Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

Friday, August 24, 2012

Travel : Tioman August 2012

went to Tioman during the season of raya. and i don't recommand it. lol~ all the malay food places are closed, no ramly! =< oh wells. 
truth is, i've been to Tioman lots of times, and i googled reviews on Tioman and some i feel didn't do justice to it. 
there are many resorts on the island and i've been to a couple over the years, maybe just a quick summary on those that i've been to?

Paya Beach: been there the most number of times because it's more affordable and tourist friendly as in food wise and some touristy shopping. duty free alcohol is available on most islands so i'm not counting that in. Beach wise, over a 100m long? dunno how to guage but not too bad, snorkelling is good, there's some rocks within swimming distance and if you're lucky u can spot the resident sea turtle feeding there. I've seen stingrays there too. but that's off the reef, get a strong swimmer to accompany you if you are not very confident in the waters. There rock falls behind the resort also, so can do abit of trekking.

Panuba: it's a very short beach with only one resort, the panuba Inn, found it by chance during a travel fair and  that i manage to book it, and afterwards i lost the contact. whoops. anyway, think they only accept 4pax min per booking. The adventure then was that u can actually trek to another beach, call the ABC beach, the trek was quite fun, =) like jumping down the huge rocks and stuff. keke.

alright, enough babbling, in short, Tioman is my special place <3 p="p">

ahgirl went on this trip with me too. =D
at Tanjong Gemok (sp?) waiting for the ferry
decided to walk ard the perimeters of the place because we had time to kill
As it was the Raya period, there are stalls set up across the road selling some kueh and stuff.
in the ferry, almost reaching Tioman
Lunchtime at the chinese run resturant where they share their wifi
To the Rock Falls
Tadah!
Paya Beach Resort
another shot.
sunset at paya beach
Chilling and just getting a tan.
Danger lurking........
AH! KILLER!
Dead. ok. I have no idea why i so morbid. but random me do random things. lol

What's a holiday at the beach without jumpshots?

Revived.
the zi char at the chinese resturant. whoops, we finished eating liao
bye Tioman, Till we meet again.
snorkelling pic =) 
everyone look the same with the mask la. lol

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Travel : Phuket May 2012

Went on a 4D3N at phuket somewhere in May
sunrise at Changi Airport
Day 1:  The road at phuket
 hot, sunny, beach weather
 went to explore phuket old town, but nothing much there, had this noodle soup thing for lunch, not bad, quite tasty. =) i think was abt 40Thai Baht
 one of their temples i think, and kids playing bicycle catching. 
also went for bungy jumping, a few packages there, i took the one with cert, tee and photos, abt 2200Thai baht

First, they weight you in.

 next, they tied up your legs

Thirdly, they ask you to take a pic before u go, apparently, you don't jump, u just fall over the edge. 
well.. it was a very strange sensation of falling, kinda feel like u wanna reverse back den the G-force was so strong that you can only scream when you bounce back up. haha.


Ahhhhh~~~~~~


after that, they fish u out of the sky with the pole and untie u at a floating platform.

lastly, you wait for your photos

patong beach

loving the sun, haha

next up, parasailing

what it looks like from above

sunset

Day 2: Booked a tour with Anda adventure and went to the monkey temple

after that was white water rafting, elephant ride, and a trek to a nearby waterfall
the tourguide for the trip

elephant show, giving massage to the volunteers

Day 3: Booked another tour with Phang Nga Explorers for sea-kayaking


one of the islands along the way..

relaxing ride, there will be a guide who will kayak and basically you just sit back and relax

sunset on the way back

 Day 4: home =)