Tioman!

The last time I was in Tioman was about 8 years back. Went for a sailing trip from Kuantan, Pahang - Chukai, Terengganu - down to Sebana Cover, Johor. This time it's a 3 days 2 nights stay in Paya Beach Resort in Tioman. It was supposed to be a beginner's diving lesson trip but Michelle and I couldn't coordinate our schedules to fit in the 4 days required for the diving lessons. Hopefully next year after the monsoon season is over!

Anyway went with the Lai's from Mersing. Drove all the way down from Melaka to Mersing, and got a ferry to Tioman roughly about an hour and a half trip from Mersing to Paya Beach Resort Tioman. It was a pretty place and I was really glad we stayed there from Thursday-Friday, avoided the huge crowd that came over on Saturday. We paid for the twin room snorkelling package, which is inclusive of food.

Paya Beach Resort by day and night

The beach and surroundings is very clean and even as we landed on the jetty we could see schools of fishes swimming around and even spotted a turtle on the last day.!

Scenes around Paya Beach

There was quite a number of stuff to do around there. For the snorkelling trip they'll bring you over to the Marine Park and Pulau Renggis. But you can also snorkel around the seafront near the resort when it's high tide. We also stumbled across a turtle sanctuary at the neighboring beach! For the nights, there an open air movie viewing, grilled seafood and a couple of pool tables. There's also karaoke and spa but those were pretty expensive!

Stuff to do... ermm the flower is from the Spa... juz put it up coz thought it was nice... :p

Overall it was a relaxing and an enjoyable trip, just lazing and bumming around. Came back with plenty of cuts as we fell through the rocks! We were looking forward to a beautiful sunset but was covered by the clouds on the last day. We missed the first sunset as we were "busy" frolicking around in the pool :p.

Sunset and the contented holiday makers!