Perhentian Island - Day 1

Flight was ontime this time and we reached Kota Baru around 8 am. Pat and I shared a cab to Kuala Besut with one young couple from London. They headed Perhentian Kecil while we went to Perhentian Besar. Again, despite of opening a guest house, I am such a pampered person that need 24 hours electricity and aircond.

We arrived at Kuala Besut Jetty around 910 am. As Zack has arranged transfer and our room, we went to the travel agent that handle our reservation. We've been told that due to rough sea we only can aboard 10 am speedboat to Arwana Resort - our accommodation for next 5 nights.

We used the spare time to have our breakfast. Could not find anything that impress me in the menu, the lady owner gave us her breakfast. Typical nasi dagang with fish and egg. A bit spicy for me but Pat liked it.

Below is the pic of the jetty.


The boat had us, a Swedish couple that stayed in Impiani (not recommended due to the location), and four local guys that went to Perhentian Kecil Jetty. The sea was rough and it became one 45-minutes bumpy ride, however I got scared more because the local guy sat next to me merely 3 minutes after the ride got seasick. Beg your pardon, this was speedboat! I rushed to lift my bag and my feet up and endure the roller-coaster ride with that position. Mad.

We reached the resort finally and greeted by the staff that carried our bags through small narrow pontoon. Cool! The room was nice as well. Spacious room with settee and TV plus balcony outside. Perfect for our reading session in the afternoon.
The resort was quiet and the diving shop next door just opened that day as well. Even the resort seemed like just open that day. The convenience shop and the restaurant were all kind of in gear up situation when we arrived.


I took a nap while Pat explored the beach. Lunch was at the hotel which was surprisingly not so expensive as we though especially with the generous portion that they gave. While Pat went to the beach and swam, I went back to catch another nap. The drug was made me giddy most of the time. Dinner was at the hotel again continued by watching movie on the big screen played there. Not the best idea to watch "Guardian" by Kevin Costner though after the rough sea that morning.
Picture below was the breakfast place.


Pic below was the restaurant. We had lunch and dinner there. Food was decent and not really overpriced plus in the evening during low season it played movie on big screen in the evening.