Pulau Tioman and the Bald Eagle

People always tell you the same thing before heading to Tioman.“Watch out for the monkeys.”Turns out... the monkeys weren’t the biggest problem.We set off looking for an old jade lion after receiving some very questionable intelligence from Captain Sinbad. It sounded ridiculous.Then the monkeys stole our beer before we found a yacht that shouldn’t have been there.Then we discovered it was empt and that’s when things stopped feeling like another boating adventure and started feeling like a mystery.Somewhere in the middle of it all we met Captain C, an English sailor aboard the ketch Mintaka, who seemed to know far more than he was willing to say. He gave us some advice, looked at the abandoned yacht, and quietly suggested we leave.We probably should have listened.By the time we got back to Singapore, we’d found the jade lion but the crew of the Bald Eagle were still missing and deep down, I think we all knew this story wasn’t over.Not even close.