TRIP TO MABUL ISLAND 27 Oct'11 - 30 Oct'11

Phew... akhirnya trip yang dinanti2 da belalu... Alhamdulillah semuanya OK.. memang tersangat puas hati.. kami pergi with 1 of my sister friend MARIMAH.. die ni memang asal orang SEMPORNA and she is actually a BAJAU SULU... she help us a lot with the program.. Ok2, tentative for my trip kali ni is 27th Oct Morning arrive at TAWAU airport, then pergi SEMPORNA stay for 1 nite then baru pergi ke Mabul Island and stay there for another nite then visited KAPALAI ISLAND  (not a real island, only a sand island) for a while and back to SEMPORNA to stay another nite before went home.....

OK masa kat TAWAU, singgah untuk beli belah kat pekan TAWAU.. 1st stop is TAWAU DRY MARKET.. untuk yang suke shopping hasil laut like the anchovies and dry shrimp this is the right place.. mmg murah sangat.. kalo macam ikan bilis yang siap tebelah tu boleh dapat dlm rm16 or lower for each kilo... kat pasar ni jugak ade jual keropok ikan bvulat2 yang hanya ada dijual di tawau... after that kami pergi ke BAZAR near the MARCO POLO HOTEL.. kat bazar ni ibarat macam kat rantau panjang kelantan la.. ade jual banyak SOURVENIER and kain-kain especially kain batik INDONESIA.. memang murah.. pendek kata for those yang memang intention pergi SABAH untuk shopping SOURVENIER or barang-barang kering, TAWAU is the best place.. and through my experience, untuk shopping FRESH SEAFOOD and TELUR PENYU boleh terus pergi ke SANDAKAN (been there once in 2007)...



DRAGON INN (FLOATING HOTEL)



Then dari TAWAU kami naik PREBET SAPU (kat sana harga kereta sapu ni 1/2 dari harga TAXI) untuk pergi ke SEMPORNA.. kat SEMPORNA kami check-in at DRAGON INN (FLOATING HOTEL).. memang best.. hotel ni terapung and dari bawah bilik boleh tengok ikan, ketam, landak laut, gamat and banyak sangat la.. harga nya pun memang berpatutan.. so dont be afraid to stay at this hotel if you are having a budgetted holiday.... after checking in kami pergi berjalan-jalan di pasar SEMPORNA.. kat sini banyak jual hasil laut macam kat TAWAU jugak cume pasar nye tak la sebesar PASAR TAWAU.. after habis pusing-pusing kami pergi ke KG TAMPI-TAMPI.. kat sini la cerita DUYUNG yang ade ASPALELA tu belakon.. malam tu kami DINNER dekat SEMPORNA RESORT tempat scene DUYUNG kene kurung dek si AWIE tu... pemandangan memang cantik sangat... kiri kanan ade RUMAH AIR... ade BOT lalu lalang kat selat (depan RESORT ni ade pulau lain)... air kat situ pon memang JERNIH.. 

at TAMPI-TAMPI floating restautant

SPEED BOAT to take us the MABUL ISLAND

KEESOKAN hari nya, kami bersiap-siap untuk pergi ke MABUL ISLAND.. kami amik PACKAGE 2D 1N dari ARUNG HAYAT RESORT + 1 SNORKELLING trip at KAPALAI.. package ni include 1 trip SNORKELLING and meals... kami pergi sana naik SPEED BOAT as kami jer GUEST hari tu (bukan cuti sekolah lagi).. perjalanan amik masa 1 jam setengah.. along the way suddenly the BOAT driver shout that he see a SHARK! erkk tapi malangnya kami x nampak pon... ARUNG HAYAT RESORT ni pon bole dikatakan FLOATING HOTEL GAK.. when we reach the ISLAND we have been paralyzed with the CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER... tersangat-sangat jernih... lagi jernih dari SEMPORNA and REDANG ISLAND.. SEA URCHIN, SEA CUCUMBER and STARFISH bersepah-sepah on the ocean floor... when we reach the RESORT we take our lunch... hari tu the main dish is masakan BAJAU SULU.. i cant remember it name tapi lebih kurang macam KERABU MANGGA IKAN.. Marimah said ikan tu tak dimasak dengan api cume dimasak menggunakan cuka dan MANGGA MUDA.. tapi memang SEDAP SANGAT!!! 

