We were up and about by 8:45. Mahani's driver, Oon, picked us up and drove us to the Pan Pacific Sutera Hotel where we met Elvin, Mirinda, her sister Tanya and their daughter Meredith. Elvin was a "mud man" who worked on the oil rigs.) I cashed a couple of travelers cheques as I only had about RM2 on me. Their friend, Stephanie, guided us through the hotel and onto the boat which took us to Pulau (Island) Manukan. This is part of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park consisting of the five islands of Manukan, Gaya, Mamutik, Sapi, and Sulug.
I rented a pair of fins, mask, and snorkel. We were soon in the water snorkeling. A short distance from shore were corals of all different colours with schools of different kinds of tropical fish swimming around the corals. The colours of the fish were straight out of a National Geographic magazine! Mahani had packed us a lunch which we ate around 12 noon. I went back into the water after lunch and swam some more before I came in for a rest. The one thing I hadn't noticed was my sun burn. I went back out for a swim for a third time when I quickly noticed that I had a sun burn. I put on a T-shirt and swam again. We left the beach on the 3:30 boat back to the hotel.
Mahani's driver picked us up at 6:15 where we had supper with Mahani, Lanh and Putri. As Mahani had her Koran readings, we had an early evening. It was that evening that I realized that I had a serious sun burn. Lanh drove us back home and he and I went in search of a cable for my digital camera. We visited one of the first shopping centers in KK - a 4-storey concrete building built on a central court yard with all kinds of modern shops selling every electronic gadget you could ever think of. And the prices at a fraction of what you could get them on sale for at home. I then started treating my sun burn.
