Monday, March 27, 2006

Pulau Redang @ Kuala Terengganu

Alright I am back from Redang after spending about 3 days over there.....Result was that I achieved an uneven tan with some areas of sunburn mainly at my scapula, lumbar/coccyx and my shoulder region.... and some abrasion issues at my axilla and nether regions......crap....All because of snorkelling.....but all in all it was a decent break from the monotony of Singapore and the sun was good........

In chronological order (if I can remember everything)

Day 1
- spent 10 hrs on a really really cold bus......then another 30 minutes to the resort's office and then another 1 hour travelling on a boat to the island....all that travelling reminded me of the time I had to travel to Raleigh....

- immediately we had to the some Survivor-esque jumping from the boat stunts...cos there was no jetty provided..I was like alright....I was in a gungho mood so that was pretty fine....and then the people there toss our luggage in this tractor where it was used to transport them to our 2 star accomodation(I refused to use the word resort)

- so we were introduced to our humble abode for the next 3 days and we saw really tan people....it was really hard to distinguish them between malays and chinese cos they are like what we say irreversibly tanned.....until they spoke of course....

- then we had lunch which reminded me of any homecook food (which is not really a compliment)

- and we had the highlight of the day......Snorkelling....it was my first time actually...so it was an experience with all the fishes and what not feasting on the bread on my hand....and also it was quite a hilarious time when the auntie kept pronouncing michelle chang as michael chang for 3 consecutive days....haha.....language was definitely quite a barrier...much a barrier than expected..

- after that we went strolling around the beach and while we were heading to the laguna resort, we saw some singaporean girls sporting some sports illustrated bikinis and I will just leave it as there........it was a funny sight...something I probably won't forget....

- blah blah blah....then we met up with the girls at our accomodation and we shared experiences, booze, entertainment in the form of Taboo and the funny antics of individuals......and sleep!

Day 2

- snorkelling for both in the morning and the afternoon as well....with "michael chang" and we went to this place called Marine Park where really it was like clear blue waters with many many fishes and corals and also many many people.....with bread and instant noodles and at the end of the day the whole area was pretty much polluted by the remnant food.....and I still cannot accept the fact that YH treated it as a latrine....bleargh....and we did see some sharks....

- Then I had the best tanning experience of my life.....while the guys are playing soccer....I went to a beach bed and just busked in the sun....with the breeze and the sound of the waves...and I think I slept and that was probably the answer to my sunburning result.....

- we had a nice dinner al fresco at summer point cos the food back at our accomodations just leave much to be desired......

- went back to Laguna resort for some entertainment.......and indeed there was entertainment...especially this Italian tourist who was drunk and the effeminate host......

- return to our accomodations with another round of booze and taboo and guy's talk....and sleep!

Day 3

- check out and went back to Kuala Terengganu.....and it was quite an eye opener.......place was actually not as developed as I had imagine....for e.g. cassettes were at sale instead of CDs.....the only decent shop was an Adidas shop in the middle of nowhere.....and Astaka which was deemed as the best complex was a big disappointment.....But at the end of the day, we had a nice dinner at this chinese eatery and head back to Singapore in the 10 hr long coach ride....

- there was this blind man trying to sell tissue papers on the bus before we were to set off and he suddenly gave a loud shriek while doing his routine after walking pass me because YH slammed the compartment door above our seats so loud that it kinda stunned him....and me and ZX was left laughing cos it was really a funny sight.....by no means we were laughing at the blind man just the incident that transpired.......was really comical....

- in the end...it was a good trip would have been better if we were accomodating at the resort....but oh well....I can handle that.....