The Perhentian Islands are off the north east coast of Malaysia. They are two small islands that are popular for the usual things, swimming, scuba diving and generally doing nothing.
My plan was to learn to scuba dive here but in the end I just spent one afternoon doing that and the rest of the time swimming and walking around the island. After two days I headed backed to the main land. Trying the scuba diving was a good experience, putting on all the gear and swimming under the sea, but moving up and down a lot under the water gave me an equalization problem causing pain in my ears which was a shame.
The sea was really clean and there were tons of fish to see under the water, though I only saw a small amount really. Great milkshakes. Swimming in the sea and doing a bit of snorkeling was great, but after two days I felt that with a limited amount of time to see the country I should move on, so I did.
It wasn't easy to get good accommodation and the islands are only small so certainly they were creaking under the strain a bit. At night there were a few bars these islands are not billed as party places. The larger of the two islands is full of resorts, the small one is more for backpackers.
Riding in speedboats and water taxis was cool.
I took some additional photographs with a water proof camera while snorkeling so once they are developed (it was a Kodak camera with an actual film in it) I'll add them here.
There were some huge lizards on these islands, much bigger than the one pictured below, but they were too good at slipping into the shadows.
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| A room with a view, if you can get one |
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| This guy is a lot smaller than many of his friends. His friends though were much more elusive though |
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| Drastic action |
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| This is a small one drink Water Taxi ride |
