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

Dear English-speaking readers, this page is an automatic translation of an article originally written in French. I apologise for any strange sentences and funny mistakes that may have resulted. If you read French, click on the French flag below to access the original, correct text: 


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. Geneva. Nice, a new message!!! But, well, I know by your sms that you are in the south now, after a bus trip under the storm!
    The water at 30 or even 31 degrees!??? PPfffftttt, too hot... The water of the lake must be at 15,17 degrees? but, at least, it refreshes!!!
    Wednesday we leave to Athens, we return on Saturday! It will be hot there, and no bathing in the program... not even swimming pool in the hotel.
    Biz. Good continuation!!!

  2. So there is Paradise?
    Indeed, you seem much more enthusiastic than before ...
    I'll keep reading you until the 19th, the 20th on the road again to a little paradise.
    I'm enjoying my time, free and malleable at will, for many weeks to come, and it's a very pleasant prospect. I'm making progress with computers, and my i-pod is filling up without Alain's help!

  3. Like Hélène, I'm going to Greece, but I'm going on the 29th. It's the other big news of the century... I might as well tell you that I'm already planning. I'm not even ashamed to tell the great traveler in Malaysia without feeling sick. You seem to be having a great time. I am reassured too! Keep it up!
    Biz

  4. So much news! Between one joining the flying ants club and the other filling her iPod without needing any help, I'm bluffed...

    I'm taking a break from updating the blog, because of a very slow connection on my beach here in Tioman. And only two computers in free service, taken by storm.
    The only fast connection is in the village, in Tekek, and they close at 5 pm. As it takes about 3/4 of an hour to go there by foot and the dives ended late these last days because of an engine failure on the boat, I broke my nose on the closed door...

    In answer to Helene: here, I come out of every dive freezing, the water is ONLY 25-27 DEGREES !!!!! It's way too cold. I can pile up a tank top and a t-shirt under my wetsuit, but I'm blue and I snap my teeth when I surface, I assure you.

    Fresh news on Tioman island and pictures in the next days...
    😉

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