I know right! Its been around 10 years ago that I went to Mabul Island and like both of you, its the place that stole & broke my Hearts. I've also watch some of NGOs vlog/private group/divers conduct cleaning campaign like, picking the trash and so, but sadly things seems not improving much. The trash might come from the resident and some are believe been brought from the sea and trashing the area when low tide. its good that you highlight the issue with a `respectful' words and hope our government can do something to improve the matter.
You felt the same way ❤️ Mabul is such a special place. It's nice to see that they're doing beach clean-ups but if there's no education or real trash collection, it doesn't do much for long... and yes, also the trash from other countries is a real issue, and it sucks that Mabul pays for that :( We hope things improve and hope to be back and do more 🙏🏼
Glad you guys shared this video. The local government and tourism players know about these challenges (the plastic trashes) but maybe their effort to improve it is not sustainable. I will share this video and hope the local ministers will watch it and come up with a more sustainable plan so that the solution will last. Hope you guys have a fantastic experience in Sabah and Malaysia, in general. Jumps lagi! (See you again)😊
Thanks so much! ❤️ We hope to see Mabul Island thriving and we hope to be back next year :) And yes, we had the best time in Malaysia, the best memories, the best food, the best people... it's such a special country that feels like home and we know we will be back many times 🥰
Can't wait to be back and dive Sipadan! Hopefully next year we can do more for this beautiful island. Malaysia, we love you beyond words! Thank you for being so special ❤
13:05 Thanks for the awesome video I love, work and live on Mabul. We do weekly beach clean, I’m sure Rachel mentioned that as well. Always welcome 🙏🏽 #SEAS #ScubaJunkie #SabahTourism
cant agreed more. As a Malaysian, i just went to Mabul, sipadan for 1st time over the last 37 yrs last year for diving with such high anticipation. But was so so so sad and disappointed when i 1st step into the 'sea'. rubbish covering the water surface through out our boat journey to our basic resort in Mabul. We stayed in the far end of the 'water bungalow' btw. but the feeling changed when we see how pretty the underwater is and all the turtles and loving the vibes there as the nights went by.... somehow u will still fall in love with this place. so the disappointment slowly converting to unwillingness to leave the island. am hoping our Government in Sabah do do smth and act fast before its too late.
Happy to hear you understand the feeling! We hope they do come up with something to help Mabul thrive. It's such a special place and you can only understand it when you experience it. We hope to go back next year and do more for sure ❤️ It's impossible not to fall in love with Mabul after you walk around a little bit and of course, when you go underwater 😍🐢
I must admit this vid content frm u guys are totally different from the others. Love it. It’s like an eye opener which brings awareness to us how marine ecosystem life are important and educating local/ immigrants bout hygienes. We could also considered u as mini ambassador as u visited each country/ state brings good vibes and support local business, not forgetting by giving great suggestion and opinion to the NGOs. Till we meet again, safe flight ✈️ (to your next destination) and Malaysia loves you ❤🇲🇾
Yes, we understand this contributes a lot to the problem. But also, we saw people on the island throwing stuff everywhere. It's hard because there's basically no trash collection, so it just accumulates :(
@@waysoftheworld_ &negaraaku/my country.9-states/9/negeri. Raja-royal/rulers-sultani.9 next to 1 new kings.1-king/agong of malay. Emperor ini melayu. From/pada malaysian.Only/hanya Inmalaysia. And 9-king to kings 1 next to next emperor. The world&one asian.
Honestly this is a problem that the world is responsible for .. yes locals and yes neighbour's as well. Not sure if it's still current practice but allot of the soft plastics from western countries that are said to be recycled were actually being sent to places like Malaysia to dispose of somehow. Often times luxuries come with a price to someone or somewhere else . I believe that we as a world need to be more proactive in general and ban all unnecessary plastics as this is a huge problem for the whole world. The big companies making money while putting this packaging out into the world should hopefully somehow feel some remorse from seeing instances like this. I've enjoyed some of your videos so far. Will check out more. My one Coment is , if you need someone to help with pronunciation, reach out anytime . The food video had few mistakes that could have made that one more epic. And cendol would taste much better if it were all mixed up first . Was never traditionally sold in a cup . Usually a bowl to make it easy to mix. If ur back in KL. Let me know, I can show you some important food spots
thanks for coming to Malaysia . Appreciate your concern of this island . Lots of claims coming from our neighbouring countries . that might be the reason why Malaysia is not so keen to develop this place i think. Anyway for the sake of the people living around . Malaysia should take the lead of at least keep this place clean .
we hope someone does something 🙏🏼 it would be so sad to see this place destroyed because of the trash. The people, the wildlife, the reef... it's so beautiful and special, and it deserves to thrive 🙏🏼 - and yes, we love Malaysia! Fell in love with the country and we can't wait to be back and see more 😍
Great capture of Mabul island. I went through the same emotions when I visited and 4 days I was sad to leave One of my highlights of malaysia most definitely
Rubbish is an international NIMBY problem. It’s our problem. Just returned from Mantanani. Saw the same there. Not on the private beach, it gets cleared up, but elsewhere. Some of it I suspect is locally generated but for the most part I think it washes up. We all need to do our part. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Love the content, BTW.
