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Let's visit and look islands in Malaysia. Idyllic beaches, clear blue waters, palm trees gently swaying to the rhythm of crashing waves' visitors have always been enchanted by the unspoilt beauty and tranquillity of Malaysia's islands. Many of them are famous worldwide, more than one Malaysian island has been called a tropical paradise, and aptly so. Cuti-cuti Malaysia. Travel Around Malaysia

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Pulau Tinggi, Johor





Crystal-clear turquoise waters surround the cone-shaped island of Pulau Tinggi, which rises 625 metres above sea level.

Nicknamed the "General's Hat Island" by Chinese seamen hundreds of years ago, Pulau Tinggi lies 32km south-east of Mersing, on the east coast of Johor.




This idyllic island framed by white powdery beaches is dotted with caves and noted for its coral reefs, which teem with marine life.

How to get there

You can get to Pulau Tinggi from the Tanjung Leman jetty. The boat journey to Pulau Tinggi takes approximately 45 minutes.

If you travel by air, you can take a flight to Johor Baru (the capital of Johor) and then take a taxi to Tanjung Leman, which takes about two hours.

If you are driving, take the Ayer Hitam highway exit and drive to Kluang, and then on to Jemaluang. Head south to Tanjung Leman and you should reach the jetty after an hour's drive. It's about a four-hour drive to Tanjung Leman from Kuantan and a five- to six-hour drive from Kuala Lumpur.

Map of Pulau Tinggi






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Pulau Tioman, Pahang




Imagine.

A long time ago, when the world was filled with strange plants and creatures, shrouded in thick fog. Where lands were vast - covered in ice and the sea levels were low. The islands on our east coastal shores were peaks or slopes of mountains, majestically overlooking the rough, pounding waves far below. Then the earth started to warm up and the ice began to melt.

Low lying areas were flooded and peaks were isolated from the mainland and so became islands.



Tioman today sits 30km away from the mainland.




39km long and 12km wide, Tioman was once a monsoon shelter for merchant ships, war ships, a haughty bunch of pirates and a few families of fishermen. The first written record of Tioman was found in the journals of Arabic merchants who came this way some time before 1,000AD. The Indian, Persian and Chinese traders followed suit.



When the South China Sea route was discovered by eager merchants from China, many locations along the Malaya Peninsular finally opened to traders. One of them being Tioman. Not only was the island a perfect shelter from the monsoon storms and an ideal place to stopover for fresh water and wood, but the people also traded with these foreign merchants. The Chinese wanted sea produce and camphor wood; the Indian traders loaded their ships to the brim with betelnut, found in abundance on the island whilst the Arabs were in search of scented woods (such as aloe wood, camphor and sandalwood), for ivory and ebony, rice, gold and bamboo. The seafarers also used the island as a navigational marker - the point to turn north east for Cambodia upon identifying the island. It was noted now from abundant evidence that many of these traders set up camp at Nipah beach.



But it was not all dandy for Tioman. In 1830, pirates marauded the island and took away 70 locals for the thriving slave markets. Fear sent the remaining villagers scampering off to the mainland leaving the island uninhabited until 15 years later when the waters in the area were rid of pirates.



Slowly, villagers trickled back and life returned to its island pace. However, in 1926, an outbreak of malaria killed many islanders and once again, the island was abandoned. Many of the homes of villagers were left derelict and the lands that they made a living from were reclaimed by the jungle. During the 2nd World War, a small detachment of the Japanese army was sent to set up a watch base on Tioman. After the war, Tioman fell into oblivion until it was rediscovered by movie makers. Fame and fortune followed suit and Tioman became the Paradise Island of Bali Hai in the musical "South Pacific". The listing as one of the top ten islands in the world by TIME magazine in the 1970's made the island popular beyond its dreams and visitors have been pouring in since to savour that little piece of island paradise.

Best time to go

The peak season slows down towards the end of October and picks up again mid-January. The rains set in somewhere between these months and quite a few resorts close for the season. But if you have time to spare, this is the best time to go, when the beaches are not crowded and the room rates are going for cheap. Just check with the operators if they are open for business.

Map of Tioman





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