Repost of the Day: Tioman Island, Take 6

August 26th, 2020 In my travels, I’ve had the thrill of landing at three of the world’s top ten scariest airports (in terms of geography) according to world travelers: Lukla in Nepal, Paro in Bhutan and Tioman Island in Malaysia. Today’s repost is my story from March, 2012 when (spoiler alert) we finally touched down and enjoyed the weekend at

Tioman Island, Take 6

Tioman Island: a dreamy, tiny spec off the east coast of Malaysia in the South China Sea, and the location depicted as Bali Hai in the film South Pacific. We booked a weekend getaway with friends and headed for the airport on Friday morning. We boarded Berjaya Air’s prop plane and, in a brief instance of foreshadowing, I overheard a