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DAY 2 Part 2, Manukan Island, Sabah.

im back in continuing my post for my trip to Kota Kinabalu September 09 yea  many months back. well. i need to finish this post. since i have little time. i will try post some pics for u, readers. enjoy.

After the rain has stop at Sapi Island. our next stop is Manukan Island. no sun after then rain. so pics result might vary.

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at the entrance. camwhore shot.. CYnthia and Crystal was already inside.

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we were hungry. so we searched for foods. either u eat simple fast food. or dine at the cafe or restaurant. u go ahead and pick. NOTHING IS CHEAP THERE.

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random shooting while walking.

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tengok belakang.

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bombs from the WW2

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Tim will be Tim…

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dining here. a plate of fried rice is RM14

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and this is the RM8 coconut pudding. NAH!

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we wanted to dine at the cafe. but no one hiu us so we left. maybe we look darn poor. its ok lah 3 person share fast food. save money little bit hahah.

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and this cost RM14, about the same wad divided by 3. cheaper ler.

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after lunch. snorkeling time again. and Tim again will be Tim.

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yea.. ppl around tot i was crazy.. they kept looking.

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left my camera there and we continue snorkeling. LARGER FISH. more fishes. scary weh ahhaha.. fish so big. bite ppl kok.

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after a tiring snorkel we have some rest. The boat boy asked us wanna go back early or not. if theres enuf ppl  then we can go back to Jesselton earlier. yes no yes no.. NAH its ok lah.. we wait till 4. it was 2 something..

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still wanna enjoy the scenery of the beach tho there wasn’t any sun..

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3 kids playing with the seaweed floating around. this pic looks like one of the pictures took during my younger days at Kampung.

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another jetty at the other side.

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we head to the back for seashells and dead corals.

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and thats town. honestly. i can see the airport from where i stand. and can also see planes taking off and landing.

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cool rock.

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sand and sea water in the bottle. Manukan Island Sabah.

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waiting for the girls to finish.

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yea its almost 4 tat time. and we need to go to the jetty 15mins before 4. or else we gonna get left behind.

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i was tired. but i had fun of course. yea i was having a great time!

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waiting for our boat to come. we have to wait for the boat tat brought us there earlier.

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fishes at Manukan Island.

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and we head back to Jesselton Point.

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luckily no more bumpy ride. kinda phobia tho…

well after the 2 island. we head back. Seafood time.




Mistery Island pt2.

after getting things out from the boat. without wasting time after i place my bag in the shade. i start walking around without tanned lotion. everyone hid under shades from the sun. me. hmph. ahhaah! i walked around taking photos like a paparazzi. non stop till someone shouted HOI NOT HOT AH? err dun feel when im busy ler ahahha!.

here i sacrificed my skin to get these photos taken.

flat rocks. and yea the weather to damn perfect. thank you god. FYI no editing on scenery pictures.

enjoy.

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the textures of those flat rocks. layer by layer. isnt tat just amazing.

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i dunno wad else to say la ahhaha just enjoy k ahhah..

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Mr Sim enjoying the superb view.

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slowly walking to the other side of the island for the other view.

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nice rite?

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the water very blue and the skies too.its quite windy too tat time. and its around 2 pm. yes 2pm very hot one.

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those sitting there. thats where our camps are set up and also the BBQ area and camp fire area. having their lunch before gotong royong begins.

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heres them. from left, Lim, Sim, Wee, and John. the other 2 dunno where they went tat time ahah.

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i went back to the front to take these few shots. right side

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and left side.

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walk in towards the water near the boat.

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clear. as in very clear water. those rocks u see there. its so slippery. i fell down into the water. luckily my camera didnt kena water. hurt my palm. bled abit cos i hit the rock. to support myself without falling down worst.

im standing on a knee high level. and i still can see the rocks below. even a 10feet deep water i still can see the rocks below.

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nah Rose. this one no edit one. natural color. ahahah.

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thick clouds. the boat parked futher. dun want it to kena the rocks. if  not very hard to push the boat out later.

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sui sui sui sui….. i just couldn’t stop snapping.

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the layers of huge flat rocks beneath the water.

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dunno how to explain la ahhha…

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ok i need to help them setup the camp and canopy d.

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so i went to kepo lo ahahah dun wanna get bombarded later ma ahahah…  20 pics enuf for today? ok la hor?




