Tawau/Semporna - Day 5 (Mataking Reef Resort)

I wonder why it always rains when we went to the island. We had our breakfast around 8.40am and luckily the resorts do provide an umbrella in the room. Their garlic fried rice is good. Besides that, I like their porridge with crispy anchovies and fried egg. Surprisingly my partner like their bruschetta which I find it so-so only. We had their Apam balik or peanut pancake but it's a bit too sweet for my liking.

After breakfast, we decided to explore Mataking Kecil. It's low tide in the morning and we can see the narrow sandbank that connects between Mataking Island and Mataking Kecil. It takes around 15 minutes walk to reach Mataking Kecil. The water is crystal clear and it reminds me of Rottnest Island. However, there's rubbish everywhere on Mataking Kecil. The small island wasn't well kept and maintain. While walking back to Mataking Island we bumped into the same white dog that I saw yesterday. He's such a well-behaved and happy dog. I wish I knew that canine's name.

We had our lunch at 12pm. They served soy sauce fish, stir fried cabbage, sambal tempeh, Thai pineapple prawns, beef rendang and stir fried green mustard. Lunch is good. Roti pratha is crispy and their bubur cha cha dessert is nice. My partner as usual loves their beef and fish. After lunch, I walked around the resort while my partner went for head, shoulder and foot massage at Jamu Spa. Initially I wanted to walked around the island by myself but halfway through I saw tide coming in and decided to turn back. Then I spotted the white dog again but this time instead of being friendly, the dog started to bark at me. That's when I realized it's not the same dog that I saw this morning and the day before. I guess they're siblings as they look very alike. Later I found out that there's three white dogs in the island kept by the army camp.

My partner went for another round of snorkeling before dinner. Me as usual trying to capture the beauty of nature. It's BBQ night for dinner but food is just normal for me. After dinner we just chill around the restaurant enjoying the cool sea breeze...


Fried kueh teow


Garlic rice


Smoked sausage and potato


Baked beans


Bruschetta


Egg muffin salsa


Condiments for porridge


Waffles


Bread section


Bread


Bread


Buns


Fruits - watermelon and honeydew


Cucumber and tomato


Breakfast cereal and milk


Chili


My breakfast


Porridge


Fried egg and baked beans


Apam balik


Moses Walk and The Promise Chapel


Moses Walk


Moses Walk


Moses Walk


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Mataking Kecil


Spotted a furry friend


My new found furry friend


Such a happy boy


Moses Walk


Sauce


Sayur lemak kubis


Sambal tempeh


Soy sauce fish


Thai pineapple prawn


Beef rendang


Green mustard


Russian salad


Potato salad


Banana cake


Fruits - honeydew, papaya and watermelon


Curry for roti pratha


Roti pratha


Bubur cha cha


My lunch


Cucumber soup


Roti pratha


Mataking Reef Resort


Gym Core Fitness


Mataking Reef Resort


Mataking Reef Resort


Mataking Reef Resort


Mataking Reef Resort


Dead coral reef


Mataking Reef Resort


Mataking Reef Resort


Mataking Reef Resort


Sunset at Mataking Reef Resort


Sunset at Mataking Reef Resort


Sunset at Mataking Reef Resort


BBQ night


BBQ night


BBQ night


BBQ night


BBQ night


Satay


Chicken wings


Chicken wrapped in pandan leaves


Brinjal


Skewered fish balls and sausage


Caesar salad


Croutons


Pudding


Orange cake


Cassava


Corns


Fried vermicelli


Fried popiah


Fried rice


My dinner

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