4 Aug 2009 - Island Hopping in Haze

Day 3 saw us taking a boat from Jesselton point on an island hopping tour. The weather was fine, but the haze was awful. It was a hazy shade of grey and the sun was totally hidden. Also, I’ve been totally ruined by the Singagao trip. All future beach/boat/island hopping trips would be judged based on the Singagao trip. All beaches would be compared to the ones in Surigao and all will be found lacking.

As it is, and it shall ever be in Malaysia… First stop is to pay money. 3RM for Malaysians, 10RM for non-malaysians. This is supposed to be a park maintenance and conservation fee. I would happily pay it I knew the money was being put to good use.

Pulau Mamutik. Looking at the horrid beach, I think not.

The 2nd island we visited was called Pulau Manukan. Trust me when I say this. The beach was not this nice. Though I did not use photoshop, I took many liberties with composition and cropping to make this beach look this nice.

We had originally planned on going to Pulau Sapi as well, but the boatman recommended that we do not as the weather had not been very good. The seas were horridly choppy, but I’m guessing it hadn’t rained in KK for a while. Returning to the mainland, we decided to head up to Signal Hill Observatory Platform. It’s supposed to have an amazing view out to sea and of KK town. But the haze pretty much ensured we only saw grey.

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