Yes, it's definitely a mix. Education and proper recycling facilities or some kind of trash collection would make a huge difference. We hope we get to go back and do more 🙏🏼
I did a day trip to Mabul while staying in Semporna Town and is very beautiful but yes the government need to do something regarding the trash issues especially in Borneo - it is sad to see. But Borneo Malaysia is certainly worth the trip
The waited video is out. Thank you for the honest review. This is the main reason for me to follow your channel. No sugar coat. Hope the 50 hours flight worth the journey. Jumpa lagi.
Thanks so much friend! Of course it was worth the journey! We would do it all over again. We completely fell in love with Malaysia and we hope we're lucky enough to go back and see more of it 😍 Thanks so much for following along! ❤️
The next island for both of you to go is Sipadan Island. Once you've experienced Sipadan, both of you will definitely forget what you saw at Mabul. As for the Sea Gypsy people you mentioned, they're called "Pela'u" (Pe laa uuh) meaning the Sea people in Bajau Semporna language. The Pela'u is the real native Bajau in Semporna and surrounding areas instead of being labelled as stateless people.
Our goal is to get our advanced diving certification next year so we can dive in Sipadan :) And actually we would love to go back to Mabul too. Hopefully we can spend more time there and help a little bit... Thanks so much for sharing this info!
Beautyful and sad guys but i hope for the future that it will be better than it is now ! Very cool video ,can't wait for the next one👍💪Love u guys ,all the best from me ❤️❤️❤️
So many amazing places to see in Malaysia, seriously! We thought 30 days would be enough, but no, not even a year is enough 😂 So, we will be back obviously because we fell in love and we need to see more of this country! ❤️ Thanks for sending us recs!
Good job guys. Thanks for showing the other side of travel and how some big corporations sometimes go into beautiful places and can add to the damage to the area. Obviously in this example the resort is trying to do something, so hopefully the garbage situation gets a resolution for the sake of the people that live there. - Your wildest dream is my wildest dream! 💯
We share the same dream ❤️ Hopefully it will be possible soon 🙏🏼 And I think we used the word 'resort' because that's how the hotel labeled itself, but honestly it wasn't like a big corporation. It's just a small 'resort' - but yes, it was refreshing to know that they're trying to do their part. We can't wait to be back and do ours 🙏🏼
The trash issue is very saddening. I remember in 2021 the state government already took some actions to clean up the trash but too bad… the local people don’t really learn anything. The government seriously need to spend extra money on the people on the island to educate them. Illegal immigrations is a very sensitive subject in Sabah, most politicians use it to get votes but never really take any actions to address the issue.
Thank you for this video. Yes, unfortunately, trash is a huge problem on these islands. There's just no awareness, especially among the Bajau Laut (some Malaysians are like that too, be it in the east or west of Malaysia), & that's really sad. Some kind of incentives need to be put in place to encourage them to not throw their trash in the ocean. A once-in-a-while cleanup won't do any good if trash is back in the ocean again the next day. Added to the Bajau Laut people being stateless, it's a politically touchy subject. Thank you to the resort managers that are working together to resolve this problem. Did you guys go to Bohey Dulang?
Yes, it's for sure a very complicated issue. Some education and trash collection would do miracles here! Thanks for explaining a little bit more about this issue, we appreciate it :) - and no, we didn't go to Bohey Dulang. What is it? Another island? Maybe next time, because we do want to go back ❤️
@@waysoftheworld_ Yes, Bohey Dulang is another island in the vicinity. You hike up to the top & be rewarded with the most amazing vista! Do come back. Hopefully, you'll see an improvement in the trash problem (at Mabul and the surrounding islands).
Guys! This is so generous of you ❤️ We have no words... THANK YOU SO MUCH 🥹❤️ You brought a big smile to both of our faces... funny story: we're at the Rome airport right now and had to pay 15 EUR p/p to check in for our flight on one of those budget airlines and were like, well this sucks... and just sat down to reply to comments and we see this... THANK YOU, really ❤️
@@waysoftheworld_ We"re glad it was a big help to you guys . We love you guys and enjoy watching your videos . We feel like we know you guys stay safe and enjoy yourselves .
