We had plans to wake up early the next day. It was great and refreshing to be waking up facing the sea..

At its low tide!

We woke up at 6:30, prepared ourselves and headed over for our complimentary breakfast.

As it is still early, we took a morning walk along the beach. It is funny to see that all the hermit crabs had gone to hiding, as you can see many tiny holes in the sand.

Stones and coral debris at the seabed..

Near 9pm we were already waiting outside the sports recreational counter at Berjaya. The person incharge was nowhere to be found. After waiting for quite some time, I decided that we head over to Tekek village in search for Cabana sports club ( A famous one that I know of thru the web).

Tho I heard of its name, I’m not sure of its exact location. From where we have alighted, we chose to head north as the long stretch of road ahead of us seems more promising. More houses = more chances right?

We checked on the prices from some mini sports club along the way. The thing about these snorkeling trip is that if you have more people on the same boat, the price for per pax will be cheaper. And of course if there are only the two of us, it would be  much more expensive!! Not sure if we were too early or what, there aren’t any tourists around to share the boat with us! What?  Saturday morning and nobody wanna go snorkelling? The prices are way out of our budget, so we decided to continue walking…….. and still in search of Cabana (which is nowhere to be found)..

Took some beautiful pictures along the way..

I believe the water is clearer at northern part of the island!

As we continue walking, we saw some chickens by the road. This may sound stupid, but both of us were afraid of going near them. Due to the fact that we were chased by kampong chickens before. For my case, it is those long neck ones! Super fierce. Hahahaha..

But anyway thanks to the cooling weather, we could continue walking along the seaside until we reached the end..of Tekek Village. Still, no Canbana!! So obviously we chose the wrong way to go. The locals there don’t seem to know their island well too. They love pointing wrong directions -.-

It wasn’t disappointing afterall as we have landed ourselves to Marine Park, one of the attractions!

If you are wondering why is Kenny smiling to himself, this is the reason why!!

Overwhelming right? This is not the bomb yet! In Singapore’s waters we can’t even see a single thang!

At this moment, we saw a chartered boat coming to us from far! Coincidentally, Marine park is the first stop of their trip. We asked if we could come on board and the friendly people welcome us in! The guide charged us RM100 for 2 pax! So bloody cheap!!

And off we go! To Coral Island!!!

Stay tuned for part 3!! More stunning pictures to come!!

To those who were not aware of, I was on a seaside vacation overseas, last weekend (The reason why I missed Flash Mob)! Before I continue, I shall warn you to bear with my emotions.. Hahahahhaha!

This trip to Tioman was much awaited. Kenny and I knew we were going somewhere special to celebrate that special time of the year. Never thought that this trip could be so much of a roller coaster ride. Filled with overwhelming emotions and unforgettable thoughts! We enjoyed every bits of minutes, cherished every significant moments spent at this get-away island off South China Sea.

Before the journey even started, our excitment shrunk after realising that we slept over the timing to board on the 6am coach to Mersing (Malaysia). This could be one of the worst things to happen. In any case, we managed to catch another timing for another coach svc @ 9am. Only to reach Mersing at 1:30pm.

Bluewater Ferry’s timing is really terrible and not punctual at all!

We have to wait for duper long before we could board. At times like this, Kenny’s iPhone’s battery were exhausted several times due to such waiting. (iPhone has the best mobile games ever!!)

Spot this cute little boy on the ferry!

We  board on the ferry @ 2:30 and only to reach Tioman @4pm. We were so way behind schedule, what’s worse is that we have wasted the day on travelling

Kenny shook me up from my nap and the next thing i know is that we were reaching soon (after 1hr45mins ride)! He was really bouncing with excitment and exclaimed, “Look at the waters! It is sooooo clear!”.

This was a photo taken from the Jetty, you can see the seabed from top – deep waters! This is how clear the water is. But the best is yet to come!

We then settled down at Berjaya, checked in and headed over to our cosy little hut!

Look at him! Reaching out for the skiessssss..

