Sabah, Day 7: Travel to Manukan Island
Day 7 was almost completely travel: bus from Sukau to Sandakan, plane to Kota Kinabalu, bus to the harbour, boat to Manukan Island.
We had a little bit of time to see Sandakan market, and a pretty depressing fishing village. The village was depressing because it was one of those villages made from wooden houses on stilts, build into the sea, where the space underneath the houses was a large cloaca made from plastic, rubbish, and excrement.
The market was excellent, though. We enjoyed stressfree browsing without being hassled, but instead could speak to several sellers about their spices, fruits and herbs. Ended up buying a handful of spices (mostly cinnamon, cloves and aniseed, as needed for Rendang) and paid less than £0.20.
The day took a very positive end since the resort on Manukan Island was absolutely lovely, and we had the place almost to ourselves in the evenings.