@@waysoftheworld_ Absolutely we love traveling as well but our jobs still limit us . The longest we traveled was last year , two weeks in Italy it was the best . Many blessings stay safe and enjoy yourselves .
Thank you guys for visiting Malaysia. 👍✌️😇. Please do come again and explore the other places and food here. Btw about the rubbish, I dont know what is the problem there... It could be financial issues or social/political or poor education not reaching out there. The government are trying their best to monitor the problems... But there are so many places in Malaysia need to be rehabilitate or improve but need to spend more money on that. Im sure after Malaysia improve our economy level, the problem will be solve. I really hope so. As Malaysian im quite embarrassed about it. Our apologize to you guys. Hope it doesn't stop you guys from coming here again. 🙏🙏🙏
The people living in these water villages are not locals, but illegal immigrants. That’s why they are living above the sea and not on land (because they have no legal identification, no jobs, don’t pay taxes etc). Their home countries (Philippines and Indonesia), have always rejected them since ages ago. So what more can the Malaysian govt do? Since their population is increasing every year. Now Sabah has become the state with the highest number of illegal immigrants (more than 1 million people).
Hi, I am currently planning my trip to Malaysia and the content you are making is so helpful! Thanks a lot! When I looked at the travel advice of the Dutch government, they say not to visit islands like Mabul, Sipadan, Mataking, etc, because of the chances of kidnapping and piracy. Did you feel safe while travelling there or did you hear any stories about this? Thank you in advance!
Hi! Another Dutchie 💞 G is Dutch too! Anyways, lol yes. That's fairly common to hear. To be honest, and I'm just quoting what people told us... the kidnappers are a thing of the past and they were just targeting Chinese tourists 🙈 why? I have no idea. This is what people told us. That being said, we never felt at risk or unsafe AT ALL. Just keep in mind that Semporna (the town where you take the boat to Mabul) has some strange vibes, so spend as little time there as possible... we stayed at Summer Holiday Semporna and it was clean and comfortable for one night. We're happy to explain more if you have questions, just message us on IG ;)
Hiya, I’m also planning a trip to Borneo at the moment. I’ve found it to be a bit more challenging than other places to plan for as there isn’t quite so much information online about it as some other destinations. If you’d be interested, maybe we could email or chat and trade notes?
Oh no - we'll fix it asap! thanks for letting us know. here is where we stayed: fave.co/3AIFQ8E that's an affiliate link to Booking, so if you book we get a small commission, but of course feel free to book however you prefer. The accommodation is called Spheredivers 🤿 if you have a more flexible budget - check out Scuba Junkie :)
One thing I must say about the trash problem..as I can see in other videos about this problem is that the trash doesn't necessarily come from the people of mabul..it can be a problem of trash "imported" from other countries ie trash floated there from elsewhere..it even happens to uninhabited island as seen in other documentaries regarding this matter and I'm giving the benefit of the doubt the islander there purposely doesn't care about the island they are living in..by the way..I don't see any mentioning of the "thrash imported from other countries"..may be u can set the record straight on this matter..see ya
It's def a mix. Education for the people on the island is absolutely necessary. We saw a lot of people dumping everything on the floor, there's no trash collection... it's a mix.
@@arshatarifin7442 Why are you blaming this on other countries? Mabul Island is located quite far from the Philippines and Indonesia. The trash obviously come from the local communities. Maybe it’s time for us to really address the issue instead of deflecting and blaming it on everyone but ourselves. You can’t solve a problem without looking at the root of the problem.
Darn it. I have been wanting to take my Son to Mabul, diving, once he is old enough. After seeing thr terrible clarity of the water compared to 20 years ago, plus the huge pollution problem, we will try somewhere less spoiled. What a mess. How much would it cost to pay a small team to keep the place clean of rubbish? Bring a barge in once a month and take it away. Too easy.
you can join the beach cleanups with Scuba Junkies... unfortunately it would be a never ending effort to continue to keep it clean. But everything helps :)
Fun facts about the sea gypsy people that they're get dizzy when walk on land. They're also very scare when go on land during night time because they bury the death on land, maybe because of that there might be ghost. And they're scare of cats, yes... Cats!! Because cats and big cats (tiger, lion, cheetah) come from the feline family. They think that all cats are dangerous, wild and eat human...
@@waysoftheworld_ glad you like it. I just shared if I'm positively sure it's legit. I don't do that often. Depends on my mood and if I enjoyed the videos/vlogs..
