We left Melaka and took a trip over to the Tioman Island, famed for being in the Times Magazines top ten best beaches in the world.....although this was 1971. We arrived at ABC beach on Tioman, and i dont think ive been to a worst beach in England.........no sand.....but loads of sand flies (how does that work?) and rubbish everywhere. Lets just say we made a sharp exit to Salang, another beach further down. To be fair this was alot nicer, although very quiet a the time. The place we stayed at was quite nice, and the lady owner had a pet monkey who was 1 month old. Hands up who knows what Bex wants for Xmas........and we did joke about kidnapping the monkey with the owner! The beach was alot better but there were still
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