Tioman Island 2026 刁曼島2026 #4

Camera phone photography can be very different from machine to machine. Regardless of the amount of skill you have obtained from 1 phone, in general none of those applicable to the next phone 😅

用手機拍大片，真的是換一粒手機就是另外一個世界。不管你在舊手機那裡練到幾厲害的技術，一般來講，換去新手機全部都要重新學過 😅

After the morning session at the waterfall, we dive straight into the south China sea for a quick warm bathe. This part of the beach has less crowd because anyone would wanna come to this part of the beach needed to pass through the river.

早上在瀑布那邊「Jungle Tracking」完之後，我們直接「跳」進南中國海泡熱水澡，爽到。這部分的沙灘比較少人，因為不管誰想要過來這裡，都一定要先走過一條河。

Here's another angle, you can see the Y shape stream came in from the left side, that was actually a river. This river is most probably the downstream from the water fall, as the water is extremely cold.

來，換另外一個角度看。你可以看到左邊有一條 Y 字形的小溪流進來，其實那是一條河。這條河應該是從瀑布那邊流下來的下游，因為裡面的水真的冷到一陣陣。

Ater a whole morning adventurous jungle tracking, we finally took a shower, and head out for lunch. The kids are way too tired, so me and home minister went back to Island Food Station. Well, here's what I learned from the owner, apparently before they incorporate this establishment, someone already took the name of Island Food Station. So, the easiest outcome will be, just delete the middle part, and from there onwards, this place is known as Island Station instead.

過了一個早上的森林大冒險，我們終於沖好涼，打算出去吃午餐。小孩子已經累到不成人形了，所以最後只有我和「內政部長」（母老虎老婆大人）走回去 Island Food Station。唉，在這裡聽老闆講故事才知道，原來在他們開這家店之前，已經有人提早註冊了 Island Food Station 這個名字。所以咯，最簡單的解決方法就是把中間那個字拿掉，從那天開始，這個地方就叫做 Island Station 了。

We weren't really sure what to order. By the time we settled at the restaurant, it was already close to 3pm, so we got ourselves a plate of Bihun Ladna(deep-fried vermicelli in egg brothe). We weren't expecting it to be so damn good, so good to an extend I wanted to finish up the brothe too. From there onwards, we decided this will be our fail safe for the coming days. If we can't decide where to go, Island Station will be it.

我們一開始其實不懂要叫什麼吃。等到我們在餐廳坐下來的時候，都已經要下午 3 點了，所以就隨便叫了一盤 Bihun Ladna（就是那種蛋汁滑蛋河底的炸米粉）。哇，沒想到竟然好吃到阿媽都不認得！好吃到我都想把那個湯汁全部喝光光。從那個時候開始，我們就決定這家店是我們這幾天的王牌餐厅了。如果接下來不懂要去哪裡吃，直接來 Island Station 就對了。

Home minister decided she needed a rest, so after the lunch se went straight back to the resort and I took a walk across the village, trying to explore for more restaurants and hopefully a convenient shop s I can get some snacks and supplies.

內政部長吃飽後覺得需要休息，所以午餐後她就直接回 Resort 睡午覺。我就一個人到村子裡散散步，順便探探路看有沒有其他餐廳，或者希望可以找到一間雜貨店，買一點零食和日常用品。

Ater much searching on Google review, I was supposed to search for Tamara Resort as their in house restaurant is supposed to be one of the best seafood restaurant. Apparently, all the fishes are done by these few cats.

在 Google Review 上面做了很多功課後，我本來是要找 Tamara Resort 的，因為聽說他們的附屬餐廳是這裡數一數二好吃的海鮮餐廳。結果一來到……看來所有的魚都已經被這幾隻貓山王給解決掉了。

I took a stroll down the pemises to find all the restaurants either closed for Eid Al-Adhar(the festival of sacrifices) or permanently closed, so I play with the cats for a while and left Tamara, continue my lengthy walk towards the village entrance.

我在那邊的大樓到處走走看看，結果發現所有的餐廳不是因為哈芝節（Eid Al-Adha）關門，就是已經永久倒閉了。沒辦法，只好跟這幾隻貓玩了一下子就離開 Tamara，繼續我那條長到要命的村口打卡之路。

It took me almost half an hour to complete the entire walk. GPS doesn't work well here, so my location isn't correctly measured. With my usual walking speed of 6kmh, I guess I have easily covered 3km end to end. With this map, I now have am idea the boat actually sent us to the west side of the island, which is facing mainland. We departed Tekek village and took a jungle road to the east side of the island, and now we're at Juara Village.

