Taking it easy at Manana & KK

Feeling sick is no fun at Kota Kinabalu as there's no hammocks at a beach so I made my way to Manana near Kota Belud, north of KK. Lovely isolated place where's not much to do. Exactly what I needed. I got a nice room where I fell asleep listening to the roaring waves coming in, stood up just to lie in a hammock and dip to the water once in a while and I red a few books.

I was quite lucky as when I came in 20 people left the place the same day. I love the silence. And as there was not much to do I really had to take it easy and also started to feel better after a few days. If Manana would have had internet I could have stayed longer but a freelancer has to work so I had to head back to KK to meet a deadline. And I also wanted to check out if I can make it to the jungle or should I start booking flights to the Philippines as I need to dive.  

Beach at Manana. 

So back in KK. What to do? Quite easy actually.

Drink.

And sleep.

And as Philippines still has unpredictable weather and diving in typhoon/thunderstorm doesn't sound appealing I ended up booking a flight to Balikpapan in Kalimantan, from where I'll hopefully fly forward to Manado in Sulawesi. Or somewhere. If I ever make it there as for now the flight has 5,5 h delay.