Tag Archives: Island
An Island Escapade to Mantanani
Another place that I had always wanted to go to was the island of Mantanani. Located in the east coast of Sabah, it had only started to really get the attention probably in the last 10 years or so, long after people had started flooding into the islands near Kota Kinabalu or probably those in […]
Mabul Again
So my job had again required me to go to the island of Mabul on the far East corner of Sabah. Flying into Tawau from KK on an early morning Air Asia flight, a bus was there to pick me up at the Tawau airport and took me to the town of Semporna where I […]
A Cross-Border Trip to Tioman
So my job had required me to go on a very long road trip recently, from KL to Mersing via Kluang, then from Mersing to the island of Tioman by ferry. Most of the country was still on CMCO, so I had to get a cross-border permit from the police. It would be my second […]
Mabul
Mabul has always been in my bucketlist for as long as I can remember. The first time I initiated a plan to go there was 10 years ago, when I was still based in Sandakan. Sandakan and Semporna – which is the nearest town from Mabul are both located on the East coast of Sabah […]
My Island Escapade to Tioman : Air Batang Chalet (ABC)
The ferry did one or two stops before it arrived at Air Batang Chalet or ABC as it is fondly called by the locals. Now the reason I chose to come to ABC instead of other beaches is that – I wanted something that was laid back and not so crowded but not too silent […]
