This Christmas was a Christmas like no other. With us being so far from our family, staying in Brunei just didn't seem like an option. So we decided to head to Kota Kinabalu (KK) in Malaysia. KK is only a 20 minute flight from Brunei, but it is said to be on of the best places for scuba diving and snorkelling. The hotel we booked was about 40 minutes out of KK. Here we were able to enjoy the beach which we had almost all to ourselves.
On Christmas Eve, we took a taxi into the actual city of KK. From the waterfront in KK there are five islands that you can visit for snorkelling. So off we went to Jesselton Point to catch a ferry. On this day we headed to the island called Manukan Island.
Besides being a little bit touristy, the island itself was beautiful and the shore was littered in coral. The boys were amazed at all the fish we saw. I have been snorkelling before, but never have I swam with so many fish surrounding me. Of course we saw Nimo, and that was a highlight of the day for Evan. Before we knew it, the time to catch our ferry back was near. We gathered our treasures we found on the beach and caught our boat back. It was a fabulous day! We finished off the evening by eating in our "new" favorite local restaurant.
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