If I say that anyone who has seen a picture of Semporna, Malaysia, will be obsessed with this place, do you agree? Once, I accidentally saw a picture of Semporna in a magazine, and planted grass in this fairyland-like place, and when I arrived at Sembon Namabu Island, this dream-like blue island still amazed me.
Waterfront travelers will love Mabul Island, which is one of the world's top dive sites, located in Semporna, Malaysia, an island in the ocean between the Philippines and East Malaysia, and tickets need to be booked in advance.
A glimpse of the dark blue and light blue, floating in the sea of wooden houses, mabul island scenery is simple and pure, intoxicating, in the middle, often infinite emotion, how did people find this fairyland island between the vast sea, and multiply it?
On Mabul Island, there are more than 2,000 indigenous people, most of them are stateless Ba yao, the main source of income for people here is also tourism, the Ba Yao people are stateless, most of them live in the sea of Southeast Asia, they live on the sea, they are nomadic people on the sea, living at sea for life.
Diving enthusiasts and travel enthusiasts from all over the world come to Mabul Island to stay in the water hut for three or four days, and the people who come to Semporna are people who like to travel to the island, Semporna and its affiliated islands are like a dream island in the real world. It is a diving resort with many excellent dive bases around you, and you can punch many islands at once, such as Bang Bang Island, Madagin Island, Kapalai Island and Mabul Island. Mabu Island is the most famous island in Semporna.
Walking around the island, you can feel the leisurely life of the locals, and find that although this island is not large, there are many children. Families here do not have family planning, they are born when they are pregnant, and some children need to take younger siblings with them, live at sea, and have no conditions to study.
At that time, when I was wandering around inadvertently, I came to the only school on the island, this school is donated by Chinese, the students of the upper and lower grades are crowded together, the class will be separated, there are no neat desks and chairs in the classroom, the school only has two teachers, for our arrival, the teacher is very kind, chat with the teacher to know, they are also here to support the teaching, and will not stay on the island all the time, generally stay for three or five months will leave.
The students' school bags are also printed with Chinese, which are also donated by Chinese people. The people who can come here to go to school are basically in better conditions on the island, many families with many children, and the older children need to bring younger siblings, and they have no chance to come to school.
When I walked in the fishing village, I could see many children staying in the simple wooden houses, curiously looking at the tourists from outside. Before we went to the island this time, my friend and I bought a lot of small snacks at the local supermarket, which were brought to the local children.
The accommodation above Mabul Island is all sea huts, no matter what time, you can see the fishermen who are begging for life on the sea, they row small boats, the boats are full of freshly salvaged seafood, tourists can buy the freshest seafood, the water huts have special places to process seafood, and it is very enjoyable to eat seafood here.
There are many wooden houses for various prices, living in the middle of the sea, watching the boats come and go every day, the waves crashing and various fish is a very pleasant holiday time. The water chalet needs to be booked in advance, I like the free atmosphere, sitting in front of the wooden house at sunset, listening to the music and the sea breeze, it is really pleasant.
When my friend and I were hanging out on the island, there was a local little girl who had been following us, so I took this group photo, she should be a Ba yao girl, the purpose of following us was also to tip a little, and it was very cooperative when taking pictures, although the language was not clear, but the smile was borderless.
Early rise in the trip, often bring us different surprises, I like the early morning at sea, deliberately get up early in the morning, to see what the sea looks like without tourists, we often will be in a certain place, at a certain moment, thinking of a person who has not been in touch for a long time, and those details that have been experienced together, just like the touch of the triangle plum when I saw the triangle plum at this moment.
On the silent sea, the Bajau people living on the boat also got up early, wondering how it felt to sleep on the rocky boat for a long time.
Mabul Island is a fairytale kingdom in the middle of the sea, where boats move freely between wooden houses, and the sea breeze blows and has indescribable comfort, which is slow and leisurely.