Tioman Island 2026 刁曼島2026 #3

@davidke2079

2 weeks ago

Apologize for missing in action for a couple of days. I wasn't expect the following days would be so hectic. We're running on tight schedule on almost everything. The entire trip was on school sem break, and the trip was clash with the beginning of public holidays added with long weekend, which we haven't thought through during the planning stage, that got us almost stuck in the island for extended period. Anyway, that was just a tip of the iceberg, and it's too long winded to even mention what's going on when I'm NOT blogging. So, let's get back to the fun part, which I've documented with my camera phone whilst I'm out of cellular signal coverage.

早安早安！哎呀，一个星期没见，拉叔我一有空就马上开电脑写稿啦。这次真的是不好意思，消失了几天，因为完全没料到接下来的行程会忙到像打仗这样，几乎每样东西的时间都卡得紧紧的。最没算到的是，这次旅行正巧碰上学校假期，结果还跟公共假期加长周末撞个正着！我们在规划时根本没想周全，结果差一点点就被困在岛上回不来。哎呀，这不过是冰山一角，我不写部落格的时候，发生的事情多到讲出来都嫌长篇大论。所以，我们还是讲回开心的部分吧！趁着手机完全没有信号的这几天，我用镜头记录了不少好东西，这就带大家去看看。

The resort is made of double storey chalets, that the outside has a paint job that make them looks like wooden made, but they are infact constructed with brick walls and concrete cements.

度假村里都是这种双层的小木屋（Chalet）。外墙漆到像木头做的这样，但其实是用砖墙和水泥建起来的。

The main area are open sided "hut", which consist of a two storey restaurant, a reception lounge, and an abandoned area that used to be a convenient shop, which rendered to this resort lack of "convenience". Do prepare enough rubber hat if you're bringing your girlfriend for a romantic island getaway. I'm not going to tell you, the next day it took me 45 minutes walk before I am able to find a next "convenient" shop a the other side of the village 😂 even if you're not on a romantic getaways like I have 2 giant babies following us, it's good to bring along your own cup noodles and muchy food and snacks, instant coffee.

主建筑区是一个半开放式的“大茅草屋”，里面有一家双层的餐厅、接待大堂，还有一间已经废弃、以前应该是便利店的角落。结果就是，这个度假村变得一点都不“便利”。
⚠️ 拉叔温馨提示： 如果你要带女朋友来这里享受浪漫的离岛二人世界，记得自己带够“安全帽”（避孕套）啊！
我真的不想笑你，因为隔天我自己足足走了45分钟，才在村子的另一头找到另一间“便利”店 😂。就算你不是来过二人世界，像我这样带着两个“巨婴”大宝贝的，最好也自己带足杯面、零食和三合一咖啡。

Ayway, we settled the night with a very fulfilling dinner at the Island Food Station(later we learned that they have changed their name to Island Station instead. We will come back to that detail little later) from pevious post. I got up early morning the next day, preparing for my morning walk as usual. However, sandy beach isn't really a good place for me to do my physio therapy since my main focused training is supposed to be my balancing instead of strength. The more I tried to balance myself by the beach, it bring more negative effect when I'm on flat ground 😅 I ended my training in less than 2km beach walk and took a photo of the great sun rise since we're facing east!

无论如何，前一晚我们在 Island Food Station 吃了一顿非常满足的晚餐（后来我们才知道他们已经改名叫 Island Station 了，这点迟些再聊）。隔天我起个大早，照常准备我的晨练散步。不过说真的，沙滩其实不太适合我做物理治疗，因为我现在主要的训练是“平衡力”而不是肌肉力量。在沙滩上我越想保持平衡，回到平地时反而会有反效果 😅。结果走了不到两公里，我就结束了沙滩散步。因为我们面向东方，顺便拍了一张超美的日出照片！

We understood the day will be hectic as the night before, home minister had planned for us to visit the waterfall, which involved with a "30 minutes" jungle tracking according to the locals. We got everyone out from bed, drag the kids to te restaurant and get ready for breakfast.

