is a resort 10 minutes outside Semporna in Sabah at the Malaysian side of Borneo. I was here for 8 days a year ago, and loved it, met some Norwegian and Swedes then. This time I have been the only Scandinavian staying here, and it has in fact been very quite, like 15 guest at the most, and I have had the male dorm all by myself all the time, great.
It has been some changes during the last year, last time it was all you can eat buffet, this time I only get a plate of food too each meal. Not that much food either, so you can safely say that I have been forced to a diet. Still it is enough, and I hope I loos some weight, would make me happy and my doctor happy.
No Scandinavian, have had some very nice company here anyway, Keiko from Japan, Phillipa from Trinidad (and Tobago), Sam and Oliver from China, been good, nice people. Since Singamata is a stilt house resort out on the sea, and you need a boat to get here, you are sort of forced to take it easy and do nothing. Nothing means, reading, snorkelling, diving (11 times under water) soaking sun and get sunburned unfortunately. Love it, total relaxing under the sun with no stress, to bed at 2200 and till breakfast at 0630
Semporna, the town inside here is a ugly town, absolutely nothing to to there, so if you should happen to come this way, get out here to Singamata or Mabul or something, and the main reason to come here is diving, snorkelling, nice beaches out on the islands, be prepared to relax. Was so lucky that I got 3 dives out at Sipadan this time too, nice diving with lots of white tip sharks, turtles and more. The best guide and dive master I ever have dived with, Santi, that worked for Singamata last year is now working for Uncle Chan at Mabul, was not diving with her on Sipadan but had the pleasure of saying hi to her at least.
For party and diving, Uncle Chan at Mabul should be your place, relax and read, Singamata is the place. for the dorm room with 3 meals a day, I only pay 50 Ringits (100 NOK), that is good. Diving, 250 Ringits (500 NOK) for 3 dives. One of the reason that it is cheap here, is maybe, and that is not good, that most of the staff working here is from the Philippines and are under 20 years old, youngest only 14 I think, after Norwegian standards, that is not good. Great people, doing a wonderful job.
When one are out on the islands diving around here you see how simple life a lot of the people are living. Lots of places people have set up their stilt house out on shallow parts of the ocean. It is very strange for a European to understand that it is possible to live like that, often a lot of kids too in the tiny houses. Guess they live of fishing, or, it can not be much else to live of, and it might be some vegetable and coconuts to find on land of the islands around. I do not think there is any school for the children, at least I can not understand where it should be. It is interesting.
Have had 8 amazing days at Singamata this year too, and maybe I be back an other time. It is a hidden paradise.
My next stop will be Kota Kinabalu, also a repetition from last year, going there tomorrow on my 0,- Ringit ticket with Air Asia.
It has been some changes during the last year, last time it was all you can eat buffet, this time I only get a plate of food too each meal. Not that much food either, so you can safely say that I have been forced to a diet. Still it is enough, and I hope I loos some weight, would make me happy and my doctor happy. No Scandinavian, have had some very nice company here anyway, Keiko from Japan, Phillipa from Trinidad (and Tobago), Sam and Oliver from China, been good, nice people. Since Singamata is a stilt house resort out on the sea, and you need a boat to get here, you are sort of forced to take it easy and do nothing. Nothing means, reading, snorkelling, diving (11 times under water) soaking sun and get sunburned unfortunately. Love it, total relaxing under the sun with no stress, to bed at 2200 and till breakfast at 0630
Semporna, the town inside here is a ugly town, absolutely nothing to to there, so if you should happen to come this way, get out here to Singamata or Mabul or something, and the main reason to come here is diving, snorkelling, nice beaches out on the islands, be prepared to relax. Was so lucky that I got 3 dives out at Sipadan this time too, nice diving with lots of white tip sharks, turtles and more. The best guide and dive master I ever have dived with, Santi, that worked for Singamata last year is now working for Uncle Chan at Mabul, was not diving with her on Sipadan but had the pleasure of saying hi to her at least.
For party and diving, Uncle Chan at Mabul should be your place, relax and read, Singamata is the place. for the dorm room with 3 meals a day, I only pay 50 Ringits (100 NOK), that is good. Diving, 250 Ringits (500 NOK) for 3 dives. One of the reason that it is cheap here, is maybe, and that is not good, that most of the staff working here is from the Philippines and are under 20 years old, youngest only 14 I think, after Norwegian standards, that is not good. Great people, doing a wonderful job.
When one are out on the islands diving around here you see how simple life a lot of the people are living. Lots of places people have set up their stilt house out on shallow parts of the ocean. It is very strange for a European to understand that it is possible to live like that, often a lot of kids too in the tiny houses. Guess they live of fishing, or, it can not be much else to live of, and it might be some vegetable and coconuts to find on land of the islands around. I do not think there is any school for the children, at least I can not understand where it should be. It is interesting.
Have had 8 amazing days at Singamata this year too, and maybe I be back an other time. It is a hidden paradise.
My next stop will be Kota Kinabalu, also a repetition from last year, going there tomorrow on my 0,- Ringit ticket with Air Asia.
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