The beaches of Malaysia are just perfect ... (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)
The beaches of Malaysia are just perfect ... (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)

Redang, a little taste of paradise

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  Malaysia: Peninsula and Borneo - July 2006

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I offered myself a very nice dive expedition to Redang, about an hour and a half by boat from Perhentian. There, the visibility is exceptional and the three dives that we chained in real decors of postcards are a treat.

Beautiful dives

Here, there are reefs worthy of Nemo, with spectacular schools of fish and an amazing variety of corals.

Many turtles crossed our path and even some white tip sharks, which I unfortunately did not manage to photograph, only to film... Too fast for the slow digital autofocus of my small compact!

The sharks are lively and fine, slender, they glide in the water with suppleness, and watching them evolve around the reef is a really striking spectacle. They have a crazy look, compared to the other fish, we can see that they are really cut for hunting.

An angel fish. (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)
An angel fish. (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)
Hello, turtle! (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)
Hello, turtle! (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)
A moray eel with a sinister look. (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)
A moray eel with a sinister look. (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)

Dream beaches

The day is fun on the boat. Between two dives, we are let loose on small beaches with the taste of paradise.

Bright white sand, translucent blue water. At 30 or 31 degrees, please... We all take pictures.

Surface interval on one of the islets near Redang. (Malaysia, July 2006)
Surface interval on one of the islets near Redang (Malaysia, July 2006)
A little taste of paradise ... (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)
A little taste of paradise ... (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)
The beaches of Malaysia are just perfect ... (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)
The beaches of Malaysia are just perfect ... (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)

I had already made friends with Liesbeth, a young Belgian girl, who has been in Asia for 8 months... She has just passed the Open Water, the equivalent of our French Level 1 for diving. She liked it so much that she wants to pass the next level, the Advanced Open Water, in the same time.

She is of the expedition in Redang. On the beach, we take the pose together.

Liesbeth and me. Bikini pose after swimming. (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)
Liesbeth and me. Bikini pose after swimming. (Redang, Malaysia, July 2006)

On the boat, which we share with another diving club, I met a Frenchman living in PhuketHe came to dive in Malaysia with a friend from Paris on vacation, of Vietnamese origin. Until their departure, two days later, we will regularly have dinner and lunch together, exchanging our respective impressions on Thailand and Malaysia.

We are all delighted with this excursion. Upon arrival at Perhentian KecilThe sun was shining all day long, but then the rain came down. We all crammed into the tiny protected area at the back. The rain is heavy, but fortunately short-lived.

In the evening, exhausted by these three successive dives, I sleep like a baby... To go back to diving at the jump of the bed! No, frankly, I looked a bit blasé in the previous message, but it's really not necessary !!! Life under the Malaysian coconut trees is really sweet.

  Malaysia: Peninsula and Borneo - July 2006

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  1. Genève. Chouette,un nouveau message!!! Mais,bon,je sais par tes sms que tu es dans le sud maintenant, après un voyage en bus sous l’orage!!!
    L’eau à 30 voire 31 degrés!!??? PPfffftttt,trop chaud… L’eau du lac doit être à 15,17 degrés? mais, au moins, ça rafraîchit!!!
    Mercredi on part à Athènes, on rentre samedi! Va faire chaud là-bas, et pas de baignade au programme… même pas de piscine dans l’hôtel.
    Biz. Good continuation!!!

  2. So there is Paradise?
    Indeed, you seem much more enthusiastic than before ...
    Je continuerai à te lire jusqu’au 19, le 20 on the road again to a little paradise.
    Je profite pleinement de mon temps, libre et maléable à volonté, pour de longues semaines encore, et c’est une bien réjouissante perspective. Je fais des progrès en informatique, et mon i-pod se “remplit” sans l’aide d’ Alain!

  3. Comme Hélène, je pars en Grèce, mais moi le 29. C’est l’autre grande nouvelle du siècle… Autant te dire que je balise déjà. Même pas honte de le dire à la grande voyageuse en Malaisie sans malaise. Tu as l’air de bien t’amuser. Me voilà moi aussi rassurée! Continue comme ça!
    Biz

  4. Que de nouvelles ! Entre l’une qui rejoint le club des fourmis volantes et l’autre qui remplit son iPod sans plus avoir besoin de se faire aider, je suis bluffee…

    Je fais une pause dans l’actualisation du blog, pour cause de connexion hyper lente sur ma plage, ici a Tioman. Et seulement deux ordis en libre service, pris d’assaut.
    La seule connexion rapide se trouve au village, a Tekek, et ils ferment a 17h. Comme il faut pres de 3/4 d’heure a pied pour y aller et que les plongees se sont terminees tard ces derniers jours a cause d’une panne de moteur sur le bateau, je me suis casse le nez sur la porte close…

    En reponse a Helene : ici, je sors de chaque plongee frigorifiee, l’eau est a SEULEMENT 25-27 DEGRES !!!!! C’est bien trop froid. J’ai beau empiler debardeur et t-shirt sous ma combi, je suis bleue et je claque des dents quand je refais surface, je t’assure.

    Des nouvelles fraiches sur l’ile de Tioman et des photos dans les jours a venir…
    😉

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