Bamboo Hill Chalets Pulau Tioman

... it was like floating in a huge fish tank. There were so many fish to swim amongst and quite a lot of coral (some of it was dead though). There were also some purple crabs that I thought I should stay away from! Dave enjoyed jumping off the jetty (I am sure we will put the pictures on here!).<br>There was also an unfortunate incident where a large millipede ...

... best chance at survival we had to release them during high tide, which was at 3:40 in the morning. I was one of three people going, and so was woken up in time to bring everything we needed down to the beach in the dark.<br><br>Charlie (the guy currently in charge of the sanctuary) took a kayak out to the dingy tied up off shore, then came and picked us up. It was a pretty freaky ride because it was pitch black and we could barely see ...

... after that my big flashlight stopped working properly and it looked as if it was filling up with water. No problem.. I had a backup which I used for the rest of the dive (saw 2 small reef sharks, a wierd eel and startled some sting rays with our lights). After the dive I looked at the light that wasnt working and realized that it wasn't water... It was a thick, dark green ...

... the boat back. The other option from Air Batang/Tekek to Juara on the other side of the island is easier and you can go back the same day, but start in the morning in this case. There is a paved road now that goes from Tekek to Juara, but don&#8217;t take that, take the jungle trail that starts just north of the airport in Tekek. Close to Juara is a waterfall, but it will take about one our to get there, I tried to make it on the same day as I started ...

... we were unable to move straight into our &#8220;superior&#8221; chalet, but the standard one was fine too. A quick meal, wonderful curry soup, with duty free beer, (Tsingtao stout), and wine, (yes, we know how to chose our paradise islands), a bit of a wander, (D), along the beach, a bit of a sleep, (S), after a long journey from Butterworth many hours before, and here we were for our first night on the island on which South Pacific was geographically-challengingly made.

... out logistics we had our navigation dive. We<br>practiced on land first with a bucket on our head so we couldnt cheat<br>then headed in the water to do a square pattern. Once that was<br>completed we went for a cool dive around the reef and Paul identified<br>heaps of cool fish for us. Then Bryden and I had to navigate our way<br>back which we thought we were going to get lost but we made it back<br>to pretty much the exact spot. We then ...