Mabul here we come

That morning I leapt out of my bed with much more enthusiasm than I'd normally have at such an hour. It was 5.30AM and I was geared to embark on our 1 hour journey to Semporna whereby we'd catch a boat to Mabul Island. As I dropped by Pou Wee's place to pick the 4 of them up, I was met with 3 pairs of panda eyes XD which I was told the reason later that the guys were up all night choosing songs for Ron...for some reason that made me chuckled in amusement.

Nevertheless we went over to Wen Jiun's place and piled into her Unser which we used for our road trip. I was speeding at 110km/h along the way to Semporna. When I say speeding, I mean it, coz drivers in Sabah tend to crawl at 20-30km/h on an empty road. Besides that, what they call 'highway' here in Sabah, is what we call 'road' in peninsular. People who know me would know that I vehemently abhorred the traffic in Sabah for these very reasons :P

We had half an hour to spare when we reached Semporna. Our stomachs were already growling in protests (despite the amount of junk food we consumed en route) but no food outlet was open yet. So we stomached it and headed for Mabul Island on our boat.

We explored the island on foot. By noon, the restaurant echoed its gong. Boy were we glad that we could finally have our first meal of the day...and to top it off, the food was decently good. I think Pou Wee had 2 and a half beef burger besides the other food :P We could have attributed that to our rumbling stomachs, but the food was consistently good over the next 2 days.

Our snorkelling session at the house reef yielded some rather huge reaction from us. Donning the mask and flippers, I plunged in right by a HUUGGEEE school of fish. I was stunned for a moment by the intimidating sight before I started backpedalling to a safer distance. Say Wae plunged in at the very same spot where I started. Imagine the surprise she had...she literally scrambled for the safety of the jetty XD

I loved every minute of this trip. Here are some shots.

The eatery

Chun Keat

Ron & Wen Jiun

Pou Wee & Say Wae

We lived on those chalets right there