Graduation Trip 2011
to Redang Island with my high school friends!
We departed from our hometown in the morning, picked a friend up on the way and off we go on the highway heading towards the East Coast
It was our first time driving all the way to the East Coast (the whole journey took us more than 8 hours!)
The highway was pretty much empty since it was a weekday and not during school holidays
Stopped at the nearest major town, Kuala Terengganu for the night
And woke up early the next morning to catch our ferry ride to the island from a nearby jetty
The boat ride was awesome! Cool wind and endless stretches of azure blue sky and ocean = heavenly!
It took us about 1 hour plus to get to the island and once we’ve reached, I was super amazed by the crystal clear pristine clean water and sandy beaches…
No words seriously can describe the beauty of the island…well, except perhaps a trip to Bora-Bora might change my idea on beautiful island
The first thing we did once we’ve put our bags down and checked into our chalet was to change and jump into the water!
Our chalet has 2 floors and 4 double beds…it’s pretty spacious and quite comfortable actually
After all the snorkeling and swimming, we replenished our energy with a sumptuous dinner…nothing fancy, just the normal rice+dishes combo
Our chalet was located at one end of the beach so after dinner, we walked the whole way to the other end of the beach and that’s where the famous filming location of the Taiwanese movie, Summer Holidays was located
And the famous Blue Sands Beach where it was said that there’s a stretch of sandy beach that glows blue in the dark…and it was indeed true! Unfortunately my camera was not high-tech enough to catch the glowing sands but to see those blue glows in the dark was truly a sight to behold…
Along the way back to our chalet, I chanced upon this very quirky and funny sign outside a diving center
We turned in early that night and dawn couldn’t come sooner…
Good Morning Redang!
A hearty breakfast to start the day filled up strenuous physical activities…
We went for more snorkeling, swimming and playing in the water till we were exhausted!
Spotted the residential squirrel while having tea…there were quite a number of them (a colony, perhaps?) and very friendly with humans
Thirst quenchers, take your pick from the home-made sirap bandung (rose pink syrup drink with milk), sirap mawar (just plain ol’ rose syrup drink) and orange juice
It was the best and memorable graduation trip ever!
Had a great time with my friends, the same friends that I’ve known for the past 10 years (a few of them I’ve known way back since primary school)
Although we have all graduated, busy at work, building up our own careers but I sincerely hope and pray that our special bond of friendship will remain forever and ever
It’ll be fun if we make another trip like this in the future, 10 years down the road with our own families towing along~
