thanks for all your input everybody, but i just returned from perhentian and i thought it was fabulous!!!! wonderful visibility of close to 20m at times but usually in the 15m range which is a certain imporvement from what i have seen in the past year.
anyway, the living was horrendous though, if anyone heading u, i suggest you give rajawali at coral beach a miss as the service there is terrible!!! and i mean terrible!!! i aint some spoilt brat that needs hot water and such but i actually had to go to the reception 4 times before having my water supply switched on. on top of that, some of my dive buddies were in the middle of bathing when the water went off. all of us ended up bathing with the outside tap. to top it off, they have the audacity to request RM60 for the usage of the room a further 3 hrs after check out as our speedboat back was later in the afternoon.....
but apart from that, it was spectacular with nurse sharks as seaslug had mentioned on this discussion. they were hiding under the rocks and such. saw a big one of about a meter whereas the others were pretty small. was greeted by giant baracudas, turtles, black tip reef sharks, sting rays and of course lots and lots of jelly fish!!!!! i had the fortune to avoid them all till the last dive when i actuallyy got stung 3 times. i was wearing sort of a shorty thats why ....... mind you, i still have the marks to show .......... ouch!!!
but if anyone is heading down there, most people would say Perhentian Besar (the big island) would be better to stay as the facilities would be up to our high standards. But i wd definitely suggest this, head over to long beach on the small island, i tell you, those who have partied at koh phangan for the full moon party ...this beach certainly has the ability to imitate their success. pristine beaches line up the coast with wonderous restaurants and chill out areas which serve milkshakes that would certainly brighten up your day affter a long daay diving.
It was hard to pull myself away after the fourth day but ... sigh ...had to go home, time to check out other dive sites. any questions on thed island, can sure message me ..... cheers.
