Budget trip to Kota Kinabalu (KK) - Day 3

Waking up another day happily again! We were going to visit 2 famous places in a day. The Islands and the Mountain!

But first thing in the morning, we must first fill up our stomaches. KCLEE and CPH brought us to this coffee shop and have seafood noodles.

Seafood soup.

My yummy breakfast!

Next, KCLEE and CPH dropped us at the Jesselton Point.

@pple, sandbox, ccw and I bought the 2 islands hopping tickets.

After going through the bumpy speed boat ride for about half an hour...

We reached Manukan Island and quickly find a shade to unload our bags.

After applying the sunblock on my face, hands and legs, we jumped into the sea and snorkeled around! OMG! FISHES! There are so many fishes and they are not small at all! I did not like to be surrounded by big fishes! But, I thought it was only me who scared of the big fish, so I did not make any noise. Some more, the 3 of them were busy looking for beautiful corals like we had been told. We moved onto another spot, trying to find some corals. But at the spot, ccw kept telling me to look at the bigger fish coming towards us. I was then realized that they all miss the BIG fishes at the earlier spot! OMG, luckily the fishes are friendly enough and did not eat me up! The water there is a bit muddy and dirty, we did not really enjoy it. We left Manukan Island and heading to Mamutik Island.

Somehow, the crystal clear water here looks more welcoming and we quickly threw ourselves into it. This time, we found a lot of colourful corals!

This is the spot where we found the corals.

So, remember to go Mamutik Island if you wish to see corals. After a while, @pple told me the fishes here are vigorous. She held out his finger and the fish will move towards it as if it is food. Then, ccw made some noise, saying the fish was biting him!! I think it is better to run!

OKK found that there was a biting mark on his thigh and it's bleeding! Conclusion: Fishes are friends not food! I seldom eat fish, and maybe that's why they do not attack me! Phew~
Some of the beautiful photos taken there...

Look at the fishes forming a triangular shape.

We left the island at around noon time.

Leaving Jesselton Point.

Lunch time! What is this?! Fish and parts bee hoon! Yummy! Drooling!


KCLEE is kind enough to bring us back to his place to take bath upon hearing us complaining that there is no water on the island!

Guess what? I realized that I got sunburn on my shoulders and also scalp! *sob sob* I never know that sunblock is important! My first time getting myself burnt by the sun! The experience is not too good. My shoulders were all red and they are burning. It hurts when I touched on my scalp! Again, thanks to KCLEE for giving me his aloe vera gel to sooth the burning area on my shoulders and scalp.

It tooks hours to reach Nabalu, a view point where we are supposed to be able to view the Mountain Kinabalu. But due to the bad weather, we could not see anything. We only stopped and visited the toilet.

The photo was taken on the way up to Kundasang. I think there is fairy up there! Haha...ya, many have climbed up to the top and found no fairy. ;p

There was landslide 1 or 2 days before and we had to stop while waiting for the workers to clear the road. We reached the resort quite late that night.


We stayed overnight at Zen Garden. The rate is reasonable, RM121 for a triple room with dinner included as well. :)



We played cards and had junk food, wine, soft drinks, just like how we used to spend nights at the beach resorts back in the school days.

End of Day 3 in KK.

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