Yes, that's what we learned. And we understand of course. This is a complicated issue, but we hope someone comes up with a solution because Mabul deserves it. It's such a beautiful place ❤️
Hello - yea Mabul is totally safe, even for solo female travelers. it's a red zone because there were pirates there in the past, but it's really a non-issue anymore and just one of those unnecessary warnings governments put in place. Semporna (the gateway city for Mabul) isn't the most pleasant, but I think it is safe. Just don't plan to spend too much time there 😎
I am sadden that the section with dive resorts is the worst crap on water. All this can be solved with incinerators. I do not think malaysia is so poor we cannot build incinerators, it is because illegals never pay tax. Therefore no service.
Yes, exactly. It's a complicated issue. We think having some kind of trash collection along with education, would help to alleviate the problem. We hope we can do more next year!
@Ways of the World if I am a rich man, I will do something regardless of the illegal status because bloody tourism is affected and livelihood of dive companies too.
Yes, that's part of the problem too. It's not easy when there's no trash collection, but again it's a multilayered and complicated issue. We hope we get to come back next year and do something about it for sure... 🙏🏼
We can't wait to go back to Mabul and do more! Stay tuned for our next visit ❤
When I was in Malaysia in the 1990s I saw trash trucks back up to the edge of the water and physically dump trash straight into the ocean. So sad!
I was in Kapalai Resort neighbour to Mabul island
I know right! Its been around 10 years ago that I went to Mabul Island and like both of you, its the place that stole & broke my Hearts. I've also watch some of NGOs vlog/private group/divers conduct cleaning campaign like, picking the trash and so, but sadly things seems not improving much. The trash might come from the resident and some are believe been brought from the sea and trashing the area when low tide. its good that you highlight the issue with a `respectful' words and hope our government can do something to improve the matter.
You felt the same way ❤️ Mabul is such a special place. It's nice to see that they're doing beach clean-ups but if there's no education or real trash collection, it doesn't do much for long... and yes, also the trash from other countries is a real issue, and it sucks that Mabul pays for that :( We hope things improve and hope to be back and do more 🙏🏼
Glad you guys shared this video. The local government and tourism players know about these challenges (the plastic trashes) but maybe their effort to improve it is not sustainable. I will share this video and hope the local ministers will watch it and come up with a more sustainable plan so that the solution will last.
Hope you guys have a fantastic experience in Sabah and Malaysia, in general.
Jumps lagi! (See you again)😊
Thanks so much! ❤️ We hope to see Mabul Island thriving and we hope to be back next year :) And yes, we had the best time in Malaysia, the best memories, the best food, the best people... it's such a special country that feels like home and we know we will be back many times 🥰
@@waysoftheworld_ Glad to know that guys, happy travelling and cheers!
Can't wait to be back and dive Sipadan! Hopefully next year we can do more for this beautiful island. Malaysia, we love you beyond words! Thank you for being so special ❤
13:05
Thanks for the awesome video
I love, work and live on Mabul.
We do weekly beach clean, I’m sure Rachel mentioned that as well.
Always welcome 🙏🏽
#SEAS #ScubaJunkie #SabahTourism
We do appreciate what you guys are doing ❤️ We hope to be back and do more next year. You guys are keeping that island alive 🙏🏼
cant agreed more. As a Malaysian, i just went to Mabul, sipadan for 1st time over the last 37 yrs last year for diving with such high anticipation. But was so so so sad and disappointed when i 1st step into the 'sea'. rubbish covering the water surface through out our boat journey to our basic resort in Mabul. We stayed in the far end of the 'water bungalow' btw. but the feeling changed when we see how pretty the underwater is and all the turtles and loving the vibes there as the nights went by.... somehow u will still fall in love with this place. so the disappointment slowly converting to unwillingness to leave the island. am hoping our Government in Sabah do do smth and act fast before its too late.
Happy to hear you understand the feeling! We hope they do come up with something to help Mabul thrive. It's such a special place and you can only understand it when you experience it. We hope to go back next year and do more for sure ❤️ It's impossible not to fall in love with Mabul after you walk around a little bit and of course, when you go underwater 😍🐢
I must admit this vid content frm u guys are totally different from the others. Love it. It’s like an eye opener which brings awareness to us how marine ecosystem life are important and educating local/ immigrants bout hygienes. We could also considered u as mini ambassador as u visited each country/ state brings good vibes and support local business, not forgetting by giving great suggestion and opinion to the NGOs. Till we meet again, safe flight ✈️ (to your next destination) and Malaysia loves you ❤🇲🇾
Thank you so much! And we love Malaysia too. We know we will be back many times ❤️
The rubbish it’s due to the unsolved illegal immigrant from neighbour country. The issues it’s one of the main debate in Sabah parliament for decades
Yes,neighbour always making problem
Yes, we understand this contributes a lot to the problem. But also, we saw people on the island throwing stuff everywhere. It's hard because there's basically no trash collection, so it just accumulates :(
@@waysoftheworld_ &negaraaku/my country.9-states/9/negeri. Raja-royal/rulers-sultani.9 next to 1 new kings.1-king/agong of malay. Emperor ini melayu. From/pada malaysian.Only/hanya Inmalaysia. And 9-king to kings 1 next to next emperor. The world&one asian.
