It's Labuan Island

Yes, it's definitely an island. From South to North only took us 40km & 1 day of renting a Toyota Vios filled with RM30 fuel was considered so much. The fuel level didn't dropped much.

We visited Labuan since mama has a technical course to attend for a week. Ayah & the kids joined in the middle of week.. Flight free..! Thanx to MAS Enrich redemption.. hehe..

Places to visit..
Drive around the island & you could see stretches & stretches of beautiful beaches.. Go to the Memorial Park - it's where the World War II soldiers are being 'remembered'. The place is not scary at all and very well kept. It looked like the cemetary in Washington DC where the past US presidents, soldiers and others are buried. There's a beach playground just before that for your kids to play & feast their eyes on the many sizes of ships & boats.. Or you can stay at Waterfront Hotel (like we did) & you can have the best views of the ships, yatchs & alike. A place not to be missed is of course the duty free shop. The one shop labelled 'kedai harga patut' is called 'Moneygain'. It's in the mall & also along the main road (can't remember the name of the road at the moment.). It's cheap..




Beaches along the road

  

  

 

 Places to eat..

We ate at the Mawilla Yacth Club. Mind the name.. it's just a normal seafood restaurant, at the beach. Very relaxing, santai. It's located about 2-3 minutes drive from Grand Dorsett or Waterfront Hotel. The nice thing is the food there is cheap & fresh. The size of the 'bawal' fish is like a normal 'Siakap' in KL/Selangor Tomyam Seafood Reataurant.. Very big for me though. As for the crab, choose the 'salted egg crab' dish from the menu, it's finger licking good. It's definitely for you Crab lovers.. ! For the vege, try the 'Sabah vege'. That's the name. It's like the 'paku pakis' & they cooked it nicely.

Another eatery to go is Anjung Ketam.  We didn't go there though as it's a bit north and outskirt. It's located at Tanjung Aru area, near to the kampung.




Some of the 1kg of crabs... yummy..!


Hotel to avoid..

People say that the Manuka Beach Resort is haunted.. Don't know how true it is but we went to that area & it's wooden, outskirt and a bit gloomy. It's way up north, away from Labuan city centre & all the shops. Those who want privacy might consider it, but my advice is to get some more views from the locals or others who knows about the hotel. Unless you like such haunting experience, go ahead..

Ok for now..




World War II Memorial Park