Redang Island, Terangganu, Malaysia

Photos from the trip.

Before coming to Singapore I was expecting to be more tropical. But unfortunately it is hard to feel that you are actually on a tropical island here, it looks like just a modern city. Only hot and humid weather reminds you that it is only around 100 km away from the equator line. But then our big organizer Gitti came to my cubical one day asking if I want to go beach paradise island Redang on the north-east of Malaysia. Without thinking much, I said "Sure!"
?After a long 10-hour bus journey we through almost whole Malaysia, we were finally at the ferry stop. After a small shopping sessionJ, we took jet ferry and it took around 40 minutes to reach this earth paradise. I don?t how to describe it, but basically white sand, blue and crystal clear sea, and jungle with coconut palms. Island was just like the ones I read from my favorite childhood books like Robinson Crusoe, etc. Island was famous with is natural beauty, snorkeling and scuba diving places (with sharks!). After getting our chalets in Redang Resort, first thing we did was to explore the island. It looked amazing, almost preserving its natural beauty, only those few hotels and resorts on the island reminded that it is no more an unexplored island but tourist attraction. Next thing was snorkeling. It was the first time in my life. I was shocked and amazed to sea underwater world with my own eyes and to be so close to it. Place was full of coral reefs, all kinds of colorful fishes, underwater plants, sea cucumbers, sea stars, etc. And there were hundreds of fishes swimming around me. Some of them even tried to bite my fingers. Nacho was in action there chasing the fishes. Then we enjoyed just swimming in the crystal clear sea and played beach volleyball. In the evening there was a great barbeque dinner with a lot of seafood, and after that we headed to other hotels and resorts for some drinks, billiard games and finally we sat by sea till late night. One day holiday was definitely not enough for us. I hope I will get chance to go there again one day and stay longer.
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