(see map) - trin: Everyone on the backpacker trail seems to hit three spots: Cameron Highlands, Taman Negara and the Perhentain Islands. We chose to break from convention and visit Redang Island for two reasons. One, Ngiew and Vanessa, a nice Malaysian couple we meet in Peru recommended it. Two, Lonely Planet said, "it is considered one of the best dive spots in the world thanks to its ancient coral gardens and good visibility."
Getting there was kind of a pain and required bus, taxi and boat but a day later we made it.
We arrived on trash day. All of the resorts use tractors to bring the trash to the shore/curb. A garbage boat/truck comes along the beach and collects the piles.
Since we don't have an underwater case for our camera, we don't have many photos for Redang Island. There is not much to do except dive, snorkel and eat.
The dive shop required that we set up and breakdown our equipment for each dive. We hadn't done that since becoming certified. It was a little nerve racking on the first dive. We were looking over and cheating off our neightbors.
Fresh mango juice after a morning dive. Yummy.
Hanging out on the beach
Planning for Thailand
Based on Lonley Planet's descritiption of the diving, we had high expectations. We thought it was great but not as good as Menjangan Island off Bali.
We did do a solo shore dive which was a fun confidence builder. It was our first since becoming certified. We saw two sharks or one shark two times. Plus, lots of corals and reef fish.
Time to leave already. Taking the boat to the airport.
Instead of spending two days on the bus, we flew from the island's small airport back to Singapore. It is the smallest airport we have seen yet.
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