Next morning when we arose we were greeted with the approach to the popular Malaysian resort island of Langkowi. The view from the Virgo was picture perfect with small deserted tropical islands dotting the calm waters as we sailed toward Langkowi's jetty. The jetty was quite long and more prestigious looking than the one we docked at in Phuket.Once we had disembarked we shunned the offers of transport and walked into town. The town area was far less boisterou...

We walked out onto the tarmac to the visual of our plane to take us to Tiomen Island. The plane appeared to be a converted WW2 fighter plane. There were only about seats for 10 passengers. As we climbed aboard the stewardess gave us a carton of orange juice each and ear plugs. At about now we realized we were really in for an adventure. We took off with us seated near the front, no division between us and the pilots in the c*** pit. About a half hour into the fl...