{"id":1154,"date":"2009-07-01T16:52:09","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T14:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2016-05-29T01:15:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T23:15:06","slug":"les-pieds-dans-le-sable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/les-pieds-dans-le-sable-20090701\/","title":{"rendered":"Feet in the sand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And here I am, on my island in Malaysia! Perhentian Besar, \"the big one\". Which faces Perhentian Kecil, \"the small one\", where I had already spent about ten days, <a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/voyage-thailande-malaisie-2006\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1158\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8606.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1158\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8606.jpg\" alt=\"Paradise Beach, Perhentian Besar, Malaysia. July 2009.\" width=\"700\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8606.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8606-400x189.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8606-500x236.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8606-293x139.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paradise Beach, Perhentian Besar, Malaysia. July 2009.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8654-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1155\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8654-1-400x526.jpg\" alt=\"Feet in the sand. Paradise Beach, Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia. July 2009.\" width=\"400\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8654-1-400x526.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8654-1-390x513.jpg 390w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8654-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8654-1-385x507.jpg 385w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8654-1-293x386.jpg 293w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8654-1-304x400.jpg 304w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8654-1-500x658.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8654-1.jpg 532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Easy arrival. The Watercolours diving center, with whom I had made contact by e-mail, arranged everything for me in advance: speed-boat crossing, bungalow. I'll try out the dives tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, I'll just post some pictures. I spent the day with my feet in the sand, not doing much, except to enjoy the translucent blue of the water.<\/p>\n<p>On my way to the beach behind mine, Paradise Beach, I came across a shooting for the Malaysian TV. One of these soppy series, where the actors overplay their hand. Very funny.<\/p>\n<p>The title: <em>Biru Cinta Delaguna<\/em>which could be translated as \"The blue lagoon of love\", if I believe the explanations given to me by the guys of the film crew...<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8635.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1156\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8635.jpg\" alt=\"On the set of Biru Cinta Delaguna. Perhentian Besar, Malaysia, July 2009.\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8635.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8635-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8635-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8635-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8634.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1157\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8634.jpg\" alt=\"On the set of Biru Cinta Delaguna. Perhentian Besar, Malaysia, July 2009.\" width=\"700\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8634.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8634-400x290.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8634-500x362.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8634-293x212.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cameraman was happy to pose. Another guy from the team invited me to the little party with fireshow they were organizing in the evening. But I'm too tired, I don't have the courage to move, especially since the dinner went on...<\/p>\n<p>Yes, as I said before, it's hard to be alone when <a title=\"Traveling solo\" href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/solo-travel-20090427\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">we travel solo<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>I ate with Bettina, a German woman with whom I had dived in <a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/bunaken-tombants-plongee-20070630\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bunaken in ... 2007<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We are staying at the same place! She recognized me and called me on the beach... We stared at each other with round eyes, incredulous. The world of divers is definitely very small!<\/p>\n<p>Like me, she travels alone and carries her diving bag. It's funny, all the same, that we find ourselves, two years later, by the purest of coincidences, in Asia again.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1159\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8631.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1159\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8631.jpg\" alt=\"The beach at Perhentian Resort, after Coral View, on Perhentian Besar. Malaysia, July 2009.\" width=\"700\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8631.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8631-390x269.jpg 390w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8631-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8631-385x266.jpg 385w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8631-293x202.jpg 293w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8631-400x276.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8631-500x345.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beach at Perhentian Resort, after Coral View, on Perhentian Besar. Malaysia, July 2009.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anyway. This little vacation is off to a good start. The pictures speak for themselves, don't they?<\/p>\n<p>The ultimate luxury for the geeky traveler: there's even wi-fi on my beach!<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, no electric plug in my bungalow, it will not be convenient to recharge the batteries of the camera. I left the charger last night at the reception. We'll see tomorrow if they thought to leave it plugged in!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8636.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1160\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8636.jpg\" alt=\"The beach at Perhentian Resort, after Coral View, on Perhentian Besar. Malaysia, July 2009.\" width=\"700\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8636.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8636-400x211.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8636-500x264.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/img_8636-293x154.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I'm not going to start complaining...<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>See all articles on this trip:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/borneo-malaysia-indonesia-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>\u2192 Travel Malaysia + Indonesia: July 2009<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And here I am, on my island in Malaysia! Perhentian Besar, \"the big one\". 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