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Background: During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Federation of Malaya, which became independent in 1957. Malaysia was formed in 1963 when the former British colonies of Singapore and the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo joined the Federation. The first several years of the country's history were marred by Indonesian efforts to control Malaysia, Philippine claims to Sabah, and Singapore's secession from the Federation in 1965.

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By twotravelbugs
August 26th 2009

Mabul and Kapalai Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mabul

Seaventures Dive Rig

We spent three days on the Seaventures dive rig exploring the underwater worlds of Mabul, Kapalai and Sipidan. The rig was pretty basic and still smelled like a rig or ferry. It is a rusting hulk planted about 500m off the coast of the island of Mabul. It was strange walking around it, I kept feeling like it should be moving like a ferry, it was hard walking down the corridors in a straight line, talk about sea legs (or not!)! Our room was pretty basic, twin beds and a bathroom that desperately needed ripping out and replacing. But the rig [View Full Entry]

By Ferdi and Talita
June 13th 2009

Day 133-135: Mabul, Borneo Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mabul

Here sharky sharky sharky!

June 8th Today was the big day... Diving the legendary Sipadan Island. Unfortunately Ferdi had a feverish night and woke with a terrible cold. We were lucky to get the permits to Sipadan so we didn't want to give them up. We packed our snorkeling gear just in case he couldn't dive. The morning was off to a dubious start and would get progressively worse. First, we almost missed the boat cause they were leaving early and in the rush to get to the boat we forgot our water and sodas at the dive shop. Then we had terrible weather with [View Full Entry]

By Ferdi and Talita
June 13th 2009

Day 136-138: Mabul, Borneo Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mabul

Filefish

June 11th Today, we decided, was "Snorkel Mabul Day". We started by snorkeling part of the northern reef. We just walked to the end of one of the jetties and hopped into the turquoise water. We saw a lot of life including the biggest Trumpet-fish we'd ever seen. Even though this side of the island sees a lot of boat traffic, the reefs between the jetties are still beautiful. After lunch, together with Esther and Fiona we charted a little boat to take us to the south-eastern reef. It's only about 300m from where we stay but a bit of a [View Full Entry]

By juvigiller
March 19th 2009

Underwater colours around MABUL ISLAND Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mabul

Underwater

From Koh Lipe to Langkawi Island we had an interesting travel with a speed boat. The sea was rough and the boat at difficulty in crossing the waves. We all got wet our legs were aching by the strech of the muscles. We stayed at AB Motel ( RM 80 ) on the Cenang Beach . We had sea food and duck at dinner at Orkid Ria Restaurant. We caugth the night train from the mainland (Arau) to Kuala Lumpur (KL). We had a perfect sleep on the train. Early in the morning we arrived at KL. We wandered few hours [View Full Entry]

By Shpedoinkles
December 21st 2008

Suprise Destination - Malaysia Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mabul

I was planning to go to Singapore on the 1-2 day train and fly out to Brisbane....I swear my intentions were honourable. But then it all started when I said Lisa should come with me on the train, we'd have a giggle and she could explore Malaysia and possibly Indonesia. Her plan ws to stay in Thailand and head up North. So she pretty much decided within 10 minutes that she wisnae doin that and she was comin with me instead. But then, she asked a very naughty thing of me. So I said yes and re-booked my flights to Brisbane [View Full Entry]

By LauraDom
December 21st 2008

Under the sea in Borneo! Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mabul

Dom harrassing Mr Turtle

After visiting Kota Kinabulu and deciding not to climb the mountain but to save our pennies and go learn to dive we took the horrible night bus to Semporna. After arriving at 4am and wandering around town until we found a hostel with 24 hour reception we managed to book ourselves a little trip to Mabul island. We've just returned from a week with dear Uncle Chang on Mabul island. Mabul is famous for three things, Uncle Chang, the diving and the tanduay (see pics). We had an amazing time, met some amazing people and saw some amazing things, sharks, turtles [View Full Entry]

By beniblanco
December 12th 2008

Mabul, Sipadan and Kapalai - just before 'development' Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mabul

Tree kissing water

Our mission Borneo is world's third largest island and filled with authentic people, amazing culture, extra-ordinary nature and details you wouldn't find any where else. The plan was simple - dive Sipadan Island, explore the Sabah jungle and climb Mt. Kinabalu. Mabul Of course the profit goes into the the pocket of the already rich owners. The locals, who have customary rights to the land, are left with scrap [View Full Entry]

By SimonMerrell
December 9th 2008

Diving in Mabul and Sipadan Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mabul

Nudi branch

Just finished 5 days of diving. We stayed at "Uncle Chang's" on Mabul island. Really nice and laid back atmosphere, great views out to sea. Diving in Sipadan was very good, and the muck diving in Mabul turned out to be amazing. Every single dive we found new critters we'd never seen before! Some of my best piccies... [View Full Entry]

By KrisTorN
November 17th 2008

17. november 2008 - jordskjelv rett soer for oss Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mabul

And the divers are...

Vaaknet i loepet av natta. Fikk en SMS hvor det sto at det var sendt ut Tsunami-varsel pga jordskjelv i Indonesia. Fant ut at det hadde vaert et skjelv paa 7,6 rett oest for den indonesiske delstaten paa Borneo, Sulawesi. Sulawesi ligger rett soer for der vi bor paa oljeriggen. Varselet ble avlyst noe senere, og det var jo forsaavidt greit. Vi hadde jo tross alt ikke dykket paa Sipadan enna ;-) Fikk i loepet av dagen 3 dykk rundt Mabul, og ett nattdykk under plattformen. Drit i tsunamien lissom...HAVSKILPADDER!!! Det kryr av dem... er det mulig aa bare henge seg [View Full Entry]

By KrisTorN
November 16th 2008

Bye Bye K.K. - Hello Diving in Mabul Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mabul

Airbus 320 paa T2 Kota Kinabalu

I dag var det paa tide aa forlate Kota Kinabalu. Nok en flight med Air Asia til Tawau. Videre med minibuss til bryggen i Semporna, og speedbaat ut til Seaventures Diving Resort. Seaventures er en tidligere oljerigg, som naa er gjort om til et flytende dykkehotell. Her skal vi vaere i 3-4 netter, og dykke rundt oeyene Mabul, Kapalai og Sipadan. Sipadan skal vaere blant [url=http://www.vg.no/reise/artikkel. [View Full Entry]

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