Honestly this is a problem that the world is responsible for .. yes locals and yes neighbour's as well. Not sure if it's still current practice but allot of the soft plastics from western countries that are said to be recycled were actually being sent to places like Malaysia to dispose of somehow. Often times luxuries come with a price to someone or somewhere else . I believe that we as a world need to be more proactive in general and ban all unnecessary plastics as this is a huge problem for the whole world. The big companies making money while putting this packaging out into the world should hopefully somehow feel some remorse from seeing instances like this.
I've enjoyed some of your videos so far. Will check out more.
My one Coment is , if you need someone to help with pronunciation, reach out anytime . The food video had few mistakes that could have made that one more epic.
And cendol would taste much better if it were all mixed up first . Was never traditionally sold in a cup . Usually a bowl to make it easy to mix.
If ur back in KL. Let me know, I can show you some important food spots
Well you should try to solve the problem of the homeless in major cities of the USA too my dear😊
thanks for coming to Malaysia . Appreciate your concern of this island . Lots of claims coming from our neighbouring countries . that might be the reason why Malaysia is not so keen to develop this place i think. Anyway for the sake of the people living around . Malaysia should take the lead of at least keep this place clean .
we hope someone does something 🙏🏼 it would be so sad to see this place destroyed because of the trash. The people, the wildlife, the reef... it's so beautiful and special, and it deserves to thrive 🙏🏼 - and yes, we love Malaysia! Fell in love with the country and we can't wait to be back and see more 😍
This is just so beautiful.. thanks for sharing.. East Malaysia is a must visit for all foreign and local tourists 👍👏👏👏
Yes! We will be back! We need to see more of Malaysia 😍🇲🇾
Malaysia is the land of diversity..from the people, cultures to the natures n sights...thx for visiting our country and please come again..:)
land of king of claim
It's so diverse! And we barely scratched the surface. We have to go back and see more. We're so in love with this country ❤️🇲🇾
Great capture of Mabul island. I went through the same emotions when I visited and 4 days I was sad to leave One of my highlights of malaysia most definitely
Hi Julie ❤️ It was one of our highlights too. Such a special place and can't wait to be back 🙏🏼
Rubbish is an international NIMBY problem. It’s our problem. Just returned from Mantanani. Saw the same there. Not on the private beach, it gets cleared up, but elsewhere. Some of it I suspect is locally generated but for the most part I think it washes up. We all need to do our part. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Love the content, BTW.
Yes, it's definitely a mix. Education and proper recycling facilities or some kind of trash collection would make a huge difference. We hope we get to go back and do more 🙏🏼
Woww.. Nice vlog..
Thanks so much!
I did a day trip to Mabul while staying in Semporna Town and is very beautiful but yes the government need to do something regarding the trash issues especially in Borneo - it is sad to see. But Borneo Malaysia is certainly worth the trip
I Love Mabul so much... cant wait for my next trip on September
We can't wait to be back! Have fun :)
There's many more places for you guys to visit in Malaysia. Hope to see you again in Malaysia ❤
So many!! And yes, we will be back. We love this country so so much! ❤️
Thanks for coming to Malaysia🙋🏻♂️🙏🏻🙇🏻🙏🏻♥️
I hope that you will come back again to Sabah & visit The Lost World of Borneo @ Maliau Basin 🥰🤘🏻
We have so much more of Malaysia to see. We can't wait to be back ❤️🇲🇾 Thanks for sending us recs :)
Glad to meet you guys at the airport before flying back to Singapore back then! Keep up the content guys!! 🎉
Hi Jason! So nice to see you here 😊 Thanks so much for watching and take care!
The waited video is out. Thank you for the honest review. This is the main reason for me to follow your channel. No sugar coat. Hope the 50 hours flight worth the journey. Jumpa lagi.
Thanks so much friend! Of course it was worth the journey! We would do it all over again. We completely fell in love with Malaysia and we hope we're lucky enough to go back and see more of it 😍 Thanks so much for following along! ❤️
Loved the Malaysia travel series!
