Pulau MAnukan and Pulau Sapi Adventure

2nd May 2009~

I've been a Sabahan all my life but have never been to any of the islands that surround it.. To make it worse, I'm not even sure of their names.. So on that cloudy Saturday, Pijah and I woke up early and set out to the Jesselton jetty to meet up with my friends from UIA to explore Manukan Island and Sapi Island..

Boat's fare: RM 25

Snorkelling set: RM 15

We board a small boat to Manukan Island.. The wave was brutal that morning and the boat was melompat lompat. I was so afraid that I would puke when we arrive.. But the boat ride was joyful \(^^)/ WEEEEE!!!! Just like a ride on the saddle of a terrified horse or a fierce bull.

Since it was my first time ever to set my feet on an island.. The ones with corals~ I was mesmerized by the different colours of the sea water.. From dark blue to aqua marine and then turqoise.. So beautiful.. It reminds me of something Mady said during our kayak training.. About the different density of water, about the different heat of each of those colour... Interesting if I have some of such knowledge...

We straight away seek for a place to put our stuffs.. Finally we found a nice place under a shady coconut tree.. Straight away put on our BA and jumped into the water to snorkel hehe I was pretty excited.. I have no prior experience so I have difficulty breathing through my mouth when the mask blocked my nasal airway passage huhuhu

We searched and searched for the corals.. There were very few.. The guys told me corals are very sensitive.. Sensitive to heat, sensitive to pollution and etc.. Manukan is very crowded with people, so it's not surprising to not find any coral.. So we went further... As we go further I found the fish was bigger... I've never really appreciate the way the fish swim you see.. I saw that they wriggle their bodies to swim in the aquarium.. But in the deeper region of the sea, I saw them flap their fins like THE BIRDS!!! Soo0oo0O CUTE!!!!

We brought along some bread with us and fed the fish.. I got scared when the bigger fish came to swarm the area where the bread float just in front of us.. It looked like as if they were piranhas whose about to eat on my flesh!!!

After Manukan, we head for Sapi Island... I was already tired then so I changed and just rest.. I even slept for about an hour.. What woke me up?? There was a wild boar scavenging for food at a nearby trash can.. Well, only one got that close.. From where I rest, I can see another 3 in a distant.. Huhu how did these boars got on the island?? A mystery left unsolved since Kenyir~Wild boar seem to be EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a lot of FUN that day~ Thanks to Bubble, Apek and Yassin for inviting us along~