Sun, sand, dive! - Prologue
This is a new series to record what the happenings for my recent vacation to Tioman, Malaysia. The choice for the title is pretty self-explanatory. When one thinks of a tropical island such as Tioman, things like the bright sun, the white, sandy beaches and activities like diving naturally come to mind.
My Dear has been bugging me to go on a vacation trip after the last one, when we went to Bintan, Indonesia. Being a typical Taurus, she loves to travel and she suggested we go to Tioman this time round. And it begins...
We (read "she") began by trawling the net for information regarding Tioman, like the accomodation and stuff. I wasn't too keen initially but went along with it anyway. That was until she gave me this link. The resort looked way cool and that sparked some interest in me.
It seemed pricey but that was at the bottom of my priority list. All I wanted was a good relaxation vacation with a nice accomodation; money was secondary. Besides, I've the Progress Package to burn. I remember telling her this, "Haha~ We'll be taking the Progress Package not to progess our (Singapore) economy but their (Malaysia) economy instead." (herzberg, 2006)
And so it begins. Calls were made, tempers flared, endless research done and reservations confirmed. I wanted to leave everything to a tour agent but that didn't go too well with Dear. She insisted that "it would be fun" to plan the trip on our own. To which I rolled my eyes and said, "Ya but that is a hassle". This accounted for much of our pre-trip tiffs. She got things her way in the end but that's mainly due to the tardy service of the tour agent. They did not reply on time and it was faster when we contacted the resort directly.
Eventually, we booked a 3-days-2nights stay from 18-May-2006 to 20-May-2006 with Japamala Resorts. I listed the name here for those who are lazy to click the link I mentioned in the earlier paragraphs - you know who you are. Not knowing the exact return ferry times, I decided against buying return coach tickets and settled for one-way tickets instead. Preparations were made and the day came sooner than we anticipated...
My Dear has been bugging me to go on a vacation trip after the last one, when we went to Bintan, Indonesia. Being a typical Taurus, she loves to travel and she suggested we go to Tioman this time round. And it begins...
We (read "she") began by trawling the net for information regarding Tioman, like the accomodation and stuff. I wasn't too keen initially but went along with it anyway. That was until she gave me this link. The resort looked way cool and that sparked some interest in me.
It seemed pricey but that was at the bottom of my priority list. All I wanted was a good relaxation vacation with a nice accomodation; money was secondary. Besides, I've the Progress Package to burn. I remember telling her this, "Haha~ We'll be taking the Progress Package not to progess our (Singapore) economy but their (Malaysia) economy instead." (herzberg, 2006)
And so it begins. Calls were made, tempers flared, endless research done and reservations confirmed. I wanted to leave everything to a tour agent but that didn't go too well with Dear. She insisted that "it would be fun" to plan the trip on our own. To which I rolled my eyes and said, "Ya but that is a hassle". This accounted for much of our pre-trip tiffs. She got things her way in the end but that's mainly due to the tardy service of the tour agent. They did not reply on time and it was faster when we contacted the resort directly.
Eventually, we booked a 3-days-2nights stay from 18-May-2006 to 20-May-2006 with Japamala Resorts. I listed the name here for those who are lazy to click the link I mentioned in the earlier paragraphs - you know who you are. Not knowing the exact return ferry times, I decided against buying return coach tickets and settled for one-way tickets instead. Preparations were made and the day came sooner than we anticipated...
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