Seri Mersing

... just couldn&#8217;t stop smiling.<br><br>The next morning I headed off to Tioman island by ferry. After the two hour trip I disembarked at the dock and found a beautiful cabana on the water. It had an ensuite and an air con and I decided that I should spoil myself for a couple of nights. The back deck was literally 4 m from the ocean. I had a walk around the island that afternoon and after hearing my mind nag endlessly about the heat I decided to get a ...

... a longboat and explored some caves. We got to see some Thai Boxing here too! After Krabi we got a ferry down to Ko Lanta, an island of long beaches where there is little to do apart from.... you guessed it .... sweet FA!!! caught the rugby while it was on, Wales lost to Ireland so big boo for Mike and after four days we decided we could no longer be ***** with Thailand as there wasn't much left to do! So we left the island by minivan which boards a car ...

... Kuehlung mit. Von daher war's gar nicht so schlecht. Fruehstueck gab's dann eben in Badesachen, mehr braucht man auf so einer Insel eh nicht anziehen ;-) Den Rest des Tages verbrachten wir ueberwiegend unter'm Restaurantdach beim ******** spielen, essen und trinken, denn der Regen lies kaum nach. Beschwert hat sich trotzdem keiner und als uns um fuenf das Boot zurueck nach Mersing brachte, fuehlten wir uns alle gut erholt und "gestaerkt" fuer die Woche in Singapur.

... preocuapado por las maletas no queriamos que estan estuvieran todas mojadas. Tuvimos suficiente tiempo para comer algo cuando estabamos en el puerto esperando por el ferry vimos un grupo de Japoneses, esto nos dio un poco de tranquilidad al menos no somos los unicos que vamos a Tioman. El viaje dura una hora y media. Cuando nos ibamos acercando ala isla la vista fue fenomenal que belleza, puedes ver el agua azul la arena blanca y la selva. Un paraiso terrenal ...

... when they said their buses were all full, we went to the one beside it to ask again, until one finally had space on a bus. It was quite funny, but I wouldn't want to have to navigate that chaos carrying a 20kg-backpack and eight o'clock in the morning. On Sunday, the guest house owner told us, was to be held a parade for the Chinese New Year. It was held on a street in the financial district later in the evening, so we walked over there to check out the malls in the ...

... the morning. Unfortunately nature decided otherwise. Tioman is unreachable for the following days as the weather conditions are too risky for ferries. Wave height is around 4-5metres. So no Tioman this round and Spore here we come. Mersing is a small town next to sea shore. Friendly people and small sea wind breezing. The beach boulevard was lovely to walk in but no sea sight due to low tide. See you in Spore. Nora

... approx 6ft long - and we got real close to it &amp; could have touched it! On our last dive we also saw loads of Stingrays &amp; a white tip shark ...

... spot near the beach where they was PLENTY of sea urshens! The girl got out of the boat ok but the boy, ohno, he put his hand AND his foot into them... Aie Aie Aie... - As if this was not enough, they capsized twice. Once near the beach but a second time further away and they had to drag the canoe back to shore. Not easy when the canoe is not fully waterproof, that you are one and hand and one foot down, that ...

... everyone there! The place that I stayed was called 'My Friend's Place', and it was there that I learned my limits as far as comfort is concerned. My room had a fan and a bed and a bathroom. In the bathroom was a toilet, and a showerhead sticking out of the wall. No shower stall, no bathtub, no sink! just a showerhead, oh yeah, and a bucket (?). I could've sat on the toilet and taken a shower at the same time (I didn't). I learned that I don ...

... 4 hours to get from the Singapore/Malaysia border to the jetty where the Island boat picks you up from. And after the texting the resort on my arrival, they immediately sent a boat over to collect me. Being a small island they have no electricity, so all the power comes from generators which use up a fair amount of fuel. This fuel is picked up from the mainland, and 'luckily' for me, the day I arrived happened to be fuel day!! As ...