As we were searching through and following the room numbers eventurally leading to 510, we were sooooo estatic to find out that what’s in store for us is a SEA VIEW ROOM!!

WE WERE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED that I immediately SMS Elise (Alice)! Cos’ previously I received news that there were no seaview left and I was duper disappointed.

Peektures peektures and more peektures!

The next time I’m visiting, I will take 2 rooms next to ours. Better view!

Lastly a picture of our cosy room!

Kenny being such a natural lover, can’t wait to dive into the crystal clear waters to rejuvenate himself!! That is the first thing he hoped to do! As soon as we have settled down, we were by the beach! The cooling sea-breeze ran passed our skins and we could hear the waves surged calmly over the fine sand..

That is him, faraway..

A small debri of a dead coral

This is something different. On many other beaches in the world, you may often find seashells on the sand but in Tioman, you find lotsa lotsa dried up corals been washed up to the shore. You can image the amount of corals deep down this ocean.

Kenny can’t wait to get himself wet!

Though I love the scenic and beautiful sea, I was phobatic at the thought of the creatures underneath it.

From the look of this picture, you can see that I’m a lil afraid of getting deeper.

Whereas actually, you can see your feet from where I’m standing.. Okay, I’m just paranoid :S

Took some shots from thigh level..

That is our hut I’m pointing at!

Reggis Island from far!

There he goes, deeper and deeper. I’m stuck..

Since we have reached Tioman during late afternoon, we thought might as well relax ourselves and explore the vicinity. There were shuttle services driving travellers to and fro different places at Berjaya. We hopped to one without asking its destination. Soon, we found ourselves  at the jetty.

A gush of wind swipped onto us and I can tell you that is the strongest wind I ever felt. It lasted for quite long and if I didn’t stand still, it could literally blew me away. No joke!

Spotted this beautiful villa built on a hill. Rental could be really expensive!

I didn’t manage to really capture superbly beautiful sunset pictures, but just a glimpse or two.

The enjoyment has only began when the evening draws near!

And so is time for dinner! We decided that since there are no free transport to ferry us to Tekek (the most populated village), we shall go by foot. Before that, we have geared each of us with a can of  Tiger beer, with STRAW. Kenny feels that there will be more ‘kick’ using straw.

That left image is duper blurry No way to rectify it.

By the way, duty free beer is soooooo cheap there! OMG. RM 2.50 per can! Needless to say, we stock up for the night

On our way out from Berjaya, we came across some vigorous monkeys. They are damn fierce and got me really terrified. We decided to take an alternative road.

Dinner was at a chinese coffeehouse. Ordered fabulous food, including my all time favourite Tie Ban Tofu and super fresh Qi Xing Ban (Seven Star Garoupa). All these in affordable prices, never will you get it in Singapore! With additional beer on the go!

With our bloaty stomach, we shopped the nearby stores. Managed to get us an underwater camera for our Snorkelling trip tomorrow at this, what they call as the biggest departmental store in Tioman. Duty-free as well! It is at the size of a bit bigger than Econ minimart.

Bought some snacks and went back to our lil hut!

It was pitched dark by then. We relaxed at the platform, drank beers, watch DVD – I brought my laptop thinking I might check my mails. But when I was there, I didn’t even do any work! (Fortunate to have helpful colleagues to assist me!)

The liquor took over from here

Day 2 – To Be Continued..

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Last A bazillion Sundays ago, I was supposed to collect the Flyer tickets at 10am. As usual, I didn’t woke up even tho the alarm clock blasted my ear drums! In the end, my brother had to collect on my behalf. Hahahaha!

The skies were covered with dark gloomy clouds in the morning and I thought Family day could be busted due to the weather. Fortunate enough, they dispersed and the sun finally greeted us! Then, we continued with our schedule..

Following down will be just photos, photos and more photos!!

This is super lovely!

I thought it was a great experience to have try this out for at least once. Of course it would be great if it was night time, isn’t it?