.
once back to the resort, we had a tea break. the young ones continued with volleyball game by the beach, while i went back to the room and slept. i was so tired. slept until 8pm. they came back to bath and went out for dinner. the food was almost GONE by the time we were there. and we slept early on day 1. everyone was tired after the long drive.
day 2, after breakfast, we went for an island walk. supposed to go for jungle trekking. but there was an elderly couple with us. they would prefer the leisure walk around the island instead of junlge trekking. ok lah. it's fine with us. and the guide brought around the island. we checked out the other hotels in the island too. kaypoh-nya!
and we went back to our resort for lunch, and got ready for another round of snorkeling. this time, out at the open sea. cool!!! we were asked to jump into the sea once the boat anchored. err... ok. kind of scary at first. but still jumped into the sea :) i didnt wear my safety jacket although i has one. action! it was hard to swin with the jacket on. and my roommate was a bit scared when come to open sea. one of the guide noticed her and helped her by guiding her around. i tagged along wherever they went. hehe. the guide was very kind. we saw some nemos, thanks to his good observation.
we went back onto the boat and headed to another location to snorkle again. this time, i pulled along the safety jacket. during the first snorkle, i had to tread water while washing my google. it was very tiring. so, this time round, i decided to bring the jacket along. as and when i need to rest, i have the jacket to hold on to. and again, my roommate has a guide, and i happily followed them again! but couldn not see anything special.
another tea break and we were off to the other side of the resort and hang out by the sea. it was sunny at 1700. i sat behind a big rock, while waiting for the sun the set, while the rest happily swimming with the fishes. i only joined them an hour later. hahahaha... yes, i know. why want to hide from the sun when i'm at the beach. anyway....we were in the sea until the sun set.
#3 : sun setting at 1900
and we had a few group photos in the sea and also by the beach before we went back to the hotel for dinner. we didnt bring any tripod along. then use what leh? on a rock, i placed my camera casing on top of a t-shirt, and then the camera on top of the casing. within 10sec, i had to run to the group. it was sandy. so hard to run wei! after 3 attempt, this was the best shot that i loved most.
#4 : us!
we didnt bath and headed straight to eat dinner. we were worried that the food might run out because on second day (friday), there were more people checked in. 100% occupancy. once tummy filled, then only we took our own sweet time to bath. we had a quick mahjong session after that. and went back to bed at 2330. tired already lor.
day 3, we had to check out early as the boat back to mainland was scheduled at 0830. we said goodbye to clear blue sky, clear sea & white sandy beach. came back with a shade darker. tanner on the back because the back was exposed to the sun the most during snorkling. hahahhaa.....till the next trip, like what ricks love to say, "wait what oh? plan lah next trip"!
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