Tioman Island, Malaysia
Glowing coral reef fish, colugos flying from tree to tree, monitor lizards, giant squirrels skittering across the roof at night – Tioman is an island of golden sand with a rainforest at its heart. When we set off into the jungle behind our house on our first night, a four-foot snake lazily uncurled itself at eye-level from a tree in front of us. We stayed in a treehouse leaning out over the beach at the Melina Beach Hotel (tioman-melinabeach.com, two-bedroom properties from £44 a night), only accessible by boat or footpath. At night our beds swayed with the branches.
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/apr/14/asia-paradise-islands-readers-travel-tips
