Warning: Picture spam. And this is only part 1. Meh!
Ahhh...the great Redang and its magnificent beaches as told by many. Never got a chance to experience it until now. It was holiday time and we need to destress from all that bacteria and drugs shit.
So, you get a beach resort, throw in 8 guys, 2 rooms, a dose of alcohol, some whacky madness and this is what you get:
DAY 1
Woke up around 5am and had Kien Yee's brother fetch us to Subang airport. First flight of the day and first time using Firefly Airlines.
Flight tickets.
We were pretty early to check in, and while waiting for the boarding gates to open, we hang around the airport. Had breakfast at Starbucks since was the first shop to open its doors that time.
Alvin & the 2 Vincents' gambling while waiting. Fauzan & Baha having a good chat. Kien Yee taking my picture.
Boarded a twin propeller plane which took us from west to east. Destination: Kuala Terengganu
Vincent, the only first time flyer in our group, sleeping in the plane.
Gives you the impression of flying in those old skool planes.
The 'backbones' of Malaysia
Kenyir Lake, damn huge with hundreds of those mini islets.
Reached Kuala Terengganu airport after an hour's flight journey to be greeted and ushered by a representative from the beach resort we were about to stay at.
Boon Siew walking towards the bus which then shuttled us to the jetty.
On the way to the jetty, I snapped this awesome floating mosque.
Kuala Terengganu is also known as Bandaraya Warisan Pesisir Air (translated Waterfront City?)
Intersection somewhere in KT.
Reached the jetty, but had to wait for the boat to fetch us over to the island. While waiting:
A group photo
Nik, Kien Yee, Boon Siew and I went for a short walk nearby. There's this bazaar opposite the road:
Nearby was a pasar selling a variety of things:
Including turtle eggs!
Kien Yee & Boon Siew bought
apam balik with egg but didn't finish eating them because it didn't taste good:
While I wandered off snapping few more pictures:
Penarik Beca
Wet Market
Back at the jetty, Fauzan was spotted eating a leech.
Actually its
kuih dodol. lol
Our boat finally arrived:
All looking damn
semangat but ended up sleeping during the 1 hour+ boat ride to the island.
Reaching the Laguna owned jetty:
Alvin and his aviators
Was whisked into a waiting hall for a briefing by the staff upon reaching
And the huge group of people waiting for the shuttle to the main building for check in after the briefing
Finally, the wonderful sight of the beach!
On arrival, we were welcomed with refreshing drinks by the bar.
After that, registration and check in
I see me!
Followed by buffet lunch upstairs at the dining hall.
Somehow we were made to wait for nearly an hour for our room to be ready. We got pretty frustrated at this.
Spot the alcoholic in this picture. Haha
I wandered off again, to snap more pictures.
Laguna Redang Beach Resort; main building
Kien Yee & Boon Siew testing the water
Blue skies and crystal clear water. Just like a picture from the travel magazines.
A small wave.
If it wasn't for the hot sun, we would have jumped in straight away. Haha. Individual shots of me, Kien Yee & Boon Siew:
The unluckiest fella of the day was Alvin. 1st, he sprained his ankle the day before and on the day itself, liquor leaked from the bottle in his bag.
And the pillow smells of liquor now.
Our rooms, split in 3s and 4s:
The good thing is that we each had our own bed.
After putting our bags in the room, we had our first snorkeling trip at the open sea. It was my first time snorkeling in the open sea, so had a slight scare prior to it. But it was fun all in all. Ended up so tired, I could barely swim back to the boat. Didn't bring my SLR along, so don't have any pictures to share.
Had dinner and headed straight back to our rooms, tired to do anything but sleep. Day 1 ended with us retiring to bed at 10pm.
