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clown anemonefish (nemo)

One of the best activities at Manukan island is of course snorkelling, and it is also very affordable. All you need is a few equipment like mask, snorkel and fin, and you are ready to jump into the sea and snorkel away. For those who want to be more cautious, just put on a life jacket and it will help you to float and ease your swimming effort. If you don’t have these equipment, no worry, they can be rented at the various jetties in Kota Kinabalu, namely Jesselton Point, Beach Bums, and Sutera Harbour, while on your way to the island.

Manukan Island has a big coral area, the size of a football field, at its north east corner. With clear sea water, shallow coral reef, and the warm weather, you can snorkel for hours here looking at the many interesting tropical fish and corals. Just watch out for the strong sun, sunburn is not fun. At any given day one can spot as many as 30 species of tropical fish. If you are lucky enough you might spot one or two turtles on the outer skirt of the reef. Some of the popular and colourful residential fish at Manukan are clownfish (nemo), butterflyfish and parrot fish. To find the clownfish, one has to look for the sea anemone a kind of coral. Clownfish live among the tentacles of the sea anemone, the only fish that not get stung by the sea anemone tentacles.

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deep fried cuttlefish

Tuaran is a small town on the northern out skirt of Kota Kinabalu, it will take about 40 minutes to drive from KK to Tuaran. This small town is famous for its weekend tamu, especially on Sundays. On the food side Tuaran is well known for its Tuaran noodle. Many KK Lites would travel up here on weekend and public holidays for a good round of Tuaran noodle. Yet many people do not know that there is a nice little restaurant, located on the first floor of Tuaran Market. This is a well kept secret by the Tuaran people who have been enjoying the good food from this small restaurant for many years.

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Start your breakfast with a roar at this small little stall at the Likas shop lots opposite the All Saint Secondary School. The specialty of this stall is its mouth-watering minced fish noodle, dry or in soup. The minced fish is very crunchy, everyone will love it. Other than the minced fish, guests can choose from a varieties of ingredients to go with their noodles. These ingredients are meat ball (pork & cuttle fish), wonton, fresh prawn, and a few varieties of tofu with fish paste stuffing. The chosen ingredients are served with a steamy hot soup which is mild and sweet in taste. Other than noodle, be hoon and kuai tiaw are also available. Price start from RM 5. A word of advice, don’t go too late, the latest by 11 am. Once the prepared ingredients are sold out, the boss would close the stall, and call it a day.

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australian sirlion steak

The Lintas Plaza is some 15 minutes drive away from Kota Kinabalu, and is an eatery heaven when night falls. Clarence’s Home Grill is one of the fine restaurants at Lintas Plaza that offers a nice and cool atmosphere for fine dinning. It has a very English interior design. Wooden tables and chair, red and black checker table cloths, nice wall pictures, quiet atmosphere, and very soft lighting. All these make Clarence’s Home Grill a wonderful place to enjoy a hearty Western Cuisine.

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