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 Sandakan and Semporna. For one going there is not quiet much of a hassle especially when the whole trip is pre-arranged through a tour company…
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 had to get onto an hour of boat ride before reaching the beautiful island of Mabul. It was my second visit to Mabul after my…
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 road trip to Mersing, so I literally already knew what to expect, except that I had a companion last time, while this time I had…