Thanks Allie! So happy to hear you liked it 🥰 Love you guys!
I was there about 10 years ago. That place and Sipadan are amazing places to dive. It’s so sad to see a lot of trash in sea. 😞
They were the best dives of our lives and of course, Sipadan is now high on our bucket lists! We hope to go back next year :)
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing experience ! And of course I remeber " Cimitirul vesel" 😊
hahaha 😂 thanks for watching friend! ❤️
Thanks so much for great sharing this Vidio
ENJOYED watching here
Thanks so much for watching!! 🥰
Most beautiful island 🏝️ in semporna Sabah #maldivesMalaysia🇲🇾
It is a beautiful place 😊
Thks for sharing. We need to do more , get more volunteers, get education to the masses
Yes, we hope to go back and help make Mabul better ❤️
Great content. I love your channel very much. Keep up the good work. 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Thanks so much Sharon! ❤️
Nooo thank U so so much for sharing and you guys welcome anytime ❤ … take care always
We are counting the days to go back to our second home ❤️ Malaysia 🇲🇾
The next island for both of you to go is Sipadan Island. Once you've experienced Sipadan, both of you will definitely forget what you saw at Mabul. As for the Sea Gypsy people you mentioned, they're called "Pela'u" (Pe laa uuh) meaning the Sea people in Bajau Semporna language. The Pela'u is the real native Bajau in Semporna and surrounding areas instead of being labelled as stateless people.
Our goal is to get our advanced diving certification next year so we can dive in Sipadan :) And actually we would love to go back to Mabul too. Hopefully we can spend more time there and help a little bit... Thanks so much for sharing this info!
@@waysoftheworld_ Nice and all the best for both of you.
Beautyful and sad guys but i hope for the future that it will be better than it is now ! Very cool video ,can't wait for the next one👍💪Love u guys ,all the best from me ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much for always supporting us ❤️ We hope to go back in one year and see it doing so much better 🙏🏼
Nice guys , btw don’t forget to come to Terengganu, Redang island 😉 , Perhentian Island , Lang tengah island
Also Pangkor and Langkawi island
So many amazing places to see in Malaysia, seriously! We thought 30 days would be enough, but no, not even a year is enough 😂 So, we will be back obviously because we fell in love and we need to see more of this country! ❤️ Thanks for sending us recs!
SUPERB 👍💖🇲🇾
Thank you!! ❤️
Thank u for this wonderful video n for also showing your marvelous time in Mabul.
Mabul is so special ❤️
@@waysoftheworld_ Wonderful. Mabul is beautiful, however, pollution is another issue, that only d locals can tackle it. 😁
Itulah masalah kita rakyat Malaysia. Kita tak pandai jaga sumber kita.
Hello. It was a very good explanation. Thanks. See you.
Hello Hyde :) Thanks so much. Happy to hear you liked it!
I REALLY hope we can come back to get our advanced scuba certification, dive Sipadan and volunteer on Mabul 🙏
Good job guys. Thanks for showing the other side of travel and how some big corporations sometimes go into beautiful places and can add to the damage to the area. Obviously in this example the resort is trying to do something, so hopefully the garbage situation gets a resolution for the sake of the people that live there. - Your wildest dream is my wildest dream! 💯
We share the same dream ❤️ Hopefully it will be possible soon 🙏🏼 And I think we used the word 'resort' because that's how the hotel labeled itself, but honestly it wasn't like a big corporation. It's just a small 'resort' - but yes, it was refreshing to know that they're trying to do their part. We can't wait to be back and do ours 🙏🏼
I hope the state and central government sort out how to educate the island dwellers and cleans the rubbish with proper waste management
We hope so too. It would be so sad to see this place destroyed... Mabul is so beautiful and special, it deserves to thrive!
Fascinating!
For sure an eye opener!
The trash issue is very saddening. I remember in 2021 the state government already took some actions to clean up the trash but too bad… the local people don’t really learn anything. The government seriously need to spend extra money on the people on the island to educate them. Illegal immigrations is a very sensitive subject in Sabah, most politicians use it to get votes but never really take any actions to address the issue.
Yeah, it's a complicated issue unfortunately 🙈 hope something gets done in the future though. This place is too beautiful to let it die 💔
Spheredivers! Fantastic dive centre!
AMAZING! We can't wait to be back and stay in the same spot ❤️
Thank you for this video. Yes, unfortunately, trash is a huge problem on these islands. There's just no awareness, especially among the Bajau Laut (some Malaysians are like that too, be it in the east or west of Malaysia), & that's really sad. Some kind of incentives need to be put in place to encourage them to not throw their trash in the ocean. A once-in-a-while cleanup won't do any good if trash is back in the ocean again the next day. Added to the Bajau Laut people being stateless, it's a politically touchy subject. Thank you to the resort managers that are working together to resolve this problem.
