Kath & Daz's World Tour Part Deux: Kota Kinabalu

We got the return flight back from Sandakan to Kota Kinabalu and another 3 nights at the Century Hotel before our flight to India on 4th October.
We arrived late evening and were initially given a room which smelled like an ashtray so we protested and were pleased to be moved to a non smoking floor with a room a couple of floors above our original one so we had the good views again. We didn't do too much as felt pretty knackered after Sepilok so we just trawled around town/dossed at the hotel mostly. On the last day, we did take advantage of the good weather and took a boat to one of the islands just off the shore for a day trip. (Sapi).
The boat/ferry terminal was manic with lots of counters for different companies selling tickets jostling for our custom. We bought some tickets after some enquiries then sat down to wait to be called by the boat crew to leave. The boat was nothing special with plastic seats so we jumped on first, bagged the rear seats (one each) whilst the others squished in elsewhere. At one point a crew member said could we sit together to which I (K) replied 'I'm not sitting next to him!' and they left us alone after this!! Just as well as the seats weren't very wide or comfy. The boat stopped at various other islands before we disembarked at Sapi.
This island was quite busy and the beach was pretty rammed. We spent about 1/2 day there with me sitting in the shade of a tree, Daz snorkeling (he saw some great fish of different types/colours as well as amazing coral on the reef) and just relaxing in a hammock which we put up in the sun. We saw some monitor lizards as well with one getting quite close to me when I was having a nap! Probably after my biscuits!!
Anyway, it was time to leave so after some confusion over where to get our return boat, we headed back across and back to our hotel to pack for our flight the next morning - India here we come!!!