One more item off my bucket list!! My virgin snorkelling trip to Tioman Island in Malaysia was a great success.
With lots of confusion over deciding the departure date, things were not certain until the last minute. After all the uncertainty, we finally concluded 11 July 2012 as our departure date . W booked our coach package from a Travel agency called Konsortium.
We took off at 6.30 am from Golden Mile Complex, Singapore. The coach was very comfortable with nice reclining seats.The bus reached Tanjung Gemuk around 11.15 am. From where we had to catch the ferry which departed at 11.30 am. It is 1 hour 45 minutes by ferry to reach Tioman, the mini paradise.
We stayed at the Paya Beach Resort which is located at the Kampong Paya (Paya Village). After the check in at around 1.45 pm, we just threw our bags on the bed and quickly rushed the the local restaurant to satisfy our hunger. As we did not have any other activities planned for the day, we headed down to take a walk by the beach and click pictures. Along the way, we discovered this 'amazing spot' where they had a hammock suspended between two coconut trees and 2-3 swings to play. I relaxed for a while in hammock overlooking the blue beach.
Day 2 started off with buffet breakfast and then quickly we got to the jetty by 8.45 from where we were picked up for our snorkelling tour. The boat took us to Ringgis Island which is just 15-20 mins away. Ringgis island was nothing but a tiny piece of land with thick bushes. But the real beauty lies under the water! With the snorkel and tightly secured life jacket and 10 minutes briefing, we jumped off the boat into the chilled blue sea. Thousands of beautifully colored marine fishes. The underwater world is so much beautiful than I could ever imagine! The fishes (which I can't even name!) were beautifully colored. The sea corals were also pretty and I managed to spot a few green colored sea corals too! The activities crew member Mr.Danker was kind enough to guide me to swim a little further where he showed me a starfish.It was an hour of snorkelling here. I was very much comfortable with snorkelling because I've been swimming since 6. Thanks to my parents.
We were taken to a place called Marine Park, which is a man made conservatory of marine life. We had an hour to snorkel here too. Another hour of bliss! We reached resort by 1.00 pm, just nice for lunch. A good meal, then we were off the beach to get a sun tan. Evening was spent with some soverigner shopping and then again a relaxing walk by the beach (after all, it's a beach holiday!).
Day 3. Had to check out by 10.00 am after which we deposited our bags at the lobby and we took a beach walk, again! Then back to Singapore. This time, I alighted at the woodlands checkpoint and took the bus AC-7 which apprarently is very convinent for people living in north. $2 for a ticket and I was dropped off at my door step (just below my block) in 15 mins time from Malaysia! Wow!
Tioman had all the qualities to call it a 'beautiful deserted island'.It was a nice vacation just before the starting of a new semester at University. Great way to relax, relax and just relax!!
Sri
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