30-09-2019 Bong & His First Trip to Besar Island Part 4 - Pulau Besar-Mersing-Kluang-Gemas-Sungai Petani

Our last day at Pulau Besar

was a short one with breakfast,

then packed and said goodbye to this beautiful place!

We took the rocky boat

back to Mersing...

Then we went to the bus station

to proceed to our next stop...

After having the good 'tapao' food

(take-away food)...

we took this bus

to go to Kluang to attend a good friend's wedding!

The bus journey to this city,

took less than 2 hours...

and it was super easy to take grab

from bus terminal to the wedding's place.

After the wedding dinner,

we were arranged transport by the bride and groom 

to the train station since there was no more grab available that late in the evening...

(SUPER thankful!!)

The train station was quiet

and a bit dark...

and right beside the train station,

is this very famous

Kluang Rail Coffee that many people recommended us....

but of course,

at 11 pm the shop was already close.

Our midnight train was a bit delayed

but we were happy that everything went pretty smoothly....

We arrived at Gemas around 4am,

checked in at this transit hotel,

Hotel Tropicana....

(totally OK for a few hours transit time)

then around 7++ am,

we were ready for the train to Sungai Petani!

I sent Arne to the train station first,

and ran to this breakfast shop, Nam Fatt noodles

to buy some 'dramatic' breakfast for us....

After around 7 hours,

we arrived at Sungai Petani....

and that's all for our trip to the south!

XOXO

-Bong-

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After the walk,

we took some rests at the room

and all of a sudden,

it was already time for food again!

We had our lunch,

and got informed that the 'captain' thought it was too dangerous

to go to snorkeling

due to the big waves....

Since we had already paid for the snorkeling

as part of the package with Aseania Resort,

they decided to compensate us

with seafood meal.

There are other activities that

one can 'rent' from the resort....

Since we couldn't go snorkeling,

we decided to do something special...

We took a trip

that probably not so many visitors there had taken...

which was a trip

to the 'secret beach'!

The jungle trekking

took about 40 minutes one way

and it was a bit physical challenging for us

who are not in top form for 'extreme sport'.

Lol!

Some of the trails were narrow

and steep.

So thank god they have hung ropes

for those trails...

After 40 minutes of jungle trekking,

  we finally reached the secret beach...

Well,

this time

we had this whole beach to ourselves too!

We found some living creatures,

sea cucumber I supposed?

After spending almost an hour there,

we went back to the resort,

had another round swim at the pool

and then some rests....

Around 7++pm,

we went to the restaurant,

informed them the time we wanted our dinner to be served

and tada!

King prawn

and lobster!

Nam nam!

To be continued....

XOXO

-Bong-