islang hopping- part I

Since i canceled my laos backpack trip, on thursday 25th of june, my sis and i decided to go island hopping (consider backpack also larr~), rush to bus station that night and almost didn't get to ride on the night bus to kuala terrenganu. Lesson 1: do not play last minute! Don't know why there's so many people going KT. We're damn lucky wei!

So in this post, i'll sun bian teach u all how to spend only RM200 on 3D2N Redang trip..

Reached KT at 530am, ate a light supper/breakfast at 7-11 nearby then met up with another friend, Cole, before we go hunt for breakfast at chinatown.


My sis, Ee, walking with the backpack towards chinatown for breakfast.


Can u spot the name of the restaurant? Eaten our breakfast here, their toast alike mini bread is somehow very nice! but forgotten to take the pic because we were too hungry.. =.=


Bumped into opening ceremony of some shop, people queue-ing up for free food i guess..?

When we were trying to get ferry ticket to redang, found out that KT people can actually buy the ticket for RM30 cheaper than kl people! Is this consider state-ist...? =.= but anyway, we almost missed our ferry because we were trying to get cheaper ticket where we failed to do so.. Burned RM50! Lesson 2: Get the locals to buy u ticket!


Reach another side of beach of Redang, Berjaya hotel side which looks kinda bored. Then we transfer to long beach where most of the hotels situated at, the fun side, with another boat.

By the time we reach long beach, it's around 3pm. First thing to do, find a hotel where we hope we would, or else, we'll be sleeping on the beach for 2 nights. Luckily, found a room where the best part is, the price is under my estimation! RM100 per room, divided by 3 pax= RM33 per night per person. It's a decent room with clean bathroom and attached air-cond! How can we not take it! Redang lagoon is the resort btw.


Summer point, this is the place where we had our dinner, RM8 per plate which is share by 2 person so = RM4/person.


First night, lying on the deck watching stars and moon. My sis, cole and her friends. Pretty chilling~


This is where we hang out normally, cole friend's room. The more the merrier! We basically took our shower, nap and do everything here and their bed is so much better than ours! Don't compare la, ours is only RM100 per room, theirs are like 300+ per pax including everything.


Cam whore-ing~


The not so beautiful side of long beach.

We basically don't eat lunch or sneak into redang bay's restaurant during their buffet to save on our meals =P Lesson 3: Bring hot cup when u're in budget trip especially to places where they have expensive foods only!

What else to do at redang beside snorkeling??!! No pic during snorkeling though because we were packing at last minute and i forgotten to bring my waterproof camera case >< style="font-weight: bold;">FREE because we manage to make fren with some of the malay boys of our resort. Being a girl has lots of advantage! Hahax! Lesson 4: make new friends more especially with those working there!




Sun rise at Redang.


Cam whore-ing at redang beach in the morning. *Yawn*


Kopitiam, where we had our breakfast.


Chee Cheong fan being eated happily by my sis. Consider cheapest food we have eaten at Redang! Yet delicious!


Last shot on the beautiful side of redang long beach. Starting to miss there already. T.T

Income Statement for the trip ended 27th of June 2009

Dr
Free snorkeling trip -RM20 per trip = RM40 in total
Free few buffet breakfast/lunch/teatime -hmmm.. a filled up stomach for few times
New friends - Not in contact now though
First backpacking experience -Priceless

Cr
Bus to KT - RM 45
Ferry to Redang island - RM50
Rooms for 2 nights - RM67
Snorkeling gadgets - RM20
Miscellenous(including food) - Around RM20
Total expenses= RM202 only!