Mabul Homestay, Sabah (Jan 2005)

by TJJ E Adventure

Tawau airport

Arriving at Mabul Island

Beach of mabul
On arriving, you can see many seastars (starfish)by the shallow waters.

Mabul fishing village

Bargman's Homestay
Homestay by the fishing village. This is aone of a kind experience,...

This is Bargman's Homestay - 6 star resort in Mabul Island

Entrance to the Homestay cum Dive Center

Our makan2 and meeting table

Where we hang our equipment

TV Room and Hall

Kitchen (for chief cook only)

Simple Rooms

Bunk Rooms

Plankway to our backyard neighbour

Our neighbours in the fishing village

Nearby neighbours

Boats of Orang laut (Bajau). They live, fish, eat, sleep, (shit)in the sea.

More orang laut (sea gypsies)

The polis patrol boat likes to stop over at the neighbours house,...

Kapalai Resort - our first and last stop everyday to load tanks. Very...

Kapalai Island
Fav dive site : cleaning station. Watch cleaner wrasses in action by...

Sipadan Island

Getting ready for 1st dive in Sipadan Island (background)

After diving in Sipadan with white tip sharks and green turtles.

Sipadan Water Village (SWV) located on Mabul Island. One of the most...

Sea Ventures platform - an oil rig converted to Dive resort. Lotsa fusiliers,...

Sunsets with boats

Sunset view from where we stay

Polis patrol boat got into our sunset picture

Every evening view. Calm seas, enchanting sunsets, gypsy boats and relaxing dive

Every Evening1

Night sky

Night sky2

Night sky3
Night sky with Kapalai Resort

Hvg Gin & Lime
Our chief cook invited us to his house for some gin and lime.

Karaoke with locals
We had karaoke too with a keyboard and sang out many oldies song

Hi People
Sepilok Orang Utan sanctuary

Baby Swing

Hooray

See me swing

See me climb

Oranghutan

Sepilok forest

Sandakan Hill

View of Sandakan

Palms trees growing on another huge tree. Up Sandakan Hill

Agnes Keith house at Sandakan

Old age house

English tea house

On top of hill

Sandakan Memorial

article published 2/23/2005

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Mabul Homestay
Bargman's Homestay costs RM900 for 3d2n plus 3 dives a day (minimum 4pax). This includes food, accomodation and 7 dives(excl. equipment). You can opt to dive in sipadan and kapalai. Extremely friendly and experienced Master Instructor (who is a local). He doesn't have any website or an office, but he can be contacted at 089-784150 or 012-8198227(m).

Personally, i like to help locals develop, so if you have friends interested, you can email me also at tomsjalan2@yahoo.com.

tom
— TJJ E Adventure, February 24, 2005

Agnes Keith
The two-storey house was the residence of author Agnes Keith and her husband, Harry, who was Conservator of Forest and Curator of North Borneo Museum during the time of the British.

Keith wrote three internationally-acclaimed books on Sabah while living in the rebuilt house. Her first book was about life in North Borneo in the 1930s and was called Land Below The Wind. The title was supposedly inspired by the constant breeze around her home. The Sabah Tourism Promotion Corporation is using the title as a tag line in its promotional efforts with the hope of capitalising on the market drawn by the book. Keith's second book, Three Came Home, was made into a film. White Man Returns was her third book.
— TJJ E Adventure, February 24, 2005

I miss Mabul after seeing yr pictures. How much does the homestay cost? What about diving facilities and cost?
— SpiderMan, February 23, 2005

Who was Agnes Keith, and why is she famous? thanks for posting your interesting photos!
— Eleanor Robb, February 23, 2005