A year has come and gone like a whizz, as you know dive season in Malaysia only lasts for a good couple of months in a year (Mar – Aug) to guarantee good vis and safety; while the rest of the months are not advisable for diving as the coast is often plagued by monsoon & torrential rain. I am so happy to have logged my first dive trip this year in beautiful Tioman Island just last month.
This is my second visit to Tioman Island. Still remember once upon a time, I was once so skeptical about getting drowned and challenged myself on the probability of being eaten by sharks… but all is history now cos I took the plunge and did my open water in Tioman Tekek Village 2 years ago. 
This time, we picked ABC Village for a change and we went with Ray’s Dive Centre. Why Ray’s Dive? There are other more notable dive operators to choose from like B&J (they seem to have more boats thus flexibility in choosing dive sites) but they are also super crowded. Ray’s Dive Operator on the other hand offers a very personalized experience, not to mention Dive Master Brian is a super friendly guy!
On top of all that, they’ve earned extra brownie points from me for always equipping my gears and sometimes even carried them to the boat. How gentleman of them right. Yes I can be a lazy diver like that 
We’ve been very lucky to be blessed with great vis and splendid weather throughout the 4 days 3 nights stay, except on the very last day at Cebeh the drizzle started to get heavier by noon and DM decided to call it a day then. On our way back, EVERYONE on our boat was jolted by a pleasant surprise. We were surrounded by school of DOLPHINS!!! I lost count on the number but OMG they were so cute, two of these grey sweet creatures were swimming right beside our boat. That sight was surreal…
When I’m not diving, then it’s sun bathing time
watching sunset with Raegge music in the background & Corona the mexican way... ahhh :)
people were ordering pizzas from Nazri’s Bar non-stop. From observation this looked like the most happening bar in ABC Village
We stayed at Nazri’s Chalets in their spacious air-conditioned deluxe room. Clean and nice place, the only thing I regretted not bringing was mossies repellant
The cozy night bar at Ray’s Dive Centre
beautiful sunset
Sunsets and Malaysia... I miss home ;-)
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