Pantai Kerachut
Pantai Kerachut - you can either get there by a 20-minute boat ride or a 50-minute hike through the forest...the hike there is quite easy and really nice cos it is shaded most of the way and not too difficult, but it can be a little dangerous because you might get lost in there...but otherwise, it is a very nice hike...About 4-5 yrs ago, I joined my bro's friends for a hike and picnic trip to Pantai Kerachut, but back then, Pantai Kerachut was a disappointment, the beach was strewn with rubbish. This time, I was surprised to see how clean it was. I never knew Penang was capable of cleaning up a beach...hahahaha...but, I learned that the reason why they had it cleaned up was because they were making it a National Park and they have set up a Ranger's Hut and we have to get ourselves registered at a booth that is located at the port / hiking starting point. There were 17 of us altogether...
This is good news, but as usual, we hope that they will keep it up and not slack off...which is very common in Malaysia...sigh!!!Upon arriving at the beach, we started looking for an ideal spot to set up our tents...
this tent took us almost an hour to get up, cos of all things, we forgot to bring ropes...so, we had to make do with whatever that we had...so this tent was not exactly properly set up the right way...
This tent was rather easy...only took us 20 minutes...hehehe...
this was the EASIEST...it took my friend 10 minutes to get it up...but at the end of the day, when it rained...this tent was the first to get flooded with water INSIDE the tent...hahaha...It took us about an hour to get all the 5 tents up. Then we started clearing a place under some trees for us to rest...some of us went fishing, but had no luck at all, the fishes did not take bait...but it was alrite, it was fun anyhow...after our fishing attempt failed, I managed to take a nap under the trees, the weather was beautiful...there were other campers there, I think possibly a total of 60 other campers as well...
our sotong bait...but no fish wanted to eat it...poor thing...
...we brought soooooo much food that we managed to offer some to the other campers...hahaha...we are such generous ppl :P but I gotta say that the amount of food we brought was cra-zee...and worse of all, the guys were the ones who organised this camping trip and the food list...sigh...i think they should always consult or leave it to the girls when it comes to food preparation...the amount of food we had could well last us for 3-4 whole days...and it was like a fine dining camping trip...the menu consisted of chilli con carne, french toasts, 100 chicken wings, 3 different types of sausages, corn cobs, japanese sweet potatoes, fish fillets wrapped in banana leaves with a choice of curry or spicy sauce, variety of vegies marinated in olive oil & herbs, tuna & ham sandwiches, curry chicken (1 whole chicken)...there were 10 french loaves, 8 cans of baked beans, 50 eggs, etc...it was CRA-ZEEEEEEE!!! Our girls idea of a camping trip was instant cup noodles, bread/sandwiches, junk food...simple and hassle free food...but sigh...oh well, a lesson to be learned...
our necessities...
netting for the BBQ pit, banana leaves to wrap the fish fillets, bags of chicken wings, Japanese sweet potatoes, etc etc etc...
we stopped by Monkey Beach on our way here to pick up the gas tank & stove...Monkey beach is just before Pantai Kerachut, about 15mins boat ride...
a wok, lots n lots n lots of sausages...I think possibly more than 100 sausages...
...looks like a fine dining restaurant kitchen?????...
50 eggs...
10 french loaves...and half of them got attacked by ants...
Our fren's "famous" chicken curry that was totally..........UN-edible!!! I didn't even dare to taste it...cos by the look on their faces, I knew it was unedible...hahaha...
the yummy Chilli Con Carne...it was really yummy, especially with the french loaf...
Beautiful sunset...........Everything went well into the night...we were lying down on mats enjoying the breeze...until the stars disappeared behind thick clouds...uh-oh!!! We all started praying hard that it wouldn't rain but unfortunately, just before midnight...we heard heavy rain drawing nearer n nearer, we got up and ran as fast as we could into our tents, the thunder & lightning was booming across the sky above us, it was scary yet exciting...hahaha...we had to hide ourselves in the tent until the rain stopped at 3am...we then managed to get some sleep until 8am in the morning, although it started to drizzle again at 5am all the way until we left at 10am.
If it was not for the rain, this trip would have been quite nice, but my whole body was aching because of the uneven sand underneath our tents...but this really gave us a taste of "tough life"...
the gloomy weather in the morning...still raining...
a professional shot taken by Sam...hahaha...
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