WEDNESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER

TOMORROW IS OUR LAST FULL DAY ON TIOMAN AS WE LEAVE EARLY ON FRIDAY FOR KUALA LUMPAR.TIOMAN IS AN EXEPTIONALY BEAUTIFUL ISLAND BOTH ON LAND AND UNDERWATER.FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS WE HAVE HAD A VERY RELAXING AND ENJOYABLE TIME.DIVING,SNORKELING,SUNBATHING,TREKKING AND EVEN A GAME OF GOLF-WE LOVE TIOMAN.SINCE RAMADAN THE ISLAND HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT QUIETER-MOSTLY DIVERS AND THE ODD BACKPACKER.ONE STRANGE MIDDLE AGED SCOTTISH LADY HAS PITCHED A SMALL TENT ON THE BEACH AND HAS BEEN STAYING THERE FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS-STRANGE AS THE ACCOMODATION IS SO CHEAP!
ON TIOMAN WE HAVE SEEN MONKEYS,BATS,MONITOR LIZARDS AND LAST WEEK A 5FT PYTHON SLITHERING DOWN A ROCK.UNDERWATER I HAVE SEEN 3 TURTLES,A MASSIVE LIONFISH,A SCORPIONFISH,JELLYFISH AND NUMEROUS SPECIES OF FISH.STILL NO SHARKS YET-BRING ON AUSTRALIA! MIMI HAS BEEN COMING OUT ON THE DIVE BOAT SNORKELING-BUT I THINK THE REAL REASON SHE COMES IS FOR THE SUPERB RICE AND NOODLES THEY SERVE FOR LUNCH.! WE HAVE MAJOR YEARNINGS FOR SOME WESTERN FOOD AFTER SIX WEEKS HERE-EVEN THOUGH THE FOOD HAS BEEN GREAT.MIMI HAS ALREADY GOT PIZZA HUT KL ON SPEEDIAL ON OUR PHONE.
PLAYED GOLF A WHILE BACK-STUNNING SETTING AND VERY CHEAP.I LET MIMI DRIVE (??) THE GOLF BUGGY WHICH WAS AMUSING UNTIL SHE NEARLY CRASHED AND ALMOST SENT US OFF A STEEP DROP.MIMI THINKS SHE IS NOW READY TO DRIVE IN THE SINGAPORE F1 GP!THIS SEEMED TO IMPROVE MY GOLF AS I GOT A BIRDIE ON THE 18TH,MISSING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY FIRST EVER EAGLE BY INCHES.
TO SUM UP TIOMAN IS EASY WITH JUST ONE WORD-PARADISE.TIME NOW FOR JUST OVER A WEEK IN KL TO SEE SOME SIGHTS WE DIDNT SEE LAST TIME AND THEN ONTO SINGAPORE FOR THE GRAND PRIX.