A swift dive trip that was not supposed to have happenned(Kevin, sorry to miss your big day!). Accepting a call from Bill for a quick hop in and hop out trip to tioman island. Being a way from Tioman since 2007, it was a tioman rediscovery.

The weather didn't offer much help from beginning to the end. RF was steadily drived under influenced of redbull(yeah!) and started at 5am from KL, Kuala Pilah, Rombin, Telok Gemok then arrived slightly past 9am at Mersing port. The road was smoothier than 3 year ago, it is straight forward. The jetty looked refurbished. Yet the untiming ferry services have not better as far as I last visted. Any regular passengers at this route would not have argued on that and seem to accept the fact of an hour delay was part of the journey. I think. Bluewater ferry services have upgraded its shipyards. It does equiped with the lookalike economy class flight-seats. A thumb plus! The whole 2hours course was as cosy as sitting in the plane. "Berjaya Tekek", "ABC"... finally "Salang"(the last northen point) shouted by the ferry attendant with fixed broadcasting speakers overhead. We were there before and it is still attractive and better than the rest strecthes kampong on this island. Salang is made up of a few restorants and homestays. Importantly, dive shops were a few footsteps away. I took a dip into the sea near Pulau Benas where giant marvels sit bottom creating a cradle-like in raising juveniles coral fishes. Baby sea fans spread out the seascape. Blue dots stingrays are rampant and No sighting of any giant groupers though.