Perhentian Kecil day 1

I can't get over how beautiful this island is! The water is so clear and blue, sand is bright white, and the island is dappled with dense green jungle.
I "hiked" around the island today, walking 20-40 minutes through the jungle, stopping off at different beaches along the way. I initially walked up to a lighthouse, and was greeted with a gorgeous view at the top. On the way up, I got scared to death by an angry monkey jumping down from a tree bearing it's teeth at me, I hadn't heard it with music blasting in my earphones, so was quite a shock 😅
I visited romantic beach, adam and eve beach, turtle beach and d'lagoon beach, stopping off at each one for a swim or a read my book for an hour or so. I'd ordered a sandwich at breakfast which I had for lunch, and then the last beach I ended up on had some accommodation with a bar where I could grab a drink.
Unbeknownst to me, boats stopped running as the sun started to set or when the tide got too low. It was an hour walk back to my dorm, I attempted walking back twice, the first time I lost the path and had to retrace my steps to the beach and the second attempt I ended up on the other side of the island on a different beach.
Luckily I found someone to give me a boat ride back before it got dark, as at one point I thought I was going to end up lost in the jungle at night haha.
I'd made friends with the one other girl in my room, who was learning to dive at the diving school. She's actually from Malaysia herself, from a city called Ipoh but working and living in Kuala Lumpur, and over here for just a week on holiday and to get her dive qualification. We met up with one of her fellow divers and wandered 10 minutes across to the other side of Kecil, to long beach and grabbed dinner. Local guys on the island perform a fire show every night to entertain tourists, which we watched with delight but also a little fear as it was evident they weren't professionals and had some close calls with the fire. One of the boys juggling with these fire sticks can't have been much older than 12 which was slightly terrifying to watch!Lue lisää