ARUNG HAYAT RESORT



petang tu kami pergi SNORKELLING.. awal-awal nak turun dari boat tu memang takut sebab kami ni x pandai berenang.. nasib baik ade LIFE JACKET.. hehe.. terlalu cantik pemandangan dalam laut tu.. x boleh nak digambarkan dengan kata-kata.. WAY MORE BEAUTIFUL THEN REDANG ISLAND (been there in 2009).. ikan NEMO aka CLOWN FISH banyak main nyorok-nyorok di celah-celah ANEMONE.. comel sangat2.. satu ANEMONE tu ade dalam 4 ekor ikan.. STARFISH besar-besar bersepah-sepah..kami SNORKELLING for about 2HOURS (actually the snokelling trip is only for 1

hour but the RESORT OWNER is kind enough to let us snokelling until we are really SATISFIED)..  



at ARUNG HAYAT RESORT with MARIMAH (left) and sister



that nite kami dihidangkan dengan IKAN AYAM LAUT aka IKAN JEBON bakar... pelik tapi benar.. daging ikan ni x ubah macam daging ayam.. agaknya sebab tu la orang-orang sana bagi nama AYAM LAUT... after dinner kami bersantai di depan bilik ditemani dengan beberapa orang native kids.. SUDDENLY ade penyu berenang ke arah kami.. BEST SANGAT....  then the native kids shout ade SQUID also.. wah.. 1st time in my life I saw alive squids swim freely in the ocean.. memang tak tau nak cakap macam mane perasaan time tu.. TERUJA sangat-sangat..

At one of MABUL JETTY

TURTLE PASS BY BENEATH OF OUR RESORT

KAPALAI RESORT

The next day we wake up early and get ready to go to KAPALAI.. before that we take our breakfast at the RESORT.. selepas breakfast kami bersantai lagi.. then suddenly kami nampak a SMALL OCTOPUS beneath us.. wow!! 1st time also i saw ALIVE OCTOPUS...then kami naik BOAT ke KAPALAI RESORT.. KAPALAI RESORT ni macam a resort in the middle of the OCEAN.. INCREDIBLE! ARUNG HAYAT has made a DEAL with KAPALAI RESORT to let us take a walk on their resort.. so we take our time to enjoy the incredible scenery on the resort.. believe it or not the water here is WAY more clear than MABUL.. i saw a TIGER FISH hanging around near the JETTY stair..

KAPALAI RESORT

SWORDFISH lalu lalang di bawah resort... PENYU pun ada berenang passing by the resort.. terlalu banyak ikan besar-besar dan cantik... after the walk kami turun SNORKELLING pulak.. ikan-ikan kat sini memang banyak yang cantik-cantik cume we could not spot any CLOWN FISH here.. to be honest MABUL CORAL is WAY more beautiful than KAPALAI tapi for the fish, ikan-ikan di sini is more variety... this time we snorkelling for more than 2 hours.. memang SATISFIED sangat-sangat.. trip SNORKELLING dari resort yang lain semua just for 1 hour.. masa tengah snorkelling tu ada 1 DIVER take a CUTE STARFISH for me.. starfish yang ni lain daripada kat MABUL.. it is PINK COLOUR and very CUTE! (macam PATRICK dalam SPONGEBOB)..



At KAPALAI RESORT



SCHOOL OF FISH BENEATH KAPALAI RESORT



then kami balik ke resort di MABUL island kembali.. before kami balik ke SEMPORNA kami dijemput untuk LUNCH sekali lagi (2nd day actually only BREAKFAST is provided).. then kami pon dihantar balik ke SEMPORNA and once again kami check in di DRAGON INN.... malam tu kami DINNER di HOTEL.. our special dish is the 5 FINGERS SHELL.. very tasty.. way more tasty than the BAMBOO SHELL...



IRIS checking on the CRAB!



The next day after we check-out from the HOTEL, we spend our time at MARIMAH HOUSE (RUMAH AIR).. kami lunch di sini.. MARIMAH has prepare the BAJAU SULU DISH.. BEST!  ade SEAWEED (bila makan ni rasa meletop-letop dalam mulut), ade SEA URCHIN (rasa macam otak KETAM), ade KIMA (yang ade pearl dalamnye), ade OCTOPUS (fresh one bukan yang kering) and KETAM yang sangat GEMOK... balik tu my MOM beli ALIVE CRAB to be taken home... sangat besar.. sekor tu almost 1KG!! IRIS macam biasa la suka kacau ketam-ketam tu before dimasak.. HAHAHA..

OK.. thats all for this TRIP.. INSYALLAH in 2 weeks time i'll go to GAMBANG RESORT plak.. this time pegi dgn my HUBBY family..