Breakdown of Cost of the trip: (I've wanted to do this for all my trips but laziness managed to fail me everytime. I am gonna pick up the slack from now on and get my act together... I hope!)
- Petrol: ~RM150 (from Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Besut and back)
- Toll : ~RM40 (Genting Toll, Kuantan Highway Toll)
- Overnight at Dungun (Mayang Resort, 5km from UITM): RM140 for 2 rooms
- Kuala Besut Parking (3D2N, with cover): RM15
- Boat to Perhentian Island: RM60/person, 2 way.
- D'Ayumni House on Perhentian Besar: RM160/room for 2 nights - 2 double beds, aircond and shower but electricity runs only at night.
- Dive with Universal Diver: RM250 for 4 dives (I did 5, Hiu did 3, so all balanced out)
- A super-duper expensive dinner at the New Coconut Hut: RM107!
- And some drinks/breakfast/lunch at Nia Cafe: ~RM50-100 for 4 persons total
- A BBQ dinner by Universal Diver: Free (thanks guys)
That's about it. Averaged out about RM470/person for the whole trip - probably one of the cheapest trips that I've had! And we all have great fun! And lastly, borrowing a phrase from MasterCard,
A Dive Trip with a few buddies on Perhentian Island: Priceless.
More trip photos:
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This is Ayumni, the cute little girl of D'Ayumni House ->
It was a short 3D2N trip to Perhentian Island, and the journey was tough - we drove instead of taking flight, but the trip was fun and more importantly, quenched our thirst of diving. I've served my 'surface time' for over 4 months since last dive in Bali, I need some fix!
4 of us (Hiu, Bill, Kenny and myself) started off from Hiu's house just over 10pm using this route:
KL -> Karak Highway -> Kuantan -> Dungun -> Kuala Terengganu -> Kuala Besut
This probably is not the closest road but the beach roads from Kuantan to Kuala Besut is straight and in good condition. We reached Dungun at 2:30am and stayed at Mayang Resort , which is just beside the beach road and situated about 5km from UITM Dungun.
The resort offers either rooms or one of the many houses (one house consists of 4 rooms, a living room and a bathroom). We rented 2 rooms in house#6 and cost us RM140 (including a simple Mee Goreng + coffee/tea breakfast). Rooms are equipped with air-con and 2 single beds. Some rooms having attached bathroom (master bedroom in the house), and some others will have to share another bathroom in the house. Overall the room is spacious and relatively clean, and we couldn't complaint - it was already 2:30am and we desperately need a place to get some rest!
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