Cheers!!!
had a short trip to tioman island over the weekend,to be exact its over at Salang Village.
its a nice quiet place with ALMOST nothing to buy/to see (unless u really love the sun,the sea & the beach :P )
On Sat (8th March), we set off to Malaysia at around 1am.... (10 divers + 2 non divers which includes me. haha) the stupid journey to Mersing Jetty will take us like nearly 3hours with no traffic jam. but luckily i'm the passenger not the driver so i manage to doze off a couple of times. but u know wat,the streets of malaysia is totally like pitch black lor,no street lamps at all unless u pass by those streets with shophouses with just a glimpse of light. then the road goes on & on,like its never ending....
At around 5am we manage to reach somewhere near the jetty for breakfast...
When we arrived at the jetty around 5.30am,there was already people waiting for the ferry (just for ur info,the ferry services starts at 7.30am!). everyone decided to catch some sleep while waiting for time to pass....
Everyone was real tired after the long ride...
finally the ferry arrived,but guess wat happen? the stupid people there overloaded the ferry then the rest of the people had to stand (how can anyone stand throughout the whole 3hours journey with the whole ferry speeding n rocking like hell?) but luckily for us,we manage to SECURE a place to sit down,guess where? its at the front part of the ferry where the boatman is at..... but trust me.its not exactly a blessing in disguise cos i got terribly seasick after less than 30mins,then i had lie down for the rest of the journey,i couldn't even have any kind of movement,any slight ones made me have the urge to vomit. Super bad start of my holiday!
around 10.30am, finally reached Salang village.
is it pretty?
the stupid ferry which made me seasick!
the little hut that we'll be spending the night at....
baby starting his shore dive just 30mins after we reach... super rush right? but i guess we don have much time too,better make full use of it...
the giant fins..... haha
Preparation for the dive~
the 1st shore dive~
baby went for his shore dive then i went back to the hut for a short nap and to freshen up too. don really like it though,the place looks abit rundown then feels like anyone could just barge in. haha!
baby came back at 2pm and the next dive is at 3pm. and the best part? i got to tag along... they will be going out in a speed boat to some other island for diving... So fun..
the 2nd dive (out in a speedboat)
baby in water....
and off he goes... deep down until i cant see him.... then i'm left on the boat enjoying the sea breeze... at some point i even doze off.....
but at least in the evening,baby got to spend some time with me.... we got to take a walk around the village...
the seaside the beach...
the scenery is fantastic~
baby & the beach~
look! the seawater is really clear~ i can see my own feet!!!!
super village feel right?
Monitor lizard on the loose...
See that? those are bats hanging on the tree...
the rest of the pictures will be simply underwater!!!
my baby on the right
baby (left) with his buddy James
try hard to pose for a pic... (baby on the 3rd from the left)
fins that cost a bomb! A whopping $500...
A Pro Diver~
top part of a shipwreck
side of a shipwreck
Bottom part of the shipwreck
coral reefs~
more coral reefs~
Starfish....
A blue spotted stingray
Clown fish aka Nemo
Giant clam
fishes & more fishes~
time seems to pass very slowly and i'm loving every moment of it.... the peacefulness and the sea but not the sun though (i'm simply covered with sunblock from like head to toe every moment i'm out in the sun)
Baby went for a few more dives on sunday but i didn't tag along,was kinda tired and i just stay in the room to watch my movies.... our ferry back to Mersing jetty was at 4.30pm... this time all of us manage to secure a decent seat and i didn't suffer from seasick this time.
reached the jetty around 7pm. and its time for another 3hours journey back to Johor Bahru...
Wee hours of the morning,finally reach Singapore
everyone was dead beat and guess wat?
i got to work from 9am to 9pm the next day..
wat luck!
but at least i enjoyed myself for the past 2days...
Cheers...
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