Tekek, Malaysia

Travel Blogs from Tekek (15)

Tioman Island, Tekek, Malaysia travel blog
Tioman Island
Aug 21, 2009

When I landed at the airport in Tekek (1 landing strip barely big enough to land a plane on) I expected there to be some clue as to where to go next. There was nothing but a scorching hot sun. I tracked down the phone number of the dive shop here (I ...

A travel blog entry by nkan7
First foreign clinic experience, Tekek, Malaysia travel blog
First foreign clinic experience
Sep 2, 2009

For a couple of days now I've been deaf in my right ear, which as you can guess, is very annoying. So today I gave up on ear drops and went to the clinic so they could tell me what was wrong. I had to fill out some forms including some info from my ...

A travel blog entry by nkan7
Boat capsized, Tekek, Malaysia travel blog
Boat capsized
Aug 27, 2009

we were supposed to go for our first night dive. We got all our gear together, went through a briefing and headed down the beach towards our little dive boat. It was dark, low tide and windy. As we struggled to get into the boat water from the massive ...

A travel blog entry by nkan7
Night Dive, Tekek, Malaysia travel blog
Night Dive
Sep 5, 2009

Finally went on a night dive - this time just off the shore... we learned from last time... plus we still dont have a boat :P The dive was pretty cool, prefer diving when you can see, but still cool. We turned off our flashlights at one point and waved ...

A travel blog entry by nkan7

Forum Discussions on Tekek (1)

Flying into KL any Reccomendations
Posted on Jun 27, 2007, 03:02:58
East coast is the place to dive in Malaysia (unless you want to spend, in which case get out to Sipadan). Tioman can be reached by taking a bus to Mersing from Puduraya bus station, for about RM30 (one way). We go there for weekends from KL often. Then get ...