We went on a '5 Island Cruise' - the islands are small ones off the coast of Kota Kinabalu. The first one was Gaya, but we couldn't land, because it's the home of a settlement of fishermen, who live in houses on stilts over the water. They only use the land to bury their dead. As the guide pointed out, they may be poor, but they still have satellite TV.
Sapi was the next one. The beach was crowded, but did have a group of monitor lizards, which were interesting to watch.
Manukan was possibly the nicest. Good white beach and we tried snorkelling. Lots of stripy fishes in the sea.
Sulug we couldn't land on because the jetty had been washed away.
Mamutik was the last. We had lunch there, and went on a ten minute nature trail, but it wasn't up to much.
Travel between the islands is by speedboat, typically powered by twin 85 hp 4-stroke outboards, so they go quite fast. The sea has quite a bit of plastic in it, and our boat had to stop to pick some out of one of the propellors.
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So come on, let's have some photos! Or will we have to wait till you get back?
They only use the land to bury their dead.
Respect.
And not only do we want photos.... we want photos of orang utans!
Took my laptop to Mum's today, so she could see the website of your hotel and read the blog.
Snorkelling and not a single photo of you flippering around. Am agog for the 'and this is me having my panama eaten by a large male orang-u-tan'.
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