Did you guys go to Bohey Dulang?
Yes, it's for sure a very complicated issue. Some education and trash collection would do miracles here! Thanks for explaining a little bit more about this issue, we appreciate it :) - and no, we didn't go to Bohey Dulang. What is it? Another island? Maybe next time, because we do want to go back ❤️
@@waysoftheworld_ Yes, Bohey Dulang is another island in the vicinity. You hike up to the top & be rewarded with the most amazing vista!
Do come back. Hopefully, you'll see an improvement in the trash problem (at Mabul and the surrounding islands).
We hope so ❤️
Thanks!
Guys! This is so generous of you ❤️ We have no words... THANK YOU SO MUCH 🥹❤️ You brought a big smile to both of our faces... funny story: we're at the Rome airport right now and had to pay 15 EUR p/p to check in for our flight on one of those budget airlines and were like, well this sucks... and just sat down to reply to comments and we see this... THANK YOU, really ❤️
@@waysoftheworld_ We"re glad it was a big help to you guys . We love you guys and enjoy watching your videos . We feel like we know you guys stay safe and enjoy yourselves .
Maybe we'll meet in person one day. This means the world to us! Thank you ❤️
@@waysoftheworld_ Absolutely we love traveling as well but our jobs still limit us . The longest we traveled was last year , two weeks in Italy it was the best . Many blessings stay safe and enjoy yourselves .
you should go to mantanani Island Sabah.
Wow very nice ❤
A stunning place for sure! 😍
Welcome guys❤️❤️❤️
Can't wait to be back!
Wow nice business.
The local gov never understand. To save turtles, you must save the environment first !!
Exactly 🙌🏻
there one of my travel list to go 🥹
You will love it... especially if you are a scuba diver 🤿
you guys are awesome
Thank you guys for visiting Malaysia. 👍✌️😇. Please do come again and explore the other places and food here. Btw about the rubbish, I dont know what is the problem there... It could be financial issues or social/political or poor education not reaching out there. The government are trying their best to monitor the problems... But there are so many places in Malaysia need to be rehabilitate or improve but need to spend more money on that. Im sure after Malaysia improve our economy level, the problem will be solve. I really hope so. As Malaysian im quite embarrassed about it. Our apologize to you guys. Hope it doesn't stop you guys from coming here again. 🙏🙏🙏
The people living in these water villages are not locals, but illegal immigrants. That’s why they are living above the sea and not on land (because they have no legal identification, no jobs, don’t pay taxes etc). Their home countries (Philippines and Indonesia), have always rejected them since ages ago. So what more can the Malaysian govt do? Since their population is increasing every year. Now Sabah has become the state with the highest number of illegal immigrants (more than 1 million people).
Hi, I am currently planning my trip to Malaysia and the content you are making is so helpful! Thanks a lot! When I looked at the travel advice of the Dutch government, they say not to visit islands like Mabul, Sipadan, Mataking, etc, because of the chances of kidnapping and piracy. Did you feel safe while travelling there or did you hear any stories about this? Thank you in advance!
Hi! Another Dutchie 💞 G is Dutch too! Anyways, lol yes. That's fairly common to hear. To be honest, and I'm just quoting what people told us... the kidnappers are a thing of the past and they were just targeting Chinese tourists 🙈 why? I have no idea. This is what people told us. That being said, we never felt at risk or unsafe AT ALL. Just keep in mind that Semporna (the town where you take the boat to Mabul) has some strange vibes, so spend as little time there as possible... we stayed at Summer Holiday Semporna and it was clean and comfortable for one night. We're happy to explain more if you have questions, just message us on IG ;)
Hiya, I’m also planning a trip to Borneo at the moment. I’ve found it to be a bit more challenging than other places to plan for as there isn’t quite so much information online about it as some other destinations. If you’d be interested, maybe we could email or chat and trade notes?
Hi! What was the exact accommodation you had? The link you added unter the video doesn't work :(
Oh no - we'll fix it asap! thanks for letting us know. here is where we stayed: fave.co/3AIFQ8E that's an affiliate link to Booking, so if you book we get a small commission, but of course feel free to book however you prefer. The accommodation is called Spheredivers 🤿 if you have a more flexible budget - check out Scuba Junkie :)
To address the problem of waste generated by the locals, the Sabah government must take serious actions.
We hope to see this happen!
Illegal immigrants . Government should take this matter seriously.
