Part 4 – Peaceful Perhentian -Day 1

19 Sept 2013

There are two Perhentian Islands - Big Island and Small Island. The Malay word 'Besar' means big and 'Kecil' means small. Hence, Perhentian Besar and Perhentian Kecil. Perhentian means stopping point. Fr

Our stay Perhentian Besar, in the south of the island. 

We arrived just on time for check-in. The staff were quick to show us our room. No hustle and bustle. We checked into a family room on the first floor with a pool view. 

Our room came with a balcony - easy to dry wet clothes here

The pool

The island's electricity supply is powered by generator. So you cannot find electrical items in use in the resort except for TV (limited channels) and water heater. This means no kettles, hair dryer, elevators, etc. This was fine with us as the resort provides water flask for us to get our own hot water from the kitchen. 

 

The stainless steel hot water pot

You can however charge your phones and camera in the room. Each room is provided with a clothesline outside the room, good thinking.

Our room - 2 single beds

The basic stuff - an old TV

After settling in, we took a walk around the resort and its beach. The beach here is muddy but once we walked a little further, the beach got better -  more sandy and powdery. 

OK I don't think we can swim here-lah...

further away from our resort, the beach gets better

Soon, the children went into the pool.

For dinner that night, we took a walk along the beach where there were cafes. There was only one cafe that was a little bit happening, the B'First Cafe, run by a cool long-haired dude from KL. Prices here are cheaper than the other cafes. So, we ordered some food and watched people lighting up bonfire and release lanterns into the sky.

The lantern ready to take off and the bonfire behind

The rest of the night the children went looking for crabs with their torch lights. 

The beach terrace facing the resort jetty

Later, we sat awhile at the resort beach terrace to soak in the cold chill air before calling it a night.

Tips :-

• We stayed in the southern part of Perhentian Besar, the best beaches are actually in the west side of the island (Perhentian Besar)
• The food in the resorts in Perhentian Besar are expensive; one plate of fried rice with chicken is RM17 at our resort almost 3 times the price of that in mainland. Check out B'First Cafe - you can get reasonable price here.













• Bring torch lights as the beaches are dark at night