Paradise Lost
September 21st - 27th
Our arrival in Pulau Tioman was, to put it best... uncertain. We were excited to be on this random island in the middle of the South China Sea, but really didn't know what to expect. Our research leading up to this week was limited, as not all that much could be found on this island. For those of you who don't know, we ended up here because of the generous gift from my Aunt and Uncles who gave us 1 week of their timeshare to use for our honeymoon... little did they know we'd choose the farthest place away from Boston, with the least available information. So suffice to say that we weren't really sure what we were in for.
We got off the plane, collected our bags and walked out of the small teak building that was Tioman's only airport/landing strip. We wondered how we would get to our resort, but that question was quickly answered once we walked out and saw the the Magic School Bus that was awaiting us and a few other passengers. It was a school bus painted blue with fish all over it. This immediately gave us reasons to think we were onto something good.
We arrived at the end of the road (about 3 km from the airport) to the the Berjaya Tioman Beach & Golf Resort and Spa. It was a vast sprawl of chalets and villas spread along the ocean. We checked in and were transported to our chalet, which was literelly about 12 steps from door
to sand. I bit far if you asked us, but we would manage.
Turned out there was no reason to have been hesitant about Tioman. The place was out of a movie (literally... see Bali Hai). We layed on white sand beaches, swam in crystal blue waters as beautiful fish swam all around us. Ate yummy food, chilled by the pool and drank exotic cocktails at the swim-up bar. We took a boat/snorkeling trip around the island; hiked from the village of Tekek, up and over the mountains, and through the jungle and to the village of Juara... 3 hours later. 2 hours of which were uphill in thick jungle frantically thinking every rustle of leaves could be a King Cobra... yeah you read that right, King Cobra! Milton played golf one day and did his best considering he was teeing off with monkeys running all around him, and had to look for balls in rough that hid 5 foot
monitor lizards. Very cool island.
We couldn't have asked for a better destination for a honeymoon and wouldn't have changed it for anything.
Click here to see the rest of our Pulau Tioman pictures...
Our arrival in Pulau Tioman was, to put it best... uncertain. We were excited to be on this random island in the middle of the South China Sea, but really didn't know what to expect. Our research leading up to this week was limited, as not all that much could be found on this island. For those of you who don't know, we ended up here because of the generous gift from my Aunt and Uncles who gave us 1 week of their timeshare to use for our honeymoon... little did they know we'd choose the farthest place away from Boston, with the least available information. So suffice to say that we weren't really sure what we were in for.
We got off the plane, collected our bags and walked out of the small teak building that was Tioman's only airport/landing strip. We wondered how we would get to our resort, but that question was quickly answered once we walked out and saw the the Magic School Bus that was awaiting us and a few other passengers. It was a school bus painted blue with fish all over it. This immediately gave us reasons to think we were onto something good.
We arrived at the end of the road (about 3 km from the airport) to the the Berjaya Tioman Beach & Golf Resort and Spa. It was a vast sprawl of chalets and villas spread along the ocean. We checked in and were transported to our chalet, which was literelly about 12 steps from door
to sand. I bit far if you asked us, but we would manage.Turned out there was no reason to have been hesitant about Tioman. The place was out of a movie (literally... see Bali Hai). We layed on white sand beaches, swam in crystal blue waters as beautiful fish swam all around us. Ate yummy food, chilled by the pool and drank exotic cocktails at the swim-up bar. We took a boat/snorkeling trip around the island; hiked from the village of Tekek, up and over the mountains, and through the jungle and to the village of Juara... 3 hours later. 2 hours of which were uphill in thick jungle frantically thinking every rustle of leaves could be a King Cobra... yeah you read that right, King Cobra! Milton played golf one day and did his best considering he was teeing off with monkeys running all around him, and had to look for balls in rough that hid 5 foot
monitor lizards. Very cool island.We couldn't have asked for a better destination for a honeymoon and wouldn't have changed it for anything.
Click here to see the rest of our Pulau Tioman pictures...
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