Couchfish Day 262: Head-desking on the Perhentians

While Kota Bharu is the closest capital to the Perhentian Islands, they, and the port town they’re reached via, are in the next state south—Kuala Terengganu.

It is a straightforward—if slow—bus ride from town to Kuala Besut, from where I plan to get a boat out for some beach time. It is, like many port towns, a bit grubby—but I’ve seen far worse. Off the…