我们早就预料到今天会像昨晚一样忙。因为我们的“内政部长”（老婆）已经安排好要去山里看瀑布。根据当地人的说法，需要来一段“30分钟”的丛林徒步。于是我们把所有人从床上挖起来，把孩子们拖到餐厅，准备吃早餐。

Since we're facing the skyline of the south China sea, sun got up really fast and turning the blue sky bright. I had to adjust the exposure of my damn phone camera to compensate of the brightness, so to see the clear sky from the outside.

因为前面就是南中国海的地平线，太阳升得特别快，蓝天一下子就变得好亮。我必须拼命调整我那该死的手机相机的曝光度，才能勉强看清外面的蓝天白云。

I picked one of the local dish just to be safe, a regular nasi lemak ayam goreng for RM22. Frankly, the same price tag can get me two portion of this in Kuala Lumpur. Well well, we're on vacation, and this is a hotel restaurant, what can we expect? I bet it's even more expensive in KL hotels compared to here. Taste was rather dull, but it's acceptable. I can already tell this was picked up from the buffet range upstairs and served it as ala carte for me. Getting a buffet will cost me RM37 only and I can have unlimited refill, but I am about to go for a jungle tracking. I really don't wanna take off my pants and taking a dump at the open jungle, later I will have trouble trying to wipe my butt.

为了安全起见，我点了一份本地最普通的椰浆饭炸鸡（Nasi Lemak Ayam Goreng），竟然要 RM22。说实话，这价钱在吉隆坡可以让我吃两份了。哎呀，算了算了，我们在度假嘛，而且又是酒店餐厅，还能要求什么？我敢说如果是在吉隆坡的酒店，肯定比这里更贵。味道嘛，有点平淡，但还可以接受啦。我一眼就看得出这是从楼上的自助餐里挖出来，然后再当单点（Ala Carte）端给我的。如果是吃自助餐也才 RM37，还可以无限加加加。但我等下要去爬山涉水啊，我真的不想在荒郊野岭脱裤子拉屎，等下连擦屁股都麻烦。

My giant baby girl ordered an egg sandwich for 12 bucks, I think this is probably one of the best value meal in the menu. We wasn't expecting they're being so generous. We probably don't get 1 set of sandwich with RM6 in Kuala Lumpur, let alone tw and topped with fries.

我的大宝贝女儿点了一份鸡蛋三明治，RM12。我觉得这绝对是整张菜单里最划算的一道了！没想到他们出手这么大方，在吉隆坡花 RM6 恐怕连一份三明治都买不到，这里竟然给足两份，还附送炸薯条。

My giant baby boy got himself a set of roti cenai(more like a porata if you prefer to call the oiginal name). We can tell these are frozen porata from the grocery stores cold section, but the boy is way too picky on his food. Despite the outrageous RM8 they charged, I'm happy they have chicken cubes into the chicken curry.

我的大宝贝儿子点了一份 Roti Canai（如果你喜欢叫它原名，那就是 Porata 印度煎饼）。一闻就知道是杂货店冷冻库里拿出来的现成货。不过这小子对食物挑剔得很，虽然一份收我 RM8 抢钱这样，但看在他们的鸡肉咖喱里面真的有鸡肉块的份上，我就算了吧。

Home minister got a set of sausage omelette and toast bread for 15.90. I can't tell if that's consider expensive, but I guess we wll just make do with whatever convenient since we're about to take a huge adventure to the jungle and search for the waterfall.

母老虎点了一份香肠煎蛋卷配烤面包，RM15.90。我也说不上这算不算贵，反正将就吃饱就好，因为等下我们要去丛林里展开大冒险，寻找传说中的瀑布了。

I will have to make a fast forward from the jungle tracking. I didn't take any pictures during the tracking as I have one hand holding the walking stick, and the other hand standing by to support myself if I'm gonna fall. Besides, I have turned off my phone to conserve battery since there's no cellular coverage once we set foot into the jungle.

