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Beautiful morning sun against the mosque nearby

What a nice morning view to wake up to!

You could just feel the nice warmth against your back as you peer down this balcony

Good Morning Angels, I think I heard the alarm beckon me to wake up cause today, we are being sent to a distant island for a trip of fun, sea and sand.

The view at the balcony though again was just mesmerizing. I just wish I could wake up to such a view every morning.

Soon we were at the jetty at Jesselton Point where I bargained for a boat ride to the infamous islands. We are going to 2 of them and this time, I’m armed with my high tech waterproof camera to take those beautiful underwater shots.

What a nice sunny day to drive in!

Jesselton Point welcomes us with open arms…

All aboard, the captain shouts and there we go bouncing on the waves through the crystal clear sea water on route to a place I so long to see.

Getting ready to board the huge ship

Oh no where are the tickets?

First stop, Sapi Island. We arrived to an almost deserted beach because we were early. The sun shone brightly up in the sky but it didn’t feel hot‚Ķ..maybe I was too excited to go on my mission to explore life in the deep blue sea.

Soon enough we were diving in. Agent Y who was doing this for the first time was indeed quick enough to learn. Before we knew it she was riding the waves! I was busily snapping pictures when I suddenly realized. She’s missing!!!!! I quickly swam to shore to see if she was there and she wasn’t!! I began to worry, So a rescue mission was sent out to find our missing agent. I swam till my legs were sore‚Ķ.yet no sight of her. Thank God I chose to get flippers, so I still had the strength to try even more. After about 15 mins, I managed to find her happily enjoying herself. Phew! She wasn’t even afraid. Guts of steel. I on the other hand was shaking hahaha cause my legs were awfully sore haha.

A view of Kota Kinabalu from the sea

Arriving to the island soon! On our high tech boat!

The huge Gaya island nearby. This is only 5 percent of the island

Looks like a fishing boat just passed our high speed boat….sheeesh they have some great upgrades perhaps….

The jetty….so nice and near…..felt so excited at that time

Immediately on diving into the water, this is what you see!

Agent K being one with nature!

Me and Agent Y in a distant

Soon we spotted Marlin and Nemo and nemonite

Can you spot the fishes?

The reef gets more beautiful as you go deeper in

I think I spot a DUGONG

The reef from a 25m view above

There are many interesting colors that appear under the ocean especially when the sun is bright

Interesting that every coral is just so unique

A closer view

A school of fish in a distant

More Beautiful corals

These pictures make me want to dive so much! But it was impossible to dive deeper and take pictures at the same time. I don’t have enough skills. Also you noticed very few pictures of fishes….they are everywhere but swim off at lightning speed when I try to get a close up

Finally a fish shot! Man this was hard to get. This pair went together everywhere

A closer view!!

More Corals…so nice

Another fish I caught, I took 20 shots to get one like this….

Oh no my brain fell out!

Agent A

Gaya Island in a nearby distance

A view of the beach in panorama….sorry for the bad stitching

We headed back to shore and had a little picnic. Interesting enough some residents of the island visited the other people’s tasty BBQ not too far away. They’ve got good taste. So agent A scouted and proceeded to report that there Dragon’s are not dangerous

Dragons….no la monitor lizards only hehehe

We’re coming to eat you!!! Yums

Time flew past and soon we were on the other island. More developed and tourists were aplenty. This time the best view was at the deep end. Sadly no one dared venture to the unknowns with me. Guess what? We lost agent Y again as she bravely just went about. Couldn’t find her for an hour….My heart can’t take no more scares like that‚Ķ..phew.

Can you spot the fish?

Band of Brothers…..on a mission

Our very own princess

Manukan Jetty

The long stretch of Manukan Beach with Pulau Mamutik in the distance

Father’s Angels Unite

We just relaxed and just enjoyed the breeze and the sun. I think I can live here and never leave.¬†¬† This is just my type of place. Can I not leave? Still I am saddened because pollution has cause the reef here to be destroyed. It used to be more beautiful. I also learnt it was super difficult to get nice shots underwater. It was painful, tiring, irritating and just almost impossible….

Soon time beckons us to head towards our one true goal. To conquer the massive 4095m mountain. One and a half hours away, we journeyed there after restocking our ammo.

Saw this baby on the way back…..I need to get this!! Its a Yamaha

We got lost on the way and journeyed through a narrow kampung road. True Kampung Style Traffic!

True Kampung Life! My Kind of life….Nice houses

Beautiful Ain’t it?

There, we were greeted by the nicest lodge I’ve ever stayed in. It was awesome and beautiful right? The fireplace was so nice. So the 4 hungry mammals proceeded quickly to consume their share of food beside the warmth of a beautiful fire. It was cold outside. Super cold. After the nice meal and wonderful companionship, we collapsed into our comfortable cribs like tired babies.

Room Service??

Peak Lodge at Mount Kinabalu Park

The Boys Dorm

Our Vanity tool

Girls Dorm

The Fire……fascinating!

We preferred to dine close to the fireplace

This is also why I like fires….so nice!!! but it was an indication it was time to sleep. Nites!

Anyways if you guys are interested to see more pics, they are posted on my facebook. Lots more pics actually….add me

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