Pulau Redang..the Wonderland..;)


Pulau Redang is known to be one of the finest island in Malaysia. Its crystal clear sea (actually the water is much more clearer then crystal) has mesmerize almost each and every visitors who have been there. White sandy beaches, crystal clear blue sea, brilliant underwater world. Redang Island is located at 45 km offshore from  Terengganu. Redang archipelago constists of  9 islands, Ekor Tebu Island, the Lima Island,  Paku Kecil Island, , Kerengga Kecil Island, Pinang Island  Ling Island, Paku Besar Island,Kerengga Besar Island and Redang Island. This archipelago is filled  with spectacular marine fishes, turtles and coral reefs, ensuring a great snorkelling and scuba-diving experience. Redang Island which is approximately 7km in length 6km in width, is the most largest of all other islands in the Marine Park.

The Redang archipelago has been officially declare as Pulau Redang Marine Parks Malaysia as to conserve the islands’ unique ecosystem. There are almost 3000 species of fishes which includes manta rays, stingrays, sharks and whale sharks, 500 species of live corals, more than a thousand species of invertebrates and  all living in absolutely tranquil environment in the reefs fringing the islands. It is a real heaven for scuba divers as well as for adventures.

Diving enthusiasts and underwater photo expertise will definitely excited to look for a new adventure by the scenary of the islands, which are ranked among the best coral reef in the world. Off  all the attractions at the twenty over different diving spots, there are shipwrecks near Pinang Island,  the mysterious submerged chamber as well as black coral garden, both located in the vicinity of Lima Island.  Not forgetting is the Mini Mount situated between Kerenggan Besar Island and Kerenggan Kecil Island. Redang waters also consist of two historic shipwrecks. The H.M.S Prince of Wales and H.M.S. Repulse were sunk here during the WWII, setting the place  for the Japanese occupation of Malaya on those days. 

The view under the sea..

It is always known that, the multi-tradition Malaysian society has created an ideal environment to the country to nurture a rich cultural background with numerous numbers of legends. This is especially obvious in name of places.

Due to its strategic location, Redang Archipelago was once a traders' passage-by between Thailand and the Malaya Archipelago. It was a temporary port for them in their miles long trading journey.

Of all these passers-by, there was a trader from Terengganu, Awang Sulong Muda whose wife was Cik Hitam Pasir Panjang Muda Elok Terenganu. The Awang couples together with Dayang Sri Jawa and Hulubalang, Awang Selamat were used to stop and had their break in Redang Island during their trading route. They tided the fowls which they brought along at southeastern of the island which is called Pasir Macam Ayam (chicken-alike sand) today. The historical rock that this family tided their fowls is still standing there in the island until today, but one might wonder the size of the fowls when looking at the remarkable huge size of the rock.

The coral reef in the sea.

The sea view from the ferry.

Beautiful fish surrounding the divers..

Therefore, Pulau Redang is a must visit place which should be experianced by each and every one of us. Lets take a break and have fun with the mother nature once awhile with our loved ones..;)

Sabah is one of the places that I want to visit in Malaysia!!I really can’t wait to go to Sabah with my family if I have chance. I was so impressed with Sabah because of its beautiful beach and there a lot of interesting place can be visited in Sabah. Here are some places that interesting to be visited in Sabah!

 

1. Sipadan Island

 Sipadan Island is situated near to Semporna, Sabah. Sipadan Island had been announced as marine protected area on 1993 to keep the beauty of this island. This small rainforest-covered tropical island rising from a 700 meter abyss in the Celebes Sea is a destination the committed diver cannot miss. The best activity to be done here in sipadan island is snorkeling and scuba diving as it have very beautiful creatures under its blue sea. Visitors will be dazzled see crystal-clear waters and marine life such as turtles, corals fishes and many more and visitor definitely excited when they can swim with various species of marine life during scuba diving activity.

The beautiful sea creatures

The beautiful sea water

2. Upside Down House

Turn your world upside down when visit this unique house in Tamparuli. The Upside Down House in Sabah is the first in South East Asia and was opened to public in early February 2012. It opens to visitor daily from 8.00am to 10.00pm including public holiday. Uniqueness of this house is all stuff inside the house including the furniture and household appliances are totally upside down and hover above your head! The floor that visitor step on is actually the ceiling of the house and outside the house, in the garage, even a car also parked upside down.

Ready to turn your world upside down

The house was totally upside down

The car in the garage

3. Desa Dairy Farm

Desa Dairy Farm is located at the foothill of Mountain Kinabalu.  It is one of the subsidiaries of Desa Group of Companies which is wholly owned by the state government of Sabah, Malaysia.

Desa Dairy Farm provides good education for children even adults to understand how fresh milk is being processed from raw to finish product. The best time to visit the farm is around 2:30 pm as milking session is starting at 3pm every day. You can see all the cows are lining up waiting for milking.

Welcome to Desa Dairy Farm

Such a beautiful scenery

Fresh milk from Desa Dairy Farm

Although this trip was about 4 month ago, but I still cannot forget all the memories that my friends and I had made during this trip. After a quite long discussion about the suitable date to go there, finally we decide to make the trip to PANGKOR ISLAND on 22 December 2012 and we will on this vacation for 2 days 1 night. It was an unforgettable memory as I did many things there for the first time in my life like riding banana boat and snorkeling!

So in our vacation there were 10 girls all together including my group member, Natrah Malek and I was very excited to go to Pangkor as this was our first trip together! So, on the promised day, we set off at about 10 am from Puduraya by bus and arrive at Lumut Jetty at about 1.30pm.

 

Me in the bus going to Lumut

After that, from Lumut we took a ferry to go to Pangkor Island and it takes about 40 minutes to arrive at our destination. Along our ride on ferry we can saw a beautiful view of beach and island and that beautiful scenery brings us to go to upper of ferry where we can see the view clearly while enjoying sea breeze. It feels really calm and peaceful up there. When we arrive at Pangkor Island jetty, we were brought to the resort that we stay by the cute pink van. Lot of pink van can be seen at the Pangkor jetty and they were indeed waiting for visitor and bring them to Pangkor Island. I don’t know how much they charge because ours were included in package.

 The ferry

 

 We at the top of ferry enjoying sea breeze

 Here we are! Finally, I was so glad we were safely arrived at our destination. After check in to resort and get rest for while we took a walk around the beach to see the surroundings. Thank God the beach was not far from resort so we just have to walk. There are a lot of food stall along the road so we don’t have to worry if we suddenly hungry or thirsty.  While walking, we finally found an interesting activity to be done which BANANA BOAT! Everyone was very excited to try it and especially me because it was my first time riding on the banana boat and it was an amazing experience!

 

While walking around the island

 The beach

Banana Boat

  

At night, we had our BBQ dinner at the resort which is included in our package. All of us ate as many as we can we were very hungry after play the banana boat. After filling the stomach we went to take a walk again around the beach to take the night air and also to buy some souvenirs for our family.


 BBQ dinner

We looking for souvenirs

 On second day in Pangkor, we went to snorkeling at the morning after taking breakfast. Snokerling?? Yes, it was also my first time trying it. So to get there, we were brought to the snorkeling area by speedboat. At first, I don’t want to do snorkeling because I thought it was hard for person who cannot swim like me. But, when arrive at the snorkeling area and seeing its beautiful scenery I attracted to try it. At last, I had no regret trying it but I feel really satisfy because while doing this activity we can see so many sea creatures like corals and many type of fish swim around our body.

 On speedboat

Snorkeling area

On the last day, before we went back to Pangkor Island jetty we were brought around the island by the pink van again. I think it was the official van for bring tourist so we had visited several places and also shopping souvenirs again. So this is the end of our vacation and I hope I can have this kind of vacation again with my lovely friends here.

Next vacation, we were planning to go to other island in east coast! I really can’t wait because the island in east coast was popular with their blue sea and very beautiful sand. Lastly, see you on the next trip!