Nice mabul
One thing I must say about the trash problem..as I can see in other videos about this problem is that the trash doesn't necessarily come from the people of mabul..it can be a problem of trash "imported" from other countries ie trash floated there from elsewhere..it even happens to uninhabited island as seen in other documentaries regarding this matter and I'm giving the benefit of the doubt the islander there purposely doesn't care about the island they are living in..by the way..I don't see any mentioning of the "thrash imported from other countries"..may be u can set the record straight on this matter..see ya
It's def a mix. Education for the people on the island is absolutely necessary. We saw a lot of people dumping everything on the floor, there's no trash collection... it's a mix.
@@waysoftheworld_ nonetheless..u should've mentioned it in this video so people wouldn't get a wrong idea.
@@arshatarifin7442 Why are you blaming this on other countries? Mabul Island is located quite far from the Philippines and Indonesia. The trash obviously come from the local communities. Maybe it’s time for us to really address the issue instead of deflecting and blaming it on everyone but ourselves. You can’t solve a problem without looking at the root of the problem.
Darn it. I have been wanting to take my Son to Mabul, diving, once he is old enough. After seeing thr terrible clarity of the water compared to 20 years ago, plus the huge pollution problem, we will try somewhere less spoiled.
What a mess. How much would it cost to pay a small team to keep the place clean of rubbish? Bring a barge in once a month and take it away.
Too easy.
I guess that is a bad sign,not only to tourism but to marine lifes..very poor management of local government sad to see it.
Yes, it was very sad. Hopefully they'll improve the situation there, otherwise that place won't last much longer :(
Reason there are many stateless people from other island like phillipine
Part of the reason... there's also no trash collection...
Hi - where did you stay in Mabul?? THank you - Lena
Spheredivers Scuba is the name 😉
if they wont clean up the rubbish and plastic i gonna go there took and clean up myself
you can join the beach cleanups with Scuba Junkies... unfortunately it would be a never ending effort to continue to keep it clean. But everything helps :)
Fun facts about the sea gypsy people that they're get dizzy when walk on land. They're also very scare when go on land during night time because they bury the death on land, maybe because of that there might be ghost. And they're scare of cats, yes... Cats!! Because cats and big cats (tiger, lion, cheetah) come from the feline family. They think that all cats are dangerous, wild and eat human...
Love these fun facts! Thanks so much for sharing 😊
@@waysoftheworld_ glad you like it. I just shared if I'm positively sure it's legit. I don't do that often. Depends on my mood and if I enjoyed the videos/vlogs..
thank you! :)
Yeah, sad to see and to admit, they need to change, yeah, the situation is always delicate due to the illegal immigrant
Yes, that's what we learned. And we understand of course. This is a complicated issue, but we hope someone comes up with a solution because Mabul deserves it. It's such a beautiful place ❤️
Is it safe there for solo female traveller i read that is a red zone and too risky is it true ?
Hello - yea Mabul is totally safe, even for solo female travelers. it's a red zone because there were pirates there in the past, but it's really a non-issue anymore and just one of those unnecessary warnings governments put in place. Semporna (the gateway city for Mabul) isn't the most pleasant, but I think it is safe. Just don't plan to spend too much time there 😎
I might give it a miss, I don't want to see the rubbish 😢
Kenapa tunggu kerajaan untuk pick up thrash. Kampung berdekatan perlu bertanggungjawab juga 👍
How many times wwf needs to pay villages to do this. So they think they will be paid again?
@AnwarIbrahim_my ...mohon PMX ambil cakna dengan kebersihan Pulau2 di Sabah...memalukan Malaysia
wakil rakyat situ?menteri situ? takkan tak ada yg lahir sana yg kisah ttg kebersihan tmpt sendiri?
I am sadden that the section with dive resorts is the worst crap on water. All this can be solved with incinerators. I do not think malaysia is so poor we cannot build incinerators, it is because illegals never pay tax. Therefore no service.
Yes, exactly. It's a complicated issue. We think having some kind of trash collection along with education, would help to alleviate the problem. We hope we can do more next year!
@Ways of the World if I am a rich man, I will do something regardless of the illegal status because bloody tourism is affected and livelihood of dive companies too.
Aiyaa kotor sudah balik, last balik 2021 bersih lagi tiada sampah 🥲🥲
If I were you, I will help to educate the local community to collect the rubbish and to see what to do with it instead 🤬
Yes, that's part of the problem too. It's not easy when there's no trash collection, but again it's a multilayered and complicated issue. We hope we get to come back next year and do something about it for sure... 🙏🏼
On behalf of Malaysian, we thank both of you in advance 🙏