PULAU PERHENTIAN KECIL, MALAYSIA
Yesterday Chris, Kimball, Gemma and I (and some Swedish woman) took an all-day snorkeling trip on a small boat, stopping at five locations around the two islands, with a break for lunch at the fishing village here on Perhentian Kecil. Lunch was quite entertaining due to one of the village goats, a young kid that went from table to table begging for scraps. Watching Gemma feed him strands of spaghetti was priceless. Another diner fed him a napkin, which was a bit cruel, although he happily ate it.
The snorkeling was pretty good, too: More turtles and sharks, sharks and turtles, that sort of thing. Chris and Gemma spent a lot of time today avoiding titan triggerfish, since they've both seen them get extremely territorial and try to bite divers (they get really large, and have big sharp teeth). There are a lot of them around here, but today they were all minding their own business, and we all avoided an unpleasant encounter. Funny how the sharks aren't frightening, but the triggers are!
Today: More snorkeling with Gemma and Kim, this time at D'Lagoon, just north of Long Beach. Even though it's pretty close to where we're staying, we hired a water taxi to get there, rather than hike for 90 minutes through the thick mosquito-y jungle. From there, we walked across to the west side of the island, to a place called Turtle Beach, but alas, no turtles! But I did see some big squid, one of which appeared to be laying eggs, which was a first.
Later we all had dinner at Panorama's restaurant, which turned out to be a little challenging, since we're all almost broke! We've been on the island over a week, and there are no ATMs here, so everyone is down to their last few ringgits. So we kept ordering cheap appetizers, then figuring out how much we had left--it was pretty funny. I guess it's good that we're leaving for the mainland tomorrow. Besides, I am all snorkeled out.
Yesterday Chris, Kimball, Gemma and I (and some Swedish woman) took an all-day snorkeling trip on a small boat, stopping at five locations around the two islands, with a break for lunch at the fishing village here on Perhentian Kecil. Lunch was quite entertaining due to one of the village goats, a young kid that went from table to table begging for scraps. Watching Gemma feed him strands of spaghetti was priceless. Another diner fed him a napkin, which was a bit cruel, although he happily ate it.
The snorkeling was pretty good, too: More turtles and sharks, sharks and turtles, that sort of thing. Chris and Gemma spent a lot of time today avoiding titan triggerfish, since they've both seen them get extremely territorial and try to bite divers (they get really large, and have big sharp teeth). There are a lot of them around here, but today they were all minding their own business, and we all avoided an unpleasant encounter. Funny how the sharks aren't frightening, but the triggers are!
Today: More snorkeling with Gemma and Kim, this time at D'Lagoon, just north of Long Beach. Even though it's pretty close to where we're staying, we hired a water taxi to get there, rather than hike for 90 minutes through the thick mosquito-y jungle. From there, we walked across to the west side of the island, to a place called Turtle Beach, but alas, no turtles! But I did see some big squid, one of which appeared to be laying eggs, which was a first.
Later we all had dinner at Panorama's restaurant, which turned out to be a little challenging, since we're all almost broke! We've been on the island over a week, and there are no ATMs here, so everyone is down to their last few ringgits. So we kept ordering cheap appetizers, then figuring out how much we had left--it was pretty funny. I guess it's good that we're leaving for the mainland tomorrow. Besides, I am all snorkeled out.
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