Another early morning run for Andy around the streets of KK finishing his 10k jaunt under the Malaysian flag opposite our hotel.

With this morning’s breakfast being the final meet on our Classic Borneo tour, we are now back on our own and decided to return to one of the islands in the South China Sea.

The walk down to Jesselton Point ferry terminal was a v hot walk along the waterfront, with the temperature already at 34 degrees at 9.45am. Once we’d acquired our ferry ticket we were thankfully on the island of Mamutik within an hour.

The island is one of the smallest of five, with a modest cafe & toilet block and the jetty.

We quickly got comfortable on the island, Michelle in the shade, Andy soaking up the sunshine.

The view is stunning and has a feel of an exotic island beach, save for a few Chinese snorkelling tourists!

With the heat rising and little or no sea breeze we took cover in the trees and got into our book reading, alternating with dips into the sea.

Before we knew it, the time had arrived for us to return back to the mainland, however not before we had to help out another boat, overloaded with passengers which had started to take on water!

Despite being in the middle of the bay, 4 people including one child managed to transfer onto our boat without falling into the water.

Once back in KK, we had a wander around one of the many shopping malls on the front and treated ourselves to a Starbucks coffee and a Subway sandwich!

Our walk back took us past some Sabah street graffiti and the obligatory Love Kota Kinabula street sign.

One final ‘find’ on our way back to our hotel tonight was the Sabah FC team coach, which Andy was keen to have a photo of.

Tonight is our last night in Borneo, before we fly to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow afternoon and then take a further flight on Sunday to Penang Island and Georgetown.

We’re loved our time in Borneo and are excited for the next chapter of our travels on the West coast.