After 6 hours on a non air conditioned bus we were relieved in the charming town of Semporna. The gateway to some of the best diving in the world wasn't quite the sea side town we had expected. Pretty much every building looks run down, the street drains are broken, there is rubbish piled up on street corners and you don't have to wait long to see a rat.
Perhaps because of all the rubbish or the rats, there are some huge monitor lizards here, we saw one which looked more like a crocodile it was so big. Locals were throwing stones at it to try and deter it from eating the puppies of a stray dog. By Western and probably even Malaysian standards this place is a complete dump, the locals though seem happy enough and are very friendly. The upside to all of this is that accommodation is very cheap, a double hotel room costs about 5 pounds.
Highlights: Getting off that damn bus
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