Tioman island
We flew back to KL where we met Reza and Fido, and after a brief stop to borrow Reza's parents' people-carrier the four of us drove out towards Malaysia's East coast and the beautiful island of Tioman. A speed boat took us out to the island and as we approached at high-speed we saw the craggy mountainous peaks that famously make the island look like a sleeping dragon.
Tioman island is covered with steep jungle, has no cars or roads, and the only way to travel between villages is by boat. We stayed in nice beach huts/chalets in the village of Salang, a fabulous palm-fringed beach with an easily accessible coral reef. Travelling with Malaysians was great and we had soon made friends with all the island locals and boat boys. Every day we snorkelled on the amazing reef and relaxed on the beach and every night we ate fresh fish, crabs and lots and lots of squid at the mouth watering beach-side barbeques.
One of our new local friends took us on a round-the-island day trip which was really good fun. We stopped at various beaches and a jungle waterfall where we all jumped off rocks into the cool fresh water. After lunch we continued to an awesome snorkelling spot where Holland swam alongside a black tip reef shark (scary!) and Bex saw a hawksbill turtle. We even found Nemo! After another stop, where we jumped off a pier into deep water, it was back to Salang for squids all round before heading to Akbars beach-bar our favourite night-time hangout.
Holland went scuba diving which turned out to be a day of highs and lows! He had a disastrous first dive which included a rubbish mask, a self removing weight belt and a dodgy ventilator which when the air got low stopped delivering at 15M. A panic set in and he grabbed the dive-masters spare air supply and headed straight for the surface! His second dive of the day made up for it though when with a new mask and ventilator he had an awesome time with loads of colourful big fish, swim throughs and great coral scenery.
On our last day the four of us hired kayaks and paddled round to Monkey bay where we saw monkeys and snorkelled around outstanding coral gardens. After a week we were very sad to leave :o(
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Tioman island is covered with steep jungle, has no cars or roads, and the only way to travel between villages is by boat. We stayed in nice beach huts/chalets in the village of Salang, a fabulous palm-fringed beach with an easily accessible coral reef. Travelling with Malaysians was great and we had soon made friends with all the island locals and boat boys. Every day we snorkelled on the amazing reef and relaxed on the beach and every night we ate fresh fish, crabs and lots and lots of squid at the mouth watering beach-side barbeques.
One of our new local friends took us on a round-the-island day trip which was really good fun. We stopped at various beaches and a jungle waterfall where we all jumped off rocks into the cool fresh water. After lunch we continued to an awesome snorkelling spot where Holland swam alongside a black tip reef shark (scary!) and Bex saw a hawksbill turtle. We even found Nemo! After another stop, where we jumped off a pier into deep water, it was back to Salang for squids all round before heading to Akbars beach-bar our favourite night-time hangout.
Holland went scuba diving which turned out to be a day of highs and lows! He had a disastrous first dive which included a rubbish mask, a self removing weight belt and a dodgy ventilator which when the air got low stopped delivering at 15M. A panic set in and he grabbed the dive-masters spare air supply and headed straight for the surface! His second dive of the day made up for it though when with a new mask and ventilator he had an awesome time with loads of colourful big fish, swim throughs and great coral scenery.
On our last day the four of us hired kayaks and paddled round to Monkey bay where we saw monkeys and snorkelled around outstanding coral gardens. After a week we were very sad to leave :o(
Click here to browse the photos!
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