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Tioman is a fabulous little find of the East Coast of peninsula Malaysia. The island has about four or five towns that you can stay at, all very small but still each one has different things to see and do. My favourite has to be ABC; its lined with quite bars and restaurants and a beach, which is a bit pebbly but you can snorkel and see turtles and loads of cool fishes and you don’t have to go very far. There is also a walk that you can do through the woods, passing loads of wildlife on the way, to a secluded little beach. The island is very peaceful and beautiful and there is nature all over, at night there are Flying Foxes, Mouse Deer, Porcupines and during the day there are huge Monitor Lizards. My Mum wasn’t aware of the Monitor Lizards even though I did warn her, she got a bit of a shock when she saw one and thought it was a crocodile, luckily some local kids “saved? her but she was convinced she was going to die, and no matter how much I tried to reassure her that they weren’t dangerous, she couldn’t wait to leave the island!
 
If you want something different to do during the day there is a place where you can make your own sarongs. Its easy to find as there is only one road (actually its more of a track) in ABC. Ricky Power owns the place and he organizes everything, gives advice and helps with the hard bits. It doesn’t matter if you’re not creative as all the sarongs turn out great, he was even thinking about introducing clothing that you can paint.
 
The people on Tioman are really friendly and even remembered me from when I was there 8 months previously, it’s a brilliant place, very quiet, but on of my favourite places in the world. Love it!

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