Mistery Island.

at Rambungan Jetty is where we rent a boat to the Mistery Island. it will be an hour of boat ride. lucky for us its a perfect weather. and calm water. very calm. here is the view from the Jetty. view from the left.

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view from the right. is where we are heading to. bright blue sky.

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(left) Danny Voon, Captain of the boat ahah. (right) Wee TT, co Pilot, with hes GPRS. we are sitting in a 20footer boat.

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and Lim 3 of them = Borneo Outdoor Explorers. 3 very friendly ppl i met thru Sim, like my previous blog post he is the one who did the wuchu healing. and is their friends. they invited me to join them to the island. that proved to be very beautiful place to go to and to camp there for a night. and all the activities they had already planned for us.

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This is me enjoying the ride. macam balik kampung i tell u, just that the ride is much longer. yeah im excited. no friends wanna come with me for this trip. cos they have doubts or have regrets later. but tat wont stop me from going. venture ba. scared wad. relax and get out of stress.

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Sim relaxing and enjoying the ride.

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This is Faizal , one of Danny’s friend.

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PELAWAK, this is Adrian a funny guy and i think is a tour guide invited by the BOX. he is so random. but the trip wont have much laughter without this dude. cos he crack us up alot with hes randomness ahahah.

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Uncle John who was invited too. he got many pantangs but Adrian dun give a crap ahhah! he just do the opposite to pissed him off but it was damn funny all the time ahahah.

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heres a small glimpse of the island. yea still far ahead.

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a Fishing boat that we passed. they said the one we need to wave at the when we go pass , and its a must especially the captain. respect?

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Danny taking some rest. while Wee took over.

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The sky and the art of the clouds are so perfect. at that point we knew tat it wasnt gonna rain. god gave us a perfect hot weather.

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Danny guiding Wee about the direction we are suppose to head. berposing on the roof of the boat ahhaah.

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and Adrian relaxing infront of the boat.

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went pass Satang, Satang besar and Satang kecil. we went there the next day for snorkelling.

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if im not mistaken this is Mount Santubong.

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nothing but open sea and the bring blue sky. feels so peaceful yo!

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quite boring also the ride cos we need to sit side ways and cant really move around. Life Jacket on. i looked so fat in it ahahha. this is how fair i looked then.

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1 hour and 45 minutes later. getting closer. so near yet so far…

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out of boredom i did this hahaha. i touched the island on the tip of my finger hahaha.

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and so we reached the shore of the island. look, just look at the clear water. u can see the rock beneath, this is about like 2-3 ft deep water. as Danny parked the boat nearer to the shore where we can unload the bags and equipment out of the boat. so gotong royong lo ahhah.

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a view from the shore. damn nice view i tell u, i just stood there in amazement, the most beautiful view i have ever seen in kuching. no editing done to pictures here. except for the colorful ones ahha… yes the water is really blue.

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here we unload our stuff and to set things up.

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and here i will potong ur stim again hahha… the next post about this island will contain more surreptest pictures ahhahaah!




Product Photography.

im so tired and exhausted, from the trip last weekend. i joined the Borneo Outdoor Explorers for a Camping Trip at Mistery Island.  An hour boat ride from Rambungan. those of u tat i told u about it. im regretting it for u cos u din come along. tho i told u the name. they asked me not to up the name of the island up so just called it Mistery Island.

here. im taking pics of myself in the boat when we just left the jetty.

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so near yet so far. yea i can see the island from here. but its gonna take us about an hour to get there. dang. the water was calm so no wave and no bumpy rides.

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but i have to cut u off from this post ahahha. potong ur stim for a day or 2. im too tired to edit the photos. cos i still can feel the boat ride. dang. vertigo problem i have. dang. its the second day now. im still floating in my head. it very irritatiing.

below. is wad i am doing now.

Product Photography. for Chris Chin from My Craft. handmade products made to sell to tourist from Sarawak.

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it takes effort and time to make all this. envy he’s patience for taking so much time for the details in the product.

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they are all hand made. every single products here.

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above is a product made from coconut shell carved into a flower shape and the top is carved using clay or something. and made into a hairband. very creative and very nice.

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above are clips. carved into various shapes of local popular items and animals.

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here is a Orang Utan Key chain. nice rite. very detail and perfectly done.

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toothpick holder, popular local birds.

he even do keychains and namecard holder for local company. and the detail is damn good. seriously.

for more information on the products u wanna get or u wanna make.

u can email him at:     jcchrischin@hotmail.com