Sunday, 4 October 2015

Mantanani - last day

Day 5

Last day at Mantanani island so we organised for a final snorkel. First though we had to pack our things and vacate our rooms. Great boat trip this morning as the sea was so calm. We started off at Mari Mari Garden and then swam around rocky point and finished at Magic Rock. We had to swim through some really shallow water and it was a challenge to keep you fins away from the coral. Oscar saw one of the Asian diver hit some coral with his fins and knock off a piece about the size of a toddler – he was astounded that the man didn’t even notice. It was such a lovely day there were many snorkelling boats out – about 6 boats were moored between the two Islands. Nick counted over 100 people get off the other boats – looking odd bobbing around in their bright orange life jackets while not one person on our dive boat needed a life vest. The snorkel this morning was lovely and we were able to see many different fish, eels, sea urchins, clams, and sea cucumbers. Back home we had a nice lunch and lazed around snorkelling or sleeping until our return boat ride at 4pm, then our bus ride back to Kota Kinabalu. Great dinner at the wet market in KK sharing bargain seafood with the Wells family – I love paying RM20 (AUD$7) for a blue swimmer crab.

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