Perhentians ➡️ KL

I've really enjoyed my time on these islands, however there's only so much reading and swimming you can do. It's also been so hot here, 35°, and there's not a lot of shade, so has been a challenge to avoid sunburn (which I failed).
I got a midday ferry back to the mainland, with the idea of maybe doing some afternoon paragliding, as I'd spotted posters.
Funnily enough I was sat next to a lady on the ferry from the UK, who lived in Bristol (St Werburghs of all places) but now lived in India. We ended up grabbing lunch, then I persuaded her to come paragliding.
A driver came and picked us up, and took us to the flying site. We didn't sign any waivers or even have to pay before we were in the back of a pickup trundling up a winding track of the take off site. Much to our relief, there was others up there too, most seemed to be Malaysian tourists. We waited around for a while, watching others take off, including a kid who couldn't have been older than 8!
When it was our turn, we got strapped into a harness, given a helmet, a go pro then clipped to the instructor and away we flew.
Was very calming floating around, with beautiful coastal views either side. However after the first couple minutes, I did get a bit bored as we just kind of circled this one spot for 10 minutes before landing. Definitely not the adrenaline rush you get from sky diving or bungee jumping, but not bad for £30.
I then made my way to the bus station, and got a night bus back to Kuala Lumpur.Read more