Tioman Island - an Easter trip

Coming from Perth, trips to South East Asia is an obvious choice for people seeking short holidays of one to two weeks. Likewise, people who live in the many Asian countries of the region have so many amazing choices in close proximity, all within a couple of hours flight. Malaysia is a very interesting country, from the peninsular, Borneo and the various islands between the two major land mass.

A favourite of mine is Tioman Island on the southern east coast of the peninsular, Tioman is a small island accessed by either ferry or a short flight from KL or Singapore. My last trip to Tioman started with a flight to Singapore, a bus trip up the east coast to Mersing and a ferry ride across to the island.

The last trip saw us stay at Ayer Batang, a small village on the west coast of the island towards the north. The advantage of the west coast is the sunsets, like many Asian sunsets, Tioman, like much of South East Asia is amazing in the late afternoon. Frequented by Singaporeans on diving holidays, local Malaysians from KL and backpackers.

I was unable to dive on one Easter trip as every dive shop was bursting with activity and I was unwilling to part with hard earned cash for crowded dive sites. My first dive trip to Palau Tioman was mid 90s staying at the Berjaya Resort and making a number of dives at Palau Renggis, Palau Chebeh and Tiger Reef amongst other sites. I was disappointed to miss my chance diving and I hope to return to Palau Tioman in the future for more dives.