A small virtually unknown island, REDANG..

Welcome to Redang Island...

Took this sun rise on the day we leave Redang for Singapore..Beautiful!

Redang.. An ideal place full of snorkelling and scuba diving activities for friends and families, but slightly boring and not romantic enough for couples. Our 2 nights stay at Laguna Redang basically is snorkelling, snorkelling and snorkelling! They have better snorkelling than Phi Phi Island but still, Phi Phi Island has better beaches and waters. Not a place for hard core shoppers though, unless souvenirs are part of your shopping list.

Day 1 - 01 May 2005
We began our 10 hours journey to Terranganu at 10pm. 10 freaking hours! OMG!! Anyway, we went on the coach, prepared with cushions, bottle of water, discman and a ting of tiredness.. After 10 hour, we reached Merang Jetty at 7am. First to arrive! And the best part?? We gotta wait till 10am for the ferry due low tide. *gulp* By the time we're about to board the ferry, there were nearly 200 guests waiting to transfer to Laguna Redang! *arghhh*

The ferry journey took 1 hour. Upon arrival, we had the most pleasure surprise since our journey to Redang.

Laguna Redang beach! Fine white sand, crashing waves and...


More More Tea Inn, Laguna made an effort to build a replicate due Redang is famous because of this landmark.

Our sufferings didn't end even though we've arrived.. We were made to wait for our keys due all rooms were still in the midst of cleaning! *haiz* By the time we washed up, we made it just in time for our 1st snorkelling trip, Rotan Bay.

Briefing at the Dive Centre. There were about 100 snorkellers.. 6 boats, each carrying about 20 paxs.


Joel, the first to jumped in to snorkel at Rotan Bay. Can you see the sea floor?

Our day ended with a fabulous BBQ dinner. We ate like mad dogs! *heehee*


That's dinner for 3 mad dogs! And it's so much better than our Lunch! We enjoyed it!

Day 2 - 03 May 2005
This day, we were scheduled for a 9.30am Marine Park snorkelling.

A shipwreck in front of the island. Can you see?

Upon arrival, we were told not to snorkel near the shipwreck due to strong currents. We were made to swim the other side. Here, you will see many different kind of fish and the best? Moral Eel!!! Me and Joel swam hard when the Moral Eel swam towards our direction, even though we had snorkelling experiences in Krabi. It was our very first encounter with a fish that is bigger than your palm! *scary*



This is the Marine Park, fantastic snorkelling. Lots of underwater activities!

Snorkelling at the pier was painful.. Due to strong current, you will encounter alot of unknown people kicking you in your face or body, worst of all, some of them who wore lifejacket will pull or thug you! It's not funny when me and Joel weren't wearing lifejacket at all!

On our way back to Laguna, we saw SEA TURTLES!!! 2 of them were spotted swimming nearby underwater. So we waited... And they surfaced! Cheers can be heard, but suddenly cheers became laughter. Huh? Why? What happened?


We not only see them in their habitat, we also witness them... MATING!!!!!

After a great time in Marine Park, we decided we should see more. We befriend a couple during our trip, Isasiah and Valencia. Therefore, Isasiah mentioned that he remember he swam with the BABY SHARK and SQUIDS before, somewhere near our hotel. Very interesting..

We wasted no time and found out that its just by the other end of our beach! Me, Joel, Isasiah and Valencia went for a swim and for the 1st time, me and Joel saw the BABY SHARKs andSQUIDs!! We were excited about this not so crowded snokelling site (beach in front of Redang Lagoon). It was very rewarding for this time round, i bought 2 underwater cameras to capture our 'rewards'!

Day 2 was a very rewarding day. For the 1st time, we saw Sea Turtles, Moral Eel, Baby Sharks and Squids!

Day 4 - 04 May 2005
Today, we will leave for Singapore. Ferry schedule for departure at 8am.. Breakfast start at 7am. Since we need to be up early, we woke at 5.40am to catch the sun rise and we weren't disappointed.



Sun rise at Laguna's beach..

Once again, the coach journey was a torture. We left Merang jetty at 10am and reached Golden Mile at 9.30pm!! Yup, almost 12 hours but we made several stops so it wasn't that bad.

Overall, Redang is a fine place for snorkelling, scuba diving and maybe fishing. Don't expect Redang to be like Phuket or Krabi. you can only travel from one place to another by water taxi. So it's still quite an isolated island other than the resorts on the beach. 2 nights stay is more than enough due meals and scheduled activties are included. 1 more night stay will be purely to slack on the beach and get tanned like charcoal. If you can, avoid 3rd night, not necessary.

We see ourselves going back Redang in the future but this time round, we'll be on a flight in to Redang instead...