Le trip to Pearl of Borneo

Labuan is often referred to as the pearl of Borneo. Apparently it’s not part of either Sarawak or Sabah, but it’s the federal territory in East Malaysia. The capital for Labuan is called Victoria. When you make a trip to Labuan, make sure you don't expect too much. It's NOT the most happening of places to visit.

There are 3 ways to go to Labuan from KK :

• by air from KK ( Malaysia Airlines)
• by ferry from KK jetty
• by speed boat or ferry from Menumbok

You can bring back more liquor if you taking ferry back because the custom in terminal is not as strict as at speedboat and flight. This is my 5th time to Labuan and we decided to drive to Menumbok and take a ferry to Labuan. Driving from KK to Menumbok in the morning was smooth because no traffic jam. It only took us about 2 hours to reach Menumbok ferry terminal. We arrived early around 830am and the ferry was scheduled to leave only at 1030am. The drive from ferry terminal to the KL hotel where we stayed is strategically in town and just took us 4 minutes to arrive. After checking into the hotel and rest about an hour, 5 of us went out directly according to our planned schedule. We didn't visit any historical place and tourist attractions like Bird Park or The Chimney but its okay. I don't have the urge either because our main point of coming here was to buy duty free products!! =D

Chocolate and liquor is cheaper in Labuan compared to KK. A box ( 10pack ) of Kinder Bueno @ RM 23.00, a pack ( 340g ) of Kisses chocolate @ RM 17.50, a box ( 30pcs ) of Ferrero Rocher @ RM 28.50, 5 litre Peter Vella @ RM 48.00 and 1 litre Martel @ RM 160.00 and the beer is the almost the same price with soft drink RM2.50 per can. You can find all sort of liquor brand and chocolate in some of the huge stores. All of us mostly bought our chocs at Sky Park. But then we found out the cheapest can be found in Moneygain. We spent RM108.00 with the following dishes as our dinner at Fisherman's Wharf. The location is in the middle of Labuan town. Be sure to book a table in advance as this place can be quite packed especially in weekends.

Food wasn't bad but comes in vv small portion.

After having a good night sleep, we started day 2 of our Labuan trip with a renewed dose of enthusiasm XD Breakfast is called ''the most important meal of the day'' so we took our breakfast at so called ''famous'' kopitiam → Kedai Kopi Double Three. Have to make sure the stall isn't too busy, the noodles takes a relatively long time to be ready. We waited approximately 25 minutes for our food =.=

Kon lo mee ( dry noodles ) @ RM5 per bowl. Taste was ordinary only.

Roughly about 1pm, our tummy was crawling for hunger. We rounded the town and ended up having KFC at the Financial Park, the one & only shopping complex at Labuan. After meal, we walked around at the Mall. The financial park has 2 big liquor/chocolate shop. The one at the entrance ( Sky Park ) has more but most of their chocs are almost close to expiry so you'd gotta be careful when buying. The shop in the complex ( Moneygain ) has lil variety of chocs to buy but has a later expiry. Don't expect much out of this complex as there are hardly anything there.

That's what I have bought =D except the Godiva =P

Only some of the choc are mine XD some exclusively bought for mom, boyfie and workmate.

So here is the end of my Labuan Trip. These are what I concluded in my visit ↓ 

1. Only one shopping complex here, which is Financial Park shopping complex. 
2. Hotels are everywhere in the town.
3. Rarely see stray cats/dogs.
4. Many shops are closed down at 7pm+ There isn't any ''night life'' in Labuan unless you're a party goer XD 
5. Shopping is limited unless you want duty free drink or tobacco. Of course there are plenty shops for everything but you have to live here longer to find them. XD