好啦，丛林徒步这一段我直接“快进”跳过。整个过程我一张照片都没拍，因为我一手要拿拐杖，另一手要随时准备支撑自己，免得滑倒。而且一进到山里就完全没有信号了，为了省电，我干脆把手机也关了。

The jungle tracking was way harder than I thought. Despite the hotel staff told us it was a 30 minutes track, it actually took us well over an hour to get our ass up the hill. We meet absolutely no other tourists during the entire journey, so it's kinda worrying also, if we track the correct path. My previous H³ experience taught me do not get injured, rather slow than be a broken hero. @chaingmai.hhh correct me if I'm wrong.

这段山路比我想象中难走太多了！虽然酒店员工跟我们讲是30分钟的路程，但实际上我们花了超过一个小时，才把老骨头啃上山顶。整个过程我们连一个游客都没遇到，走到都有点心慌慌，怀疑是不是走错路。
我以前在 H³（野外跑步哈希）的經驗：千万不要受伤，宁愿走得慢，也不要逞英雄当伤兵。 要不然，荒山野嶺，出了什麼事下不了山又打不到電話去求救。

Here's the prize. Not exactly a giant waterfall, but the stream is very clean and beautiful. Water are super cold, and the dish is deep enough. We didn't encourage the kids to go any deeper since only one of us is an amateur swimmer 😅 if shits hits the fan... Wait... If shit hits the water, we're pretty much screwed.

这就是我们的战利品啦！虽然不是什么壮观的大瀑布，但溪水非常清澈漂亮。水凉到入骨，而且水深也够。我们不鼓励孩子们游到太深的地方，因为我们当中只有一个人算得上是“业余泳手” 😅。万一发生什么冬瓜豆腐（Shit hits the water）……那就真的完蛋了。

Girl was the first to get a boo boo. The last time she went to a waterfall, that was like 15 years ago. She miss a step and slot her left foot between the rocks. Fortunately not much damage done, but bruises and blue black unavoidable. She's having a good time keeping her ankle cold into the water, whilst the boy is picking up rocks and started stacking.

女儿第一个“中招”受伤。她上一次去瀑布好像已经是15年前的事了，这次一不小心踩空，左脚直接卡在石头缝里。幸好没什么大碍，不过黑青淤血是跑不掉了。她倒是乐得把脚踝泡在冰凉的水里消肿，儿子就在一边捡石头玩叠叠乐。

Here's home minister back shot. Sorry no bikini show for you. She thrown her sets away just a couple of months ago. The last I saw her in that mini bikini was like 20 years ago. We bought this new sets and I think she feels more comfortable with this rather than trying. To suck it up to fit into that tiny bikini 🤣

来，送上一张内政部长的背面照。不好意思啊，各位绅士，这里没有比基尼看。她几个月前就把旧的比基尼全丢了。我上一次看她穿性感迷你比基尼，大概是20年前的事了吧。这次买的新泳衣，我觉得她穿得很舒服，总好过要她拼命吸气去塞进以前那种小布料里，哈哈！ 🤣

We spent about an hour in water and climbing around looking for good spot to sit down, apparently there's not much good place. We enjoyed the silence since there's no cellular coverage deep into the jungle. When suddenly, I can sense the ambience changing, water temperature suddenly dropped further, sky become less blue but more greyish, we decided to quickly packed up and leave for good. We've seen enough news of family vacation turned into disaster. Moreover, I hate to do wet tracks, added with my lack of mobility on my left limbs.

我们在水里泡了大约一个小时，四处攀爬想找个好地方坐坐，但显然这里没什么好位置。不过，在没有网络信号的深山里，享受这份宁静真的很爽。突然，我感觉到周围的气氛变了。水温突然降得更低，天空也从蓝色变成了灰蒙蒙一片。我们当机立断，马上收拾东西走人。我们看太多家庭旅行变悲剧的新闻了，况且我最讨厌走湿滑的山路，加上我左边肢体行动本来就不太方便。

Going downhill was rather easy, I guess that's what the hotel staff refer to, 30 minutes is coming down 🤣 it indeed rained a little, by the time we reach the beach, we can see the cloud is still covering the hill. We're so tired, took a warm dip at the beach enjoying the warm seawater from south China sea seems to be a blessing after such a long jungle tracking.