We got up early and since it's seven o'clock we only found a Muslim café open where we had breakfast. At 7:30 we are in the office of the Scuba to take the boat tickets and lodging in Pulau Mabul in the Celebes Sea, a small island of cerulean waters, surrounded by reefs and with white sand beaches.
Semporna
It takes almost an hour by speedboat. The island is beautiful, there is a local village apart from some resorts, there is even one that was an old oil plant in the middle of the sea. There was a heavy storm two days ago and the village is pretty badly damaged. They build their houses with iron sheets, some on wooden piles, others are wooden (longhouse) but they are in bad condition. There are two villages and you have your own mosque.
The Mabul Beach Resort accommodation is very good. The first night we spent in a shared cabin for eight people with three bathrooms and the second night in a private cabin, both very good. The common areas are also great, the tables explain the different types of species you can see on the dives.
Mabul
We take a bath in the Jetty and rest on a deck chair on the beach. The children of the village come to see if we give them something.
Mabul
Buffet lunch. In the afternoon we snorkel at the pier, a huge turtle comes by, we follow it but it swims very fast.
Mabul beach
Another time on the beach and dinner. Beer after dinner and go to sleep, tomorrow we have several snorkeling sessions.
Sunset in Mabul
Accommodation: Mabul Beach Resort 1.100 MYR double room 2 pax one night in a shared room and one night in a private cabin, breakfast, lunch and dinner two days, 3 snorkel dives, boat back and forth (2 pax).
Beers: 20 MYR.
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