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Tioman Island, here I come

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Ever feel stress and depressed and all I want to do is escape to anywhere else!!  It doesn't have to be far away as long it makes me feel happy and relax.  My personal feel-good place would be seaside   that offer me wide open beaches for resting and relaxing, my toes in the water and my eyes wandering along the distant horizon.  I have been in Tioman Island (Malay language: Pulau Tioman) last week with my coursemate aka. best-friend-forever for our graduation trip. We choose between Tioman and Langkawi.  At the end, we made it for Tioman. Fyi, it is a small island located 32km off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia in the state of Pahang, and is some 39km long and 12km wide. It has eight main villages, the largest and most populous being Kampung Tekek in the north.  The densely forested island is sparsely inhabited, and is surrounded by numerous coral reefs, making it a popular scuba diving spot. There are also a lot of resorts and chalets around the island which