My Borneo Story (Day 2)

On Day 2, PeiLin, SockHua and I decided to do some island hopping before SockHua start her internship the next day. She had been complaining about her 3 years in Labuan without island hopping in KK. Anyway, there are a few islands we can go in a trip. However, we only decided to stop-by at Pulau Manukan.

Repeat picture? Nah, we gone back to the same jetty where we came from (from Labuan, of course)

This jetty is also jetty to get to Pulau Manukan. So, we're back to Jesselton Point.
Tickets are sold in the building on your right at the entrance, just like bus tickets. All vendors will be shouting, it reminds me of Pudu. Haha!
Boat tickets to Manukan is RM17. You can opt for island hopping with an additional charge of few bucks for each island.
Additional charges: Life jacket and goggles RM15, Jetty charges RM7.20

Happy kids! Oh ya. Meet KK friend, Esther. She's a Kadazan married to a Chinese.

A 5-to-10-minutes boat ride will bring you to Pulau Manukan! Woohoo...blue sea and white sand! Beautiful. From the jetty, you can actually see fishes in the water!

 Upon reaching at the jetty, you will first need to pass through this entrance where you will need to pay an RM3 entrance fee. According to local, this is because this place is now a preserved marine park and it is under the care of Sutera Harbour.

Manukan Island is claimed to be the dirtiest island around KK but has the most number of visitors. -.-"
We departed from Jesselton around 10 and requested our boat to come back at 1pm.

Fishes are everywhere in the water. Go near the jetty, you will find more fishes nearer to the shore. We were kind of swimming away from the fishes because some of them are really big. Whenever something touches any part of our body, we starts to get panic. Haha. Girls :P

socky and her tail

Anyway, it is sad to see some of the corals are bleaching. You will still see colours, but you will see some white spots on them. Some have half of the white. It's sad to see that. I promise, I'll love the earth more today. Preserve, Conserve and Reuse!

Look at the crystal clear water. Wooooo....

SockHua missing the people in Klang :)

PeiLin with her random posing

The consequences of random posing...yek.yek.yek...

"Never make a woman angry" Haha...Nah...PeiLin didnt ended up like this...

 Beautiful sand turtle made. Good job.

Last picture before the rain

 It rained when it was 12pm. After a quick shower, Esther insisted for a lunch at the restaurant. We were warned that the price will be a shock but somehow Esther insisted for a lunch there.

We ordered Manukan Fried Rice. It's actually seafood fried rice. Sad to say, tasted awful! Seafood was not fresh! Kota Kinabalu is famous for its seafood and yet a 5-star resort selling this kind of food. Totally disappointed. BUT, the satay was GOOD! Probably because the chicken was marinated for a long long time, the satay was really tasty. Side dishes were so-so. And this plate costs RM22!! Hehe, Esther settled of the bill. :P

After a 5-to-10-minutes speed boat ride, my nature-air-dried hairstyle. Haha.

SockHua and her random pose  -.-"

 After leaving Jesselton Point, we traveled uphill to the Observatory Tower. Somehow a must-go when you go to KK. It's half way up the hill, you can walk there, locals jog there everyday though! The road is narrow there, cars need to be careful if you are not familiar with the area.

Ze girls

The view from Signal Hill Observatory Tower of Kota Kinabalu. A 5-minutes stop will do. :) Haha. Nothing much other than views. This is probably the second best place for sunset.
It was raining when we went there. So, dark clouds, not much pictures. :-/

We called it a day. We were totally exhausted after a half-day snorkeling at Manukan Island.