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Sailing Around the Island

Posted by On October - 30 - 2009

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Sailing island is yet another fascinating spot for the tourist. In fact according to the recent survey it has been found that people prefer sailing island than any other island in order to spend their vacations along with their family and friends. One of the main reason behind it is the best sort of facility provided by the Government out there.

You will just not found a single drawback of that place. Moreover there are innumerable source of enjoying themselves. The best one among them is the beach. You might have visited lots of beaches in your life but that of Sailing Island is a little different one. So if you want to make your trip really a memorable one, don’t miss out the boat ride over there. Along with the fun of the beach, you will also find lots of cultural as well as sports attraction out there. For your accommodation, there is also no problem.

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Hilton Head Island

Posted by On October - 23 - 2009

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I am sure that you must have heard about the Hilton Island.  Most people are call Hilton Head Island.  They are the first choice of the people nowadays to spend a cool vacation. Hilton Head Island is located in South Carolina in United States. Hilton Island features a 19 km long coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. The number of tourist keep on increasing every year.

This has been revealed by the latest survey. The island is at its peak in the summer season. One can find lots of attractive places in the island itself. The best one among them is the beach, which makes people forget themselves. They don’t feel like leaving the beach. Another interesting thing about Hilton Island is about their history. This island is used for seasonal occupation by the native Americans millions of years ago and after that it was carried on by the Europeans.

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Mabul Island at Semporna Sabah

Posted by On October - 1 - 2009

mabul island 3Sabah Malaysia is more popular for holiday destination for tourism around the world. Mabul Island is approximaitly near of Sipadan Island.  As you know that Sipadan the almost the best Island in the world.

Mabul Island is a small 20 hectares oval shaped island, ringed with sandy beaches and perched on the northwest corner of a larger 200 hectare reef. Lying 15 km to the north of Pulau Sipadan, only 15 minutes away by boat, the reef is on the edge of the continental shelf and the seabed surrounding the reef slopes out to 25m-30m deep. The island has a resident fishing community and is covered in coconut plantations. The real discovery is the diving around Mabul itself, home to the world’s best “muck diving”. “Muck diving” is an expression that was coined in PNG to describe the diving to be had under a liveboard boat while it is on safe anchor for the night. Usually a protected inlet somewhere, the water underneath the boat is shallow and the bottom is either silt, sand, dead coral or clumps of dirty coral on a silty bottom.

Beautiful Of Pangkor Island.

Posted by On September - 24 - 2009

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Pangkor Island is the most popular Island on Malaysia. Allocated at West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Pangkor Island is the wonderfull beach on westers coastline. It have many interest place inside of Pangkor Island. One of the most Popular Beach is Golden Sands Beach. Located at 1.2km of north of Pangkor Island. Very suitable for sunbathing and recriation activities such as bird watching. Very relaxing with beautiful water fringer beach and tall saywinf coconut palms.

For Snorkeling activities, Pasir Bogak Beach is the best please around of Pangkor Island.  Visitor can snorkelling with extensive reed and shallow waters. Here, visitor can enjoy a kayak run or the simple pleasure of beachcombing. eluk Nipah is where tourists can enjoy both solitude and excitement by the beach. Take in the soothing lush greenery or browse the open-air stalls by the beach. A walkl across to Giam Island at low tide will reward you with a treasure trove of marine life.

Getting There
By Sea- Pangkor is a 15 minute ferry ride from Lumut. Departures every half hour.

By Air
Berjaya Air operates direct flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport nearby Kuala Lumpur to Pangkor