Day 723 - Small Island life

An early morning rise had us bouncing our way across the waters off the coast of Borneo on course to Mabul Island - a tiny piece of sandy earth dotted with palm trees and surrounded with the stilt houses of the locals. As we made our way to the island we were stunned to see communities on stilts in the middle of the ocean.

We landed at Uncle Chang's - this guesthouse also built on stilts - and launched into our second brekky for the day! But soon just hovering over the water and looking for creatures wasn't sufficient so we wandered the bridge pathways onto the island, passing many village houses on the way. It's crazy to be walking down an alleyway, with only the ocean below!

We grabbed our snorkels and bounded into the warm waters - we're talking 28 degrees underwater! We spent the next few hour lost in the underwater world floating centimetres above the coral reef unable to count the hundreds of colour flashes below us.

In the evening we sat on the balcony watching the amazing sunset accompanied by a local band at full volume and battling with the English lyrics - but it was pretty cool ... well, for the first hour or two. After that our heads started to throb and it got hard to enjoy the lightning show over the dark waters in the distance.

Adlibing it to Mabul.