pulau perhentian

look like i wont finish writing my ho chi minh trip.. a bit lazy.. by the way, perhentian island was an unexpected trip.. thinking of visiting friend near my ex school but chinese new year was the balik kampung season, so traffic congestion was unavoidable... 2 hours to KT could be more than 4 hours.. so, quickly switched to the nearest place rather than wasting my annual leave... the place was my hang out port in the evening after finishing work.. i mean, another alternative than driving to Pantai Bisikan Bayu/Tok Aman Bali Beach Resort (a spot for water activities here!),jeti Kuala Besut / Pulau Perhentian, Pantai Air Tawar, Bukit Keluang or sometimes choosing different route @ Tok Bali & Pantai Irama... Since the place was quite near & i have to work in the next 2 days, i decided to choose a one day tour (boat 8.30 am & 4pm)... thinking of it now, perhaps the trip to Perhentian was the cheapest holiday for me rather than going somewhere else... no flight /bus ticket, not much budget for food/lodging & not much fuel consumed to go there... Back to my trip, we head to Taman Laut @ Perhentian Besar, had breakfast near Abdul Chalet, start snorkelling at 10am - 5 different points(shark point, turtle point & 3 more -x-ingat-point), lunch at Kampung Nelayan(Perhentian Kecil), taking water taxi to Perhentian Besar & spend the remaining time at Perhentian Besar.. indeed,the azure blue sky & crystal clear water(with different colour tones!) were the main attractions at Perhentian Island.. one day trip certainly wasnt enough!

ho chi minh in general

1) it's okay if you have no feeling to convert RM to Dong if you go via agent/ package because RM are widely accepted.. except if you go backpacking, youneed USD &Dong to pay food & transportation .. my friend paid our Mee Pho at Hajjah Basiroh & i paid our bingka ubi (soft,delicious!) & 'kopi susu' using RM but of course the price were slightly higher!to be honest, during ny trip, i never use Dong & still clueless camne laa rupa Vietnam Dong .. i paid everything in RM & got the balance in RM too! err, that double trip @ pre and post shopping at Hajah Basiroh were the outcome of shop till drop & last day dah nak balik tp kitorang xde beg pun lagi.. so, we skip breakfast, went to Saigon Square tapi tuﹰtup.. Round Ben Thanh tapi harga mahal.. so we stick to our original plan, pegi balik Saigon square.. tak tawar sangat sebab Singaporean yang kitorang jumpa the night before advise us tak yah tawar sangat sebab dah murah.. He said 50 boleh dapat beg Samsonite yang paling besar.. Tapi bila sampai baru sedar, he mean 50 SGD... mestilaaa dia kira based on duit dia.. tapi still cheap compared to Malaysia... our tour leader, Tory said that vietnamese xheran pun dgn Chinatown Malaysia sebab kualiti barang kat Pasar(Cho Ben Thanh & Cho Binh Tay) jauh lagi superior dgn harg yang jauh lagi murah.. 2) Speaking of luggage, i yang xpernah bwk luggage ikut limit berat redah je bawak naik 35++ kg bag kat KLIA on our way back from KL (balik Vietnam cukup cukup 30 kg,tp pegi tambah masa transit KL) ... rupenye 1 bag xleh lebih dari 30kg sebab nanti beg tu xbergerak bila letak dkt tmpt kita check in luggage.. so, terpaksa laa bukak beg & susun balik.. again, skali lagi beg xlepas sebab they need proper packaging ... tp sebab dah lambat, staff lepas je tp warning : klu xsampai, jangan blame kitorang ye... Lucky that 6 kg bags(3 Deuter for me & younger sister& brother, embroided bags & 4 in1 bag from Mekong) arrived , safely! Oh yes, there are Northface bag, Kipling& so on but the design of Deuter bag are attractive ( in my eyes)... bila selamat sampai baru sedar bag alone dah berat.. patutlaa rasa sikit je beli barang tapi luggage lebih limit.. So, another tips, choose a light but big bag if you want to shop till drop.. sebab klu shopping banyak, rugi kg luggage je.. silk agak berat, so if you buy lots of silk for family, luggage pun sah sah berat.. 3) if you think that the price are already cheap, if you dont have time, just grab the items that you want.. sebab price dari 1 kedai ke kedai lain dekat Ben Thanh lebih kurang je.. kecuali embroided shirts & simple bag, the cheapest that i found was at Mekong.. but too late, Meking takes 2-3hours by bus(or more), & the shops were closed in the evening, so agak rugi di situ.. tapi walaupun mahal kat sane, still cheap compared to Malaysia.. Slash the price 50% were not applicable at Mekong/boutiques.. 3) beware of everything -bawak beg menghadap ke depan untuk elakkan dicuri.. biar strange asal selamat.. say no to beca-tempat dekat tapi harga mencecah ratus RM.. not my experience , tapi pengalaman kawan. Begitu jugak klu diorang offer kacang utk dicuba atau nak kilatkan kasut lelaki.. just be cautious.. penipu & penyangak pun ramai kat tempat ramai pelancong...

random: clinic vs hospital

just finished a short trip to pantai bisikan bayu / tok aman bali beach resort area, jeti Kuala Besut ( jeti popular klu nk pegi Pulau Perhentian), Pantai Air Tawar & Bukit Keluang... just realized that all the beaches are less than 30 minutes' away... & Pantai Irama is quite near too! no traffic jam, breakfast mostly at RM2 / RM3 instead of RM4/5 @KB, spacious clinic, a calm surrounding, wonderful friends & not living alone anymore, it's 100 times better at clinic than previous hospital..