我差不多走了半個小時才走完。這裡的 GPS 信號很不准，所以我的定位數據不太對。不過照我平時每小時 6 公里的腳程來算，我猜我輕輕鬆鬆就走了 3 公里。看著這張地圖，我終於大概知道，原來之前那艘船是把我們送到島的西邊（也就是面向半島陸地的那一邊）。然後我們從 Tekek 村出發，走山路穿過森林來到島的東邊，也就是我們現在身處的 Juara 村。

From Juara Village going up north, there's nothing much left there except more calets and resorts.

從 Juara 村一邊往北走，那邊基本上就沒有什麼東西了，除了一些 Chalet 和度假村。

Heading south is where I came from, our resort Barat is aout 30 minutes way from here.

往南走就是我走過來的方向，我們住的 Barat Resort 離這裡大概有 30 分鐘的路程。

And this road will put us back to the mountain and go back to Tekek.

而這條路呢，就是帶我們走回山路，然後返回 Tekek 的。

This map is a little confusing, the yellow "turtle"patch is actually a shrunk version of the island layout. It simply trying to inform we're now at Juara beach. And the pink color stretch is the enlarge portion of Juara Village. It technically spell out all the hotels and resorts here, in case any tourists are lost.

這張地圖其實有點讓人看到「霧煞煞」。那個黃色的「烏龜」部分，其實是整個刁曼島的縮小版地圖，只是要告訴你我們現在是在 Juara 海灘。而那條粉紅色的部分，才是 Juara 村的放大版地圖。它基本上把這裡所有的酒店和 Resort 都寫出來了，防止有遊客走到迷路。

Right Infront of me was the Tioman Santai Resort. Santai in Bahasa means laid back. Kinda enjoy the vibe here, it's really Santai. There's a small swimming pool by the bach view restaurant.

我正前方就是 Tioman Santai Resort。「Santai」在馬來文的意思就是放鬆、悠閒。我蠻享受這裡的 Vibe（氛圍）的，真的很 Santai。在那個看得到海景的餐廳旁邊，還有一個小小的游泳池。

And there's a small patio by the roadside which lead to the accommodation area. I guess I like it because I don't stay here, but I can already see the Santai"ness" would lead to restless as the restaurant is s close to the rooms, and the roti cenai smell despite smells good, but you don't want your room to always smells like food right? Moreover, it's just right next to the main road and opposite of THE ONLY duty free shop in the village.

馬路旁邊還有一個小露台，走進去就是住宿區。我猜我會喜歡這裡，純粹是因為我沒有住在這裡啦。因為我已經可以預想到，這種太過「Santai」的環境其實會讓人有點住到不自在。你想想看，餐廳跟房間靠到那麼近，雖然 Roti Canai（印度煎餅）的味道是很香啦，但你總不會希望自己的房間整天都是食物的味道對不對？更何況，它就在大馬路旁邊，而且對面就是整個村子「唯一」一家的免稅店。

I found a convenient shop, bought some instant noodles, instant coffee, a huge bottle of lemon tea from the convenient shop and I'm onm way walking back to the resort. Other than the main area, the rest of the villagers are just local residence.

最後給我找到一間雜貨店，買了幾包快熟麵、三合一咖啡，還有一大瓶檸檬茶，就這樣一邊走回 Resort。除了這條大街之外，這裡其他的屋子都是當地村民的住家了。

One of the village house caught my attention NOT because it's pretty. I like how simple it is, clean and looks extremely comfortable. For a brief moment, I have the idea of why can't we move into one of these village house and be done wth the rest of my life. But then in reality, I can hardly survive without modern amenities. I can't imagine if I have to live without a good broadband connections 😂

其中一間村屋特別吸引到我的眼球，倒不是因為它裝修到有多漂亮。而是我喜歡它的簡單、乾淨，而且看起來住到會非常舒服。有那麼一瞬間，我腦海裡浮現出一個念頭：為什麼我們不能直接搬進這樣的一間村屋，然後就這樣平平淡淡過完下半輩子呢？不過一回到現實，沒有現代化的便利設施，我真的很难生存。我完全不敢想像，如果我生活在一個沒有一條優質 Broadband（寬頻網絡）的地方要怎樣過，怎麼跨網到外國網站看小黃！ 😂