HAVE you ever tried visiting
a place for a very short period of time? Believe it or not but that was the
summary of our day three experience.
We initially planned staying
overnight at Labuan which is also a popular destination for cheap Duty Free
items in Malaysia. But later on we decided to just go there to buy some pasalubongs to bring back home and go for
a short sightseeing.
Only the duty free shopping
happened and it turned out to be a day of sitting down inside the ferry. (lol!)
Still, no regrets!
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Our
ride- Labuan Express Tiga. Fun fact: Tiga is Bahasa for the number three.
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Inside
the ferry. This is how their economy class looks like. Don’t forget your
jackets!
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A
short stay at Duty Free Heaven
Labuan is about 3 hours away
from Kota Kinabalu and ferry schedules from KK to Labuan are only 2 hours
apart! Since we were really eager to visit, we just tried our luck on what we
can accomplish for that short period of time.
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Arrival
at Labuan Ferry Terminal.
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Our jump off time from KK
was at 8am and we arrived in Labuan at around 11:15 am. We then immediately got
our return tickets for the 1 pm schedule wherein the boarding time is set at
12:30 noon.
That left us with only an
hour to explore Labuan so Claud and I decided to say goodbye to the museums
that we want to visit and headed straight to Ujana Kewangan (Financial Park) for
some rush pasalubong shopping. We rode a taxi from the ferry terminal going to
the mall and back for a total of about RM 20.From our experience, people here
also understand English well so you can just ask someone for directions in case
you get lost.
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| Inside Ujana Kewangan. |
Ujana Kewangan
according to my research is known to be the only shopping mall in the area
since it is only a small island. Lots of duty free shops are in the mall and
also stalls selling local treats. I was too busy shopping though when we went
here so I forgot to take a photo.
After our rush shopping we
then headed back to the ferry terminal and also checked out some duty free
stalls there. They also have pretty good chocolate bundle deals there.
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Duty
Free shops at the Ferry Terminal. Chocolates galore!
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Ferry tickets is at RM 40
for KK to Labuan and RM 34 for Labuan to KK for the Economy Class seats. First
Class seats cost about RM 5 more. There’s not much of the difference in seats
for me thought, it’s just that the Economy Seats are situated downstairs.
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| What I saw from the taxi window. |
Labuan is just like Kota
Kinabalu but a more laid back type something just like my hometown. It has
beautifully constructed buildings which I only had the chance to take a glimpse
of through the taxi window but still, I had fun.
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Yes.
This photo is blurry because we were in a rush hahaha
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I will definitely be back to
get to know you more soon, Labuan.
Stay tuned for the last part
next week which includes the overall budget breakdown for this trip!
*Also published in Sun.Star Davao Newspaper on July 5, 2017*
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Awesome share. This Malaysia’s Duty Free Island is just awesome. Thank you so much for sharing this information with us. Visit duty free shopping.
ReplyDeleteIt really is awesome. :) You're welcome!
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