If you want to self-exile, try to relax your mood, stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and temporarily escape the hustle and bustle of the mall, come to Sipadan.
If you like the sea, if you are tired of the check-in tours arranged by travel agencies, tired of the crowds at domestic scenic spots, and tired of the hustle and bustle of the city, I suggest you come to Sipadan. There are no shopping malls, hotels, bars, spas, tourist souvenir markets or places for singing and dancing. There is only sunshine, beach (which can only be seen at low tide), endless beautiful corals, and countless colorful fish.
If you have five or six days of vacation, I suggest you relax and come to Sipadan.
Sipadan is located in Sabah, Malaysia. You can fly to Kuala Lumpur from Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other places, or transfer to Kota Kinabalu to Tawau. It's another 1 hour boat ride there.
Many people think that such a beautiful place should be relatively expensive, but this is not the case.
Aircrafts flying to Kuala Lumpur or Sabah’s capital Kota Kinabalu (Kota Kinabalu) include China Southern Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia. If you choose luxury, then you choose Singapore Airlines The company's full business class flight costs 45,000 yuan. If you choose to be frugal, I suggest you choose Air Asia's low-cost airline.
If you book three months in advance, you can buy very cheap air tickets on Air Asia. Now book Air Asia air tickets for August 2009. The total round trip from Shenzhen to Yapi to Tawau will not exceed 1,700. There are four total round-trip itineraries in RMB including tax. I just searched /site/ch/ch/home.jsp. Of course, there are many cheap tickets for Shenzhen flights to and from various parts of the country. You need to show your skills, and Shenzhen air tickets are discounted. It is also the most flexible in the country. Most tourists traveling to Sipadan Island cannot arrive on the same day and often need to stay in Kuala Lumpur or Kota Kinabalu. If you are strong and can stay up all night, I recommend taking a night flight from Shenzhen at 21:10 and arriving in Kuala Lumpur at 00:40 in the morning. Wait for 6-7 hours at the airport and take the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau at 7:20 in the morning and arrive at 10:05. The hotel will arrange free pick-up and drop-off from the airport and you can arrive in Sipadan at about 13 o'clock. This is what we searched for and arrived at. The shortest and most cost-effective route to Sipadan is also the most difficult because you are on the plane in the first half of the night and at the airport in the second half of the night. You need to always pay attention to the Air Asia website. A local Chinese told me that there is a 00% discount. For air tickets, AirAsia has its own Chinese website. You can book directly online without any agent. You can’t imagine how cheap it is. Many domestic friends have a lot of worries about low-cost airlines and tell everyone it’s unnecessary. Because the low-cost flight we took was more spacious and comfortable than the plane I flew from Beijing to Hangzhou in China. The economy class seats on the plane from Beijing to Hangzhou were less than ten centimeters thick and not much different from a bench. I fly once a month, even though it is Gold members are miserable too. AirAsia's planes are clean, tidy and comfortable. Low-cost airlines only dispense with catering and other services on the plane. Of course, the flight attendants are also there, and the services are also available. However, you need to pay to board the plane. You have to take a ferry or walk to the plane by yourself. I think all domestic friends who have the physical strength to play can definitely go from the runway. Running from one end to the other, you may have to pay a small amount of exercise in order to save money. Malaysia Airlines and other domestic airlines fly to these areas along the coastline, while AirAsia chooses to fly direct to save fuel. The disadvantage is that there are problems on the ocean. If the plane has an emergency landing far away from the coast when there is a problem, you may start swimming before you arrive in Sipadan. Of course, so far, I have not heard of any problems with AirAsia planes, so you can stay calm. Seriously, take a seat, half-way swimming is less feasible than buying lottery tickets to win the jackpot. The advantage is that you can take an hour less flight because the direct flight distance is shorter.
All expenses other than security can be saved. There is a fee for checked baggage, which is MYR 10 or RMB 20 for a piece of luggage weighing less than 15 kilograms. Priority boarding also costs MYR 15 or RMB 30. Drinks, food and meals are also charged. There are prices on the website, and it is cheaper to book online. There will be many options for you to choose from when booking tickets. Be careful that any option you choose means paying extra fees. It only takes three hours to fly from Shenzhen to Kuala Lumpur, and it takes more than two hours from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu to save unnecessary expenses. Fortunately, using the restroom on the plane is free, otherwise everyone would really be required to meet some physiological needs before boarding the plane. However, there are still reasons to pay for some fees. It is recommended that you choose priority boarding. Because flights do not seat according to the number, you can sit in the front for priority boarding. It was also Chen Huansheng's first time in the city and I couldn't find a seat on the boarding pass. I got on the plane and asked the flight attendant. The Malaysian flight attendant actually said "Sit anywhere" in Chinese. I was so happy that I sat in the first row without hesitation and stretched out my legs to enjoy what all the airlines in the first row had to offer. Benefits provided by Gold members.
Of course, you can also choose Malaysia Airlines or China Southern Airlines. Malaysia Airlines and China Southern Airlines codes are ***exclusive. If you have China Southern Airlines’ Sky Pearl Card, buy a China Southern Airlines ticket. You can accumulate more than 10,000 miles for a round trip, which is equivalent to another ticket. Domestic tickets are free, and you can temporarily apply for a Sky Pearl Card. You can apply directly on the plane or on the website. It is free. This is a digression.
The round-trip ticket on Malaysia Airlines is about NT$8,000. I am traveling from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur and connecting to Kota Kinabalu for the full round trip cost. The round-trip flight ticket from Kota Kinabalu to Tawau booked separately is only 300 yuan including tax, including round-trip priority boarding and checked baggage. Regardless of whether you take AirAsia or Malaysia Airlines, I have not seen an ideal one that can reach Sipadan on the same day. voyage. Malaysia Airlines flies from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu. It takes a 40-minute flight to Tawau the next morning, and then the hotel will pick you up in Sipadan for free. Arrival in Sipadan should be around 12:30 noon. AirAsia is from Shenzhen, Kuala Lumpur or Kota Kinabalu, and then take the morning flight from Kuala Lumpur at 7:20, and from Kota Kinabalu at 9:30, it will basically take off at 10:20 in Tawau. We will pick you up from the airport to Sipadan for free, by land. Arrive at the private pier in Semporna from TAWAU, and then take a boat from the pier to the floating wooden house.
The Malaysian government has not allowed people to station on Sipadan Island a few years ago, and has limited the number of people who can go to the island every day. It starts at 6 o'clock in the morning, including 16 swimming instructors, and only allows 60 people to stay for half a day in the morning. 60 people closed the island at 5:30 pm. Sipadan Island is a 70-minute sea journey from Tawau. We stayed in an overwater house built on a coral reef closest to Sipadan Island. It was very beautiful. It's called Kapalai in English. It's best to book directly on its website. The price is clearly marked and cannot be negotiated. As mentioned earlier, the air tickets for the six Sichuanese were very cheap, but they booked this hotel through an American agent and finally checked in. At that time, the hotel did not allow them to board the ship because the hotel did not receive their reservation fee, which meant that the agent ran away with their money. In the end, the six of them had to pay more than 20,000 yuan by credit card on site for three nights before they could go to the island. . I don’t know if these people can recover their losses. I just remind everyone to make reservations on the regular government website, /sc/attraction.php?id=101000037 because all fees will be deducted when the reservation is successful, and the reservation must be Completed one month in advance, the most expensive costs are 3 days/2 nights = 1,400/person, 4 days/3 nights = 1,880/person, 5 days/4 nights = 2,440/person, 6 days /5 nights = 3,000/person, 7 days/6 nights = 3,560/person, 8 days/7 nights = 4,120/person. This is the non-diving price, including three meals and coffee and snacks that can be enjoyed at any time. juice. When you are tired from swimming, you can go to the cafe to get snacks and coffee, all for free. Three meals a day are provided at fixed time. The food quality is average and there's definitely something to suit your appetite. There is barbecue, fish and shrimp, steak, roast chicken, etc. every night.
There are also people who fly from Tawau to Kuala Lumpur and then fly to Hong Kong and stay for one day before returning to Shenzhen via the Shenzhen Port, so that you can go to more places.
The most precious thing in travel is time. There are two time slots for leaving the hotel, one is at 6:30 in the morning and the other is at 13:30 in the afternoon. When you walk to Kuala Lumpur in the morning, you can browse the city of Kuala Lumpur and go to TWIN TOWER or Chinatown. , and then leave to return to China the next day. The disadvantage is that you lose a whole morning of sunshine and coral scenery. The advantage is that you have enough time to sightsee in Kuala Lumpur. If you leave in the afternoon, it will be already evening when you arrive in Kuala Lumpur. You can only weigh the pros and cons by yourself until you have an early flight back home the next day. It takes 6 hours to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and 3 hours to fly to Shenzhen. The whole trip should be said not to be very tiring, and it was much more relaxed and comfortable than the trip with Singapore-Mathagan Travel Agency. Of course, you also have a lonely side, that is, you have not seen the other side of Malaysia.