Tioman

( sunset at Salang )

Hello!

I've been holding disappearing acts on and off, but I promise that Ill blog more often. Cross my heart. ;)

How was yr holiday?

Mine was great!

Went to Pulau Tioman for 5 days with the family. We spent 2 nights at Salang Village and 2 nights at Berjaya Tioman Resort.

My mum decided that we will get there by flight since I've never been on a plane before. As we were waiting to board the plane, i got excited. Little did I know that Ill be regretting this decision. Alas, I am afraid of flying! My dad kept asking me to look out the window as we land, the scenery is beau.ti.ful.! but i was too scared.

( my very first boarding pass )

After about an hour of torture, we finally landed on the island. We paid a few ringgit for the conservation of the island and proceeded to the nearby jeti to catch a boat to Salang.

The boatman agreed to send us there, but he was not sure if that beach is open. We went there on a small motor boat. It was a refreshing ride filled with scent of salt..haha..

When we finally reached there, it was empty and my dad asked the boatmen to wait for a while to check if anything is open. but the boatmen left straightaway, abandoning us.

Lucky for us, 1 chalet was open. Its the one at the front most of the beach.

Toilet is lousy but everything else is ok. I mean why spend so much on accommodation if yr not going to be there the whole day?

( this is how the room looks like )

As it was monsoon season, the place was close to empty so we had the whole beach to ourselves! But the downside is that all diving centers and water activity are not allowed or closed. And only 1 restaurant was open.

The place is great! I only need to wade in waist high water to see fishes swimming round my legs. The water is so clear that i can see reefs while walking on the jeti. In the evening, my sis and I went hunting for sea cucumbers. They are so cute! We actually took it out of the water and held it in our hands. But some will start spewing water once u take 'em out of the water. Kinda gross when they do that.

( nope, its not a rock, but sea cucumber in its soft form )

Mobile service at Salang is horrible. So unless u are a Celcom user, your cell phone would be close to useless during your stay there. But u could try walking slowly at the shore raising your cell phone to the sky to try to get signal. Goodluck. hehe..

Berjaya Resort is ok. I guess if u need luxury accommodation, it'll be your forte.

So thats it!

ps. after hunting for sea cucmbers, we came back with many sand-fly bites. Its horrible. Use "mopiko", works very well. =)