Day Trip to Pulau Rhu, Besut, Terengganu (Rhu Island)

Assalamualaikum and Hi guys!

I write a lot of post in advance so that I can publish them whenever I want. Here it is, a day trip to Rhu Island located at Besut, Terengganu. First of all, there is nothing special about this island in terms of accommodation or package because this island is human-free! Haha. I mean no one lives here. It is basically an island just for a short trip and snorkelling on a small budget instead of going to Perhentian Island. If you want to bercuti with your family, I suggest just go straight to Perhentian Island.

Kuala Besut is my hometown so whenever I come home, my friends and I will go to Pantai Bukit Keluang. This Bukit Keluang is quite famous for hiking. There are several activities provided such as snorkelling and banana boat, of course, you need to pay for it.

This is actually an unplanned trip for us. We just happen to decide to go to the Rhu Island, ride a boat from Bukit Keluang Beach. This is my first time going there because there is no such service (boat) to go there before this. Basically, you need to pay RM10 for return boat to Rhu Island but because of Hari Raya we need to pay RM17 per person. If you want to ride the banana boat to Rhu Island, it will be around RM15 to RM20 per person. People usually go to Rhu Island because of its Pokok Rhu (Rhu Tree) attraction.

The boat just takes around 10 minutes from Pantai Bukit Keluang to Pulau Rhu. The uncle boat will allow us to take pictures near the cave, take pictures from boat only. We cannot go to the cave because it was flooded with water but I swear the sea water was crystal clear! I always amazed by my own hometown. Hehe. 

 Spot me in the middle!

You can see the cave clearly from here and look at the water!

If you noticed at the back, that is the Rhu tree but too far away and we are so lazy to walk there. Haha.

Remember to always put on your life jacket if you do not know how to swim 🤣 (just like me lol)

I guess that is all for now. Till we meet again in my next post 😉 Thank you.

❤️ Izz

PART 2: Bercuti di Pulau Pangkor, Perak

Hey guys.

Seperti yang dijanjikan, here it is, Part 2 of my short vacay. Yeay! Di entri kali ini aku akan berkongsi pengalaman dan aktiviti yang dilakukan pada hari pertama di Pulau Pangkor. Aku (bersama 3 rakan) menaiki bas dari stesen bas Kuala Besut 11 Ogos 2017 pada pukul 9 PM. Dalam pukul 530 AM, kami tiba di stesen bas Manjung. Untuk pengetahuan, korang boleh turun di stesen bas Lumut, boleh terus jalan kaki ke jeti Lumut untuk ke Pangkor. Memandangkan kawan aku yang dah stay Manjung tu datang pick up, so kami turun di stesen Majung yang mana lebih dekat dengan rumah.

Dalam pukul 830 AM, kami breakfast di kedai mamak terletak di bandar Manjung. Menu breakfast, roti canai + tea O panas. Lepas tu kami singgah Giant jap beli makanan ringan. Dalam pukul 11 AM, kami bertolak menuju ke Jeti Lumut. Nak pergi Pangkor, boleh naik Feri di Jeti Marina juga. Pukul 1130 AM kami menaiki Feri, masa ni tak ramai pun orang. Perjalanan mengambil masa selama setengah jam. Pukul 12 PM tiba di jeti Lumut dan kami terus call tour guide. Encik tu dah tunggu siap-siap kat jeti.

Kami terus menaiki teksi ke penginapan Flora Beach Resort. Perjalanan mengambil masa 10 minit dari jeti. Dah sampai tu rehat kejap lepas tu pukul 230 PM terus ke aktiviti snorkeling di Pulau Giam dan island hopping. Kami diberi masa selama 2 jam untuk snorkeling. Pada mulanya, aku ingat kan ada banyak spot snorkeling, rupanya dia campak je kat Pulau Giam. Hahahaa. Ramai gila orang tapi pedulikan je lah. I can tell tak best sangat pun snorkeling (Jujur). Punca, aku pernah pergi Pulau Perhentian, kalau nak compare pantai di Pulau Perhentian lagi crystal clear and snorkeling banyak point nampak hidupan laut jelas. Tapi apa-apa pun bila dapat enjoy dengan kawan-kawan, seronok je!

Nasib baik kawan aku ni ada action camera, dapat la ambil gambar angle luas sikit. Hehehe. Kat Pulau Giam ni ada orang jual burger, boleh la beli kalau lapar. Pada jam 5 PM, diteruskan dengan aktiviti banana boat (I really hate riding on banana boat). Sebab tak suka bila part dijatuhkan dalam laut air masin masuk hidung masuk telinga ughh. Tapi kawan-kawan semua excited je. Sebenarnya boleh je request taknak jatuh dalam air tapi nanti tak feel la. Hehe.

Lepas dah habis aktiviti banana boat, kami bebas melakukan apa-apa aktiviti sendiri. So, encik tour guide tunjuk lokasi best tengok sunset. Kami decide nak tunggu sampai matahari terbenam sambil bergambar. Tapi malangnya, awan tebal petang tu macam nak hujan, jadi tak dapat lah nak tengok sunset. But still, the view is so so cantik dan tenang. Dalam pukul 715 PM, kami pulang ke tempat penginapan, jalan kaki je sebab dekat dengan pantai. Lepas tu kami bersihkan diri rehat-rehat kejap. Pukul 8 PM, kami bersiap untuk dinner di salah satu kedai makan. Lupa nama kedai tu sebab semua ni dah termasuk dalam pakej. Malam tu kami dihidangkan dengan nasi, ikan bakar, tom yam telur dadar dan tea O ais. Overall, makanan best dan mencukupi. Selepas makan, kami jalan-jalan cari souvenir. Sepanjang jalan tu ada orang jual-jual macam night market la. Aku sempat beli fridge magnet dan keychain (typical barang yang dibeli bila bercuti LOL).

Sebelum pulang ke bilik, kami lepak kejap tepi pantai. Dah balik bilik macam biasa sembang-sembang lepas tu makan maggi sama-sama. Then, tidur. Oh ya, bilik kami tak besar mana pun tapi selesa, bersih, fully air-conditioned dan ada wifi.

Maka berakhir lah hari pertama kami di Pulau Pangkor. Comment down below if you happen to ask me questions.

Yang belum baca PART 1 of my vacation. Click the link below
PART 1: Trip to Pangkor Island

Part 3 coming soon. See ya!

*too lazy to edit the picture (original picture)