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Date Posted: Wed, Aug 14 2002, 9:56:11
Author: lio
Subject: thks, jon
In reply to: jon 's message, "Re: redang kalong" on Tue, Aug 13 2002, 20:55:51




>>hi, anybody ever stay in Redang Kalong?? looking for
>>experience sharing.
>>and is it a wise choice to have scuba diving course
>in
>>Redang?? tks
>
>Yes I just came back fm there. (8-11 Aug 02).
>Rooms - Very basic. Clean sheets, aircon, hot showers.
>Makan - Good buffet by Malaysia standard. Usually abt
>3-4 dishes + noodle/rich. (If you are not those
>looking good for resturant like 5 star Hotel). Anyway
>basically standard of food offered by all island
>resort are the same (except Bajaya Redang Beach
>Resort). Free flow of bread/tea/coffee 24hrs. Meals:
>BF,lunch, Teabreaks & dinner.
>Service - Friendly. There look after guest personal
>needs. You don't have to walk out to sea to take the
>boat. There have little make shift jetty right up to
>the beach. Other I saw diver have to walk right up to
>waist deep to board the boat at long beach.
>Site - basically you will have the beach for yourself
>& those staying there. Very quite. If you are stay at
>long beach, just imagine something like Santosa, with
>music blasting fm small bars everwhere, very
>commercialised. It was very crowded & nosiy when we
>walk over there to look see. They were doing some
>construction of new resort southern side of the long
>beach (just next to redang reef). So very dirty &
>nosiy during the day. May be another 6-8 mth or so by
>way it was going.
>
>Of course sand at long beach is finer. Not much of
>snorkelling near the beach on long island. But at
>Redangkalong the coral start abt 10m fm shore. At abt
>50-60m the reef drops to abt 2.5m & there are
>beautiful corals. I manage to see a green turtle,
>small & big (abt 1.8m) reef shark just off the resort
>itself.
>
>My Friend who organise out-dorr trips like mountain
>climbs, dives & hikes all over Malaysia had
>recommended this resort so I think he had done his
>homework. I will be back to Redanykalong agin.
>
>Please let me know if there is any comments abt other
>resort.

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