Pulau Redang, May 27-28, 2006

Pat and I joined some of our ex-pat friends from Kuantan for a getaway weekend on Pulau Redang, which is located on the East Coast of Malaysia a few hours' drive north of here. The island is just south of Pulau Perhentian, where we went with Steph in late April. We stayed at Coral Redang Island Resort (www.coralredang.com.my) which has seen better days, although it looks pretty good in the pictures below! We took the hotel's boat from the mainland at 9:30 a.m. Saturday which took about an hour. Finding the jetty was a little tricky as different resorts on the island have their own parking lots and docks, all situated on the river in a very swampy area, as opposed to the sea itself. We finally made it with just minutes to spare! The weather was unsettled with the skies over the mainland very dark and threatening rain off and on, so the pictures appear to be a little dark.









Beach outside Coral Redang
















More small islands just
opposite the resort














The end of the beach
















The local snorkelling site-
always very busy














The other side of the
snorkelling site-more beach
and resorts












Cabins at Coral Redang












The view from our room-
can it get much more
tropical?

















The pool at Coral Redang-
I didn't even go in it!





Our breakfast was included in our room price-typically buffet style with some fruit, scrambled eggs, toast, chicken ham or sausage and Malay and Chinese options such as rice, noodles, fish, etc. For lunch, we opted to eat a la carte and found the selection to be quite extensive and prices reasonable. You could enjoy Western food such as sandwiches, burgers and fries, fish and chips, etc. or Asian selections such as curries, soups and rice dishes. The evening BBQ was not as nice as at Perhentian where they would grill the fish or meat you requested, but rather a buffet with different sorts of meats and fish already grilled (and therefore overcooked)! Ah well...the price was right!

Pat enjoyed several dives with some of the ex-pats then joined me for snorkelling just off the shore a couple of times (see island above). It was quite crowded with many tourists staying at the different resorts along the beach so the visibility wasn't very good at times. He decided that he liked diving at Perhentian better... We left on Sunday afternoon after lunch (the others stayed another day) as work beckoned back home!

Until next time...jumpa lagi!