Threep: Pulau Lang Tengah

Hi people!

Seems like I made it a routine to update this blog of mine once a year. I write less and lesser now that I am older. There are so many things to write and say but so little time. To cut thing short, I went to Lang Tengah for the kind of compulsory, mandatory annual trip with Miyah and Piqah. I really really really love islands and I honestly feel like my hometown, Terengganu, has the best beaches and islands and sky. The sky home is really pretty. Really bright and blue. I can lie down and stare at the sky for hours. That's how pretty the sky is back home. 

Lang Tengah is kind of small and quiet island between Redang and Perhentian. You have to take the boat from the old Merang Jetty. It's the wooden jetty that makes you question if you can still use it or not. But hey! We came back in one piece so it's definitely safe to use. Also, because we learnt from previous trips that 2 day 1 night would be too tiring, we decided to stay for 3-day and 2-night at Lang Tengah. We booked Sari Pacifica on Agoda. The price per pax was around RM550+ including the return boat trips, breakfasts, lunches and dinners. 

I shall not ramble on. So, let me share few pictures of the gorgeous Lang Tengah. 

We were told the hotel was fully booked but can you see how very few people or empty the beach was? 

Just you, the sky, the sea and the breeze. It was a bit cloudy on the afternoon we arrived but still very very beautiful.

The first lunch we had as soon as we arrived. Endless prawn and squid. I was in heaven!

Sunset during the first day. Well when you are in Pantai Timur, you can't really see sunset at the beach because if you can, it means...

I took this picture while lying on a big rattan lounge chair. If it was not for my grumbling stomach and smelly sweat, I would have stayed in that position until the sun completely set and the moon took over the sky. Looking at this kind of thing made me realise how lucky we are to be able to see things, beautiful things.

Oh this trip, we celebrated Piqah's birthday too! It was a celebration in advance. Happy 28th Qah! We all love you dearly.

A brownies I made. I arrived home on Friday morning and baked this straightaway. I ran out of choc powder so I have to substitute it with chocolate protein powder. Piqah and Miyah said it tasted nice. I hope they were not lying.

We spied on fishes, every day. All day long. There are all sorts of fish. I don't know what species they are but I know baby sharks. It was fascinating to observe them.

And then on the second day, we decided to hike. There's this place called Batu Kuching and people said the sunrise was very pretty. The day we arrived, we asked the receptionist about the sunrise spot. We were told that the sun was quite shy that particular week and the sunrise was not as spectacular. As all three of us love lazing around, we decided to not watch sunrise and instead, just hike after breakfast. It was HOT. But the view OH MY GOD THE VIEW. 

We were greeted with this. You know, it was 10 something in the morning. The sun was out. The water was literally glittering blue. If it was not too high, I would have jumped into it. 

I kid you not, the water was glittering. It was so serene, so peaceful up here and there were only us three. 

Same spot just different angle because I am obsessed with this place.

Miyah and Piqah. We stayed quite long up here until the sun was literally burning our face and arm. We went down back to the hotel but we stopped somewhere else first.

You'll see this signboard during the hike to Batu Kuching because Lang Tengah is also the home to Lang Tengah Turtle Watch.

We were walking by the beach when a woman emerged from the bushes (sumpah tak tipu) and asked us if we wanted to learn more about turtle? We've been warned not to follow strangers who offer gula-gula but this one was talking about turtle so I believe it's safe.

We were briefed by the head of the volunteers about their work and we also bought two bracelets with turtle charms to help them with their funding. The lady told us we can come back any time to volunteer and stay with them and honestly, that was an interesting idea. 

Three of us. All red and baked.

I really enjoyed this trip. We had lot of fun. Oh, we wanted to see the blue tears too but it rained both nights we were there so yeah we saw our own tears instead. I will definitely come back to this island. Maybe stay in different resort just because. Also, I believe I enjoyed this island not only because how very few people were there on the island, but because I have good companies with me. 

Thanks for reading.

Till next time.

Threep: Pulau Kapas

Oh hello people!

Look at the title! I made a cute name 'Threep', because there are three of us (Me, Miyah and Piqah) and we went for a trip. So, Threep! HAHAHA. This was our second trip together, sleeping somewhere. The first trip was in Terrapuri. This time, we went to Pulau Kapas! Patutnya we went there in March, but one of us (me) was tested positive for Covid-19 so we changed the date. We stayed at Kapas Coral Beach Resort. For two days one night, we paid less than RM250 per person for accommodation, lunch, dinner, breakfast, return boat trip and good moments (ehek!).

Sadly, I don't take that many pictures of the resort, our room, and the meals we had. But safe to say, with the very affordable price we paid,  the room is very comfortable for three of us. It's clean (very important point) and every unit has a small balcony. Electricity is 24 hours available. Meals? OMG the meals were amazing. Also we are all non picky eaters so we finished whatever we put in our plate. I actually miss the dinner we had. Fresh fried ikan kerisi with sambal belacan wehhhh sedak dooh

I don't have much to say, so let's just feast our eyes with some photos.

I can lie in the sand and look up to the sky half day long. Of course not all day long. It's super hot in the afternoon, I would like to stay as human, not sate. Thanks.

We planned to hike Bukit Singa and we actually started quite late, around 5.30 pm if I'm not mistaken. And sadly, it looked like it was going to rain so it was a bit gloomy. But good thing was, less people going to hike because of the weather so the beach was kind of empty, at least this side.

I like beaches, I like islands. I just don't like getting wet. But I still want to go to beaches and islands, whatever. During the hike, we had to wade through water about the shin level and some parts, the water reached your waist or in my case, chest. But I chose climbing and struggling on the rocks instead of wading the water because again, I don't like getting wet.

Our tour guide, Miyah. She went to hike Bukit Singa once, so she knew better about the trail.

Syafiqah, the one who had the most misfortunes during this short trip. That black pants did not make it to the mainland. The rocks during our Bukit Singa hike had claim the pants as the sacrifice. HAHAHAHA

We did not finish hiking even though we were so close to Bukit Singa. Miyah was tired from guiding us, Piqah was traumatised because of her pants. So ended up watching sunset from one of the empty beaches. Literally only three of us. In picture, Miyah and Piqah. I think if I have some editing skills, I can turn their photos into Jaws-like movie poster.

The next day, Miyah and Piqah were planning to go snorkeling. They paid for everything already. I as usual, just want to laze around and planned to walk on the beach, just enjoying whatever the island has to offer. But after few minutes, they came back. Apparently, the snorkeling trip had already departed before they arrived at the meeting point HAHAHAHAHA.

So we planned to go kayaking instead. Kayak, I like. But, it was drizzling by the time we went out from the room. In the end, we just sat by the beach and after some time, went back to our room, pack up, and wait for the boat to take us back to the mainland. Before 12, we already reached mainland. The journey by speedboat was so nice. One of the reasons I like visiting small islands like Pulau Kapas is because you can ride speedboat. 

From Jeti Marang, we went straight to a coffee shop, Pastel Mono. Such a cute shop! Food is okay, coffee I don't know. I ordered their matcha because I saw they used Niko Neko matcha powder, so of course I have to order matcha. 

Nothing memorable from here. Nothing that makes me feel like mannnn I want to go and eat their pastries again. 

Ah, Niko Neko matcha, my love.

Our short trip just ended like that. Also, we learnt that even though Pulau Kapas is a small island, we should not take the dua hari satu malam trip. We should sleep there for at least two nights! But it's okay, we can go again after this.

Two last pictures because why not?

Three of us.

Reminder for everyone!

Anyway, that's all about my short trip with Miyah and Piqah. People often say short and sweet but I feel like when it's come to trip, if it is short, it will be exhausting. HAHAHA. So, lesson learnt. No more short trip unless it is really really really close. I'm looking forward for more of Threep in the future, insya Allah if ada rezeki lebih. Aamiin.

Thanks for reading!