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Ara Dinawan Island, Sabah - Day 2

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I was woken up before sunrise by the chirping birds outside our tent. Somehow, I didn't have a good night sleep last night. Maybe because the room was warm as the portable air conditioner wasn't working enough to cool the room. We had our breakfast at 8.40am. It's American breakfast comes with scrambled egg, toasted bread, baked beans and sausages. They prepared the breakfast in advance, thus our food was cold. Fundamentally, toast should be served straight from the toaster! I love American breakfast but sadly I hardly touched my food. Even Jeelong didn't want to eat my toast but happily ate 3 of my sausages. If you didn't get to read my Day 1 blog , Jeelong is a dog kept by the resort owner. After breakfast, my partner proceed with one of the resort's activity which is flying fish ride. Around 10am the resort staff brought us out for boat snorkeling. The snorkeling spot is just right in front of the island. They gave us 50 minutes of snorkeling time in an hour

Ara Dinawan Island, Sabah - Day 1

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After more than six months without a real break, finally we get to go on a weekend getaway! So I drove my car to Beringgis Seafood Restaurant located in Kinarut, around 25 minutes drive from Kota Kinabalu International Airport. There's a small jetty beside the seafood restaurant. You can park your car at the open space car park right beside the seafood restaurant. We reached there around 2pm and waited for our speed boat to depart at 2.30pm. First speed boat departed at 2.20pm since all the guest already arrived. However, we have to wait until 2.40pm for a couple who arrived late. In total, there's 9 of us including the resort owner's son named Johnny. He's a very nice and friendly person who kept on asking how's everything throughout our stay at Ara Dinawan Island . It's a smooth boat ride and 10 minutes later we have arrived at Ara Dinawan Island . The water is clean but not as clear as Mantanani Island . When we arrived on the Island, none of the resort staff