Lynn Leng Lang

Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Escaping to Pulau Manukan, Sabah. 01:57

Been planning for an escape trip to paradise for a year now. Well, not exactly plan but we bought the air tickets one year earlier when Air Asia was having a Zero Fare promotion. If not mistaken, the air ticket from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu costed around, RM30?

After landing at KK airport, my friend's relatives drove us around and brought us to a shop selling pork noodles. Apparently they call it 生肉面 instead of what we call 猪肉粉 in KL. The shop was quite near to the airport, probably a 20-minute drive.

In contrast to my own belief, the price of food in KK isn't cheap and costs almost the same as in KL.

A bowl of noodles with mixed pork ingredients costs RM6, which is about the same price in KL.

Overall, I think the food was not bad and service was quick, like really quick. The workers will take down orders once you're seated down and food is served within minutes.

Then we headed to the beach! Jesselton Point was another 15-minute drive away. How come everything seems so convenient in KK! And the scenes in Jesselton Point is simply breathtaking. Blue skies and clear blue seas. Not something we'd see in KL every other day.

After buying the tickets, BOAT RIDE ! Can't remember exactly how much the whole package costed including snorkelling, but it was worth every penny. The boat ride took around 30 minutes to Pulau Manukan, while stopping at Pulau Sapi in the middle.

Behold, Manukan Island!

Stolen pic from my friend!
And not forgetting to camwhore! Feel like we're on Gossip Girl's book cover.

Ahhahaha super cute !

Two of my friends went parachuting by the beach. Didn't try it myself though, the fear of heights !

Another pic my friend took with her waterproof camera. So pretty!

However the one thing I didn't like about snorkelling there is that the water was too shallow. Many of us got cuts on our legs because we kept brushing our legs against the corals.

Left the beach around 5pm, soaking wet. Didn't manage to bath but if you do visit there, please take some time off to shower before taking the boat ride back to jetty. Because the jetty's toilets were, filthy.

Nevertheless, my hair turned out pretty good even after soaking in salty water. What's a good trip without a camwhore pic or two?

A red telephone booth at the jetty ! Who can resist.

Continuation in the next post !

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