Having left Borneo we arrived in KL and spent a night with George before travelling by car (4 hours) to Cherating and the Legend Resort which sits next to a long, white sandy beach. This resort is massive but was virtually empty as it was the beginning of the season. We felt somewhat sorry for an English couple who had booked for two weeks without any scheduled activities! The upside was a large deserted swimming pool but the downside was the astronomic beer price (£6 for a small bottle of Heineken)! Ray and I resorted to having an almond Magnum everyday ( £1 each)!
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| view from pool to beach |
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| the beach |
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| main hotel area |
Using George's car, we scoured all the supermarkets (LOL) to find beer. We finally located one just around the corner from the resort but needed to ask at the counter as it can't be displayed. The Chinese owner had 9 cans (wow!) which he proceeded to put in black bags so they couldn't be seen! Fortunately we had a fridge to store the beer and tonic!
During the week we discovered that on certain nights, beer was half price and ladies drinks were free - yes spirits included - and so we took full advantage of this generous offer. Added to this pleasure was a trio called Mischief which lived up to it's name. One of the singers must have been an erotic dancer in a previous life as Ray's eyes stood out on stalks and he had a big smile but he never saw their faces! Actually they were great musicians as well and did requests and we danced together -ah!
Having filled the car with petrol (£10), Ray drove back to KL via a Lorina detour, only an extra 20 minutes! As we neared KL we successfully missed a speed trap on the E8 - Ray had spotted a policeman sitting on the top of a shady bank. A few miles down the road, all cars were being flagged down to check the car numbers radioed to them. Interestingly one of the cars pulled over did the same at the next speed trap! Finally reached George's although her directions and the roads disagreed.
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