Wednesday, March 5, 2014

People and the Sea: Kampung Mabul

Mabul Island is located about 45 minutes by boat from Semporna.   Because they get a lot of visitors to the island (mostly divers) people were friendly, especially the kids (see the next post).  Kampung Mabul is mainly a Malay village, I think.







Drying out seaweed.





Cock fighting seems like a popular "sