Geekette on the beach
ENLast evening on Perhentian Besar. I am not the only "geekette" to take a computer... Around me, lots of people are typing on Facebook or downloading pictures on their laptops.
At the end of the world but connected!
My diving buddy, Mandy, a German living in Japan for ten years, just bought a nice MacBook Pro, which made me miss mine. The night before last, we transferred our pictures from one computer to the other, while waiting for our meals.
And I don't know who, from Bettina (another German woman found by chance here, two years after our meeting in Sulawesi) or from Aziz, the king of the barbecue at Mama's ( the famous little restaurant next to Watercolours), took the photo...
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I recommend this address if you are staying at Paradise Beach. The basic bungalows at Mama's Chalets are cheaper and better (no adjoining rooms and electrical outlets inside) than those of Watercolours-Paradise. And the food is really good.
Beaches almost deserted
Today was my last day in Perhentian Besar.... Already! No diving today, as I have to fly to Borneo tomorrow.
I took the opportunity to walk on the other side, in the south of the island. I bravely crossed a small part of the "jungle", in flip-flops and sarong (without getting any mosquito bites, I even met a monitor on the way!), to reach the beach of Cozy Resort and Abdul Chalets.
Behind (this is "after the last coconut tree, on the left of the rocksThe waiter at Abdul's told me that there is an old concrete staircase, with surreal colonnades, that leads to other beaches. Deserted or almost.
No restaurants or resorts, anyway. Just a pontoon where are moored fishing boats, closed wooden houses that sometimes host groups or holiday camps, a wave boui-boui ...
If I trust the maps I found, the place is called Teluk KK. At the end, a new cove, even more deserted. Perhentian Besar looks almost like the Seychelles, with its big round rocks bathed in the azure of the sea.
I know, it's provocation. But I assume my status of geekette at the beach. I feel obliged to transfer these last images immediately...
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Pfff, not even bad 😡
In Paris, we've got a great bandwidth, the weather's superb, the café terraces are full of pretty girls, we're going to have Paris-Plages and the Trocadéro aquarium is open...
Really do not see why some people go to the antipodes look for everything?
@The Furry Troll: Chic, the return of the troll!!! 😆
Have fun at Paris-Plage, it'll be great! A little splash in the Seine, maybe?
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@Nono: The sand changes from beach to beach, and on the same beach it's not uniform. In some places, it's quite blond, with bits of coral in it. Elsewhere, it's white, very white, fine as flour, very soft, and doesn't burn the soles of your feet. Dream sand...
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I wonder what this blond sand is like. Fine? Very fine? Does it slip between your toes? Is it too hot to walk on barefoot?
«...after the last coconut tree, to the left of the rocks» Can anyone give me that one?
@ Marie-Julie: Yes, I almost burst out laughing when he said his little phrase. I'll do it again in broken English, it's so good: “You go after last coconut tree, left to the rocks...” I love it!
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Woaw the cow ... last time to the Perhentians, it's been 12 years for me. My little girl, the insecure spas with her red bucket on the beach. Chasing a snake - at two years and a few, all the snakes are funny - in the alleys of the PIR, and I running behind him ...
I always remember the beauty of Perhentian Besar when approaching on the old ferry, in the pass between the two islands and the crystal-clear depths.
But it's true that, looking at your photos, I thought the Perhs were still holding up well. Now that you've been around ASE's coastline a fair bit, and despite all the changes, how would you sum up the Perhentians?
Maybe I should take another look...
@ Ludovic / Wet & Sea: The Perhentians are great for a few days' relaxation, but if you don't dive, you'll soon get bored... Besar's beaches are superb, but the two islands aren't very authentic. On Kecil, they've built a sort of hideous hard building in the middle of the beach, which can be seen from afar and which wasn't there three years ago. I saw it from the boat.
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@Nono: Coral sand is an organic and non-mineral material like the sand of our European beaches. One of its particularities is not to burn your feet
@Alimata: I had no idea. Thanks for the explanation!
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Hello,
I've come to you from Romain (and his round-the-world trip) and I'd like to thank you for the fond memories your photos bring back!
I don't dive (well, not other than snorkeling), but I'd love to find myself on the beach at the end of the old staircase, or on the terrace of one of the Mama's chalets (where we stayed at the time)!
So I just wanted to thank you on this Monday morning... 😉
@Sofiso: I'm delighted that it brings back fond memories. Now it's my turn to thank you for leaving this nice little message here, it's always a pleasure to discover comments from travellers who have enjoyed the same places, when you're on the other side of the world yourself.
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