Perhentian Islands

From Kota Bharu, we drove to Kuala Besut and got on a boat that sailed to Perhentian Kecil, where we spent 4 days. We then went to Perhentian Besar for 2 days before coming home. The original plan was to get our scuba diving certification here, but Jenn's asthma meant that we couldn't do it without her having a chest x-ray checking for air pockets in her lungs. So instead, we were forced to sit on the beach the whole time - that's gotta suck!

Our wonderful accomodations. As you may be able to notice, the mattress sits on the floor and has no sheets. This meant the ants would have a comfortable night's sleep. The bathroom was intelligently designed so that the showerhead aimed directly at the toilet. It definitely brings the "poop-du-jour" to a whole new level!

This is the view from our patio... it sorta makes up for the ant-covered mattress on the floor....sorta. Ok... not really.

To get to the nicer beach we had to walk through the forest to the other side of the island. It took about 10 minutes and you would often see huge monitor lizards on the way.

The amazing beach on Perhentian Kecil... easily ranking in the top three beaches we've ever seen.

We saw amazing sunsets like this from our patio every day. Now THIS makes up for the whole mattress situation!

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So we managed to get away from our cats at home only to run into more cats on our vacation. You can see that I've clearly learned how to get along with cats.

Another sunset.