We finally went to Redang Island - well not exactly, we went to Lang Tengah, which is just beside Redang itself. Had actually planned to go to Laguna Redang but was told it was fully booked. So was Berjaya. In the end, after souring the net we decided on D'Coconut Lagoon Resort on Lang Tengah. It's quite a decent resort as we were to find out later.
I started my leave on Tuesday, April 29th in anticipation of the need to service our car prior to the long drive up north. Izzati was left in the care of my parents whom we were to meet up in KL on 2nd May. We decided against bringing her to Redang as she was still too small and it was the right decision too seeing how we had to board the boats at Merang jetty.
So, we left home at 12 midnite, went for supper at Al-Ameen's at Bt Timah and left Singapore at 1am. The drive up north to KL was uneventful with only an overturned truck to gawk at on the way there. Had short stop at Seremban for a petrol top up as well as to stretch out the legs and we proceeeded on to Sungai Besi and bypasssed KL and went round to Cheras before linking back up to the Karak Highway.
That drive on the Karak Highway and the East Coast Highway is even scarier than the drive up the old Mersing road. Not only was it raining heavily on the road before Genting Highlands, it was foggy all the way after that.We had another half-hour stop at Temerloh for our Subuh Prayers and some much needed coffee. That was 6am. We still had 5 hours and roughly 400km to go before we reached Merang.
We barely made it to Merang 1115 hours and the boat was waiting for us at the jetty, we din have time to walk around and really see what was there. Just sort of jumped into the boat and off we went to the island paradise. Took us 1hr plus to get there and the sights that awaited us was breathtaking. Just look at the photos and you'll know what I mean. We skipped the snorkelling on the 1st day and that was justified cos the snorkeling would have sapped what little energy I'd have left after the long drive.
Quite honestly, the island was as laid back as one would get. There was no TV in the room though you did get Astro on the TV at the lounge area. Internet access was RM15 for 30 min access. A can of Coke set you back by RM5 and my wife had 3 cans. The water in the rooms was not drinkable though there was plenty of potable water available at the lounge.
We only went snorkeling on the second day. Was not as enjoyable as I would have liked as the currents were too strong and I spent more time pushing/pulling my wife back to the boat than I did looking at the marine life. Not that either of us could see much without any contact lenses on. If the views under water were less spectacular, the views on land were super. Been a long while since we felt that find powdery sand between our toes and crystal clear waters to frolic in
We had little complaint for our trip to Redang, though we wished we had more time to snoop around KualaTerengganu for some handicraft to be brought back. What little we did get was bought from the many little stalls that lined Merang jetty.
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