Some Details for Getting to Redang

Okay...here are some details of what it would cost to stay at Coral Redang. Click the link above and it will get you to the page. As for the cost or package for other resorts, I don't have that.

For the Singaporeans getting to Kuala Terengganu, you would either drive all the way there....approximately 6 - 7 hours drive. I am not sure if there is a direct bus departing Singapore to Kuala Terengganu. Alternatively, you all can come up to KL and fly direct into Kuala Terengganu.

The L-class MAS airfare is RM215 return (tax inclusive). The normal economy class would be approximately RM350 return (tax inclusive). I would recommend flying MAS from KL rather than Air Asia as it is not reliable in terms of flight timings.

My trip there in July is to dive, dive, dive! For non-divers, there would be snorkelling, and lots of time to sleep, eat, and read. :-)

I hope this helps provide some information to those interested to make some initial plans.

Just for everyone info. Singapore new IR cum casino. Expected to be ready by 2009. Start saving for a long holiday in Singapore.

My Adventure in Pulau Redang

What a trip! 4 nights and 5 days of bliss. With minimal mobile network coverage, you certainly realise that the bloody battery operated toy is a nuisance.

I took the morning MH flight from KLIA at 7:30am and landed in Kuala Terengganu airport at 8:20am. It is journey that I have done frequently over the past few years. Upon collecting my dive gear, we headed out to the waiting driver for the next short drive to Merang jetty. The boat ride is about 1:30 hours and is quite pleasant. As you near the island, you start to see the clear turquoise coloured water. Amazing.... The resorts are mainly on Pasir Panjang. There are several variety of accomodation to suite all level of travellers. It ranges from your basic hut or chalet to a higher end hotel like the Berjaya Golf & Spa. Most of the resorts caters to the average tourists like students and families.

For divers, there are few preferred resorts. I stayed at the Coral Redang Resort, a 10 year old resort that has hardly changed over the years. I was first there in 1996 and did not go back again till 2004. Surprised.....the resort remained the same...hardly changed and the charm remains. It is a clearly a resort for divers, and adult holiday makers that want to have a quiet time. There is no TV in the room and only a projector screen by the Cicak Bar. Even that, the screen is seldom down. Music is played throughout the day in the background. The guests either dive throughout the day, or laze by the beach....soaking in the quiet and sun. The sand is almost pure white....with fine sand. The colour of the water amazes me. As many times I have come to this part of the island....it still has so much that I have yet to discover. Down along the busier stretch of the beach, people are busy gearing up for trips to the Marine Park.

If you like the busy atmosphere, the Redang Beach Resort, Redang Pelangi Resort, Redang Bay Resort and Redang Lagoon Resort is definitely for you. It is constantly humming with activities....football, volleyball and even beach jazzexercise at Laguna Resort.

A diving enthusiast, the world beneath the sea in Redang is absolutely beautiful. The waters of Redang is calm and currents are not that severe. Thus, diving in Redang is very easy and relaxing. The visitors to the reef is as surprisingly interesting. The beauty can only be seen with your own eyes.....no amount of photos can tell anyone the beauty underneath. In one of the dives, we swam with the sharks. Then, in between the rocks, a 2 metre Moray Eel lay resting. And for me swimming closely to a 1.5 metre wing span Stingray made me at loss of words. Mother nature is certainly amazing. As a keen diver now, it is sad that many of us still do not appreciate nature and continuously take it for granted. The inhabitants of the reef is suffering from the impartial attitude of humans towards the reefs. We are polluting our waterways......kiling the reef. Operators on the island are taking for granted that the reef will be there forever. Most of them are out there making a quick ringgit. We can only hope, and in other ways, hopefully to educate all that our reefs are one of the best in the world.....and that we should protect them. Every dive into the waters is amazing. No single dive is the same.

To add a spin to the variety of dives, night diving certainly opens another world to you. As night falls, the day time visitors to the reefs take shelter. You will greeted by the shrimps, crabs, concs and other night creatures. At the same time, you wonder.....who is being watched :-) Pulau Redang....for sure....a haven for divers.

I will definitely be back. I have planned for another longer trip this coming July. ....bliss....the sea breeze.....

Dive Photos from Redang 4 - May 2006

Dive Photos from Redang 3 - May 2006

 

Dive Photos from Redang 2 - May 2006

 

Dive Photos from Redang - May 2006

Looking at the overwhelming response to our SAW Cousins Blog, I think I can declare it officially DEAD.

The night before Jee Ee's birthday bash.
Saturday night dinner at Taman Megar, Damansara Jaya ( not sure spelt it right ).
Forgot my camera. Sorry folks.
Pictures taken from my cheap handphone camera.
Food was delicious there though, at least for me.

Dive Photos by Ah Keat 2

 

Dive Photos by Ah Keat

why i blog

Since I cant speak for everyone, I might as well speak for my self.

Blogging is much simpler than talking to someone face to face. You're comfortably sitted in your office/home. You can think of the best word to use to describe/express your self. Other than standing face to face with one of your relative for 5 whole minutes while you think of the best/funniest lines you can scramble through your brains.

Furthermore, truth be told, while we I was growing up, i more or less mixed with jimboy, chee kean, doreen, gaik, (pat, peter, andrew, keat, hock (sometimes only, due to age gap diff), then occasionally singaporeans cousins like jee-ku children.) when i was even smaller, ah hian used to visit me in pokok assam to play with me. Other than ah hian, i dont think i ever played with his other siblings. we also see funny cheok once a while in singapore. mooi-mooi chee when we gather for our annual penang trip. gee ee kids were all adults already, except for one that i played his atari when i visited them, i think that is the one with the only grandson in his family. And he was quite funny then, if i remembered correctly, same league with ah cheok. sar ee got no kids, so that we scrap. 4 ee, 5 ee, 6 ee kids were all in taiping, so that is normal. then 3 ku kids, which we seldom mix as well.

In short, the blogs and emails are one hell of a tool to get in touch with long lost cousins and cousins we dont really see normally. But maybe one day on less formal occasions, when all the saw clans can meet and stay together for a 3 days 2 nights thing, when we are all relax in our swim trunks/bikinis then maybe we will be at ease like what we are doing now.

Finally, the secret is revealed. My Korean girlfriend picture.
Read my comments.

Origin of The Saw Clan....

So.....this is where most of us came from...or have at least set foot on once....

The Missing King Edward Secondary School Photo

For the tigers that need to have this photo..... :-)

Taiping Schools

I think most of us went to one of these schools.....is there another school that I missed out?