Tioman –

More photos from Tioman Island

Glenda Larke — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:39:00 +0000

Squid boat. These go out at night with banks of powerful lights that attract the squid…and it was squid season on the island.

We sat on chairs on the beach here and read. Every now and then I would look up and watch the birds coming to the fruiting fig tree – Green Imperial and Pied Imperial and Pink-necked Pigeons, Red-eyed Bulbuls, Black-naped Orioles, Asian Glossy Starlings. Overhead, Brahminy Kites and White-bellied Sea-eagles chased by Dollarbirds… Paradise indeed.

Lunch by the sea – noodles with, you guessed it, squid.

And then Happy Hour, watching the sun go down outside out chalet.

It’s a Tioman life…

Glenda Larke — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:28:00 +0000

Lunch by the sea

Transport on the “road” past our door…

Arriving by plane for the rich (we went by ferry)

And just…life

Really tough for the tourists, no?

Eat your heart out you winter-bound down-underlings

Glenda Larke — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:34:00 +0000

So we spent 4 days on Tioman Island. That’s in the South China Sea, somewhere north east of the Malaysian Peninsula. One and a half hours by fast ferry from Mersing in Johor State.

And all these scenes were a few metres from our chalet on the sea.

Above: a grey morph Reef Egret

Here’s why I have not been blogging for a couple of days…

Glenda Larke — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:02:00 +0000

Because this was the view out of my window…for the past 4 days

And sunsets looked like this:

No, the South China Sea did not come to suburbia – we went to it.
More tomorrow.