I finally booked our trip. As it is our 5th wedding anniversary, I wanted something special. We started to plan Trip around the world last year, then we thought about Fiji, then we thought we might do Maldives againg.. and then I found by chance a beautiful hotel on Tioman Island (of Malaysia) and I can finally get excited!!!
We have two nights in Singapore, 5 nights on Tioman and then 6 nights on Bali. Would you recommend staying in one place on Bali or do maybe three hotels in different parts (2 nights each)? We've never been there before but heard from people that it is great place and we will love it. I don't mind changing locations but as we are there only short time I am not sure what places we should see.
Any help will be appreciated.
PS: has anybody stayed at Marina Mandarin in Singapore? That's where we are staying so any info will be great
Thank you
Remember that the Tioman flights do not go from the main Singapore Airport, so ensure your connections are fine as you have to head across town.
I wouldn't recommend 3 places in Bali myself, too much for 6 days, you'll just be packing and unpacking.
I would suggest 1 (a south coast resort) or 2 (2/3 nights in Ubud), you can see most things from those 2 places.
Sorry, not stayed at the Mandarin in Singapore though!
We have booked all the plane tickets and transfers through travel agent and we have 6 hours between landing at Singapore (from Tioman) and going to Bali - so hopefully this is enough time to change airports.
I've been to Tioman though, great island, although the horrendous Berjaya have tried their best to ruin it.
6 hours is plenty in Singapore to transfer. It sounds like a great trip as you've done the right thing in getting a decent beach in elsewhere.
I was getting worriend that you might tell me that Japamala is terrible. Oh, I am so glad to read your message Our travel agent told us that they cannot book Japamala but offered Berjaya - so we kindly declined - after reading some bad reviews and booked Japamala ourselves.
Is the sea really that beautiful on Tioman as on the photos? My husband is taking his fishing rod with him so hopefully that will keep him busy for few days
Thank you so much for your replies!
I just found out that you are doing Singapore and Bali this month! I haven't been on Holiday-truth website for few months and you must think now that I am copycat
We actually wanted to do Singapore and Bali this June but I was dreaming about Bali since January at work and my colleage booked it before me and is already back. He had stopover in KL and he loved his trip. He thanked me that I suggested Bali and he will definitely be back
Then I found photos of Tioman island and decided that we would do Singapore and Tioman (only wanted to do 2 nights in Sing and 5 in Tioman) - and then a friend of mine suggested that we should do Bali as we are already in SE Asia, that 7 nights is not enought for such a long flight. That's how I got the idea to do all 3 destinations in one holiday.
Have a great holiday and I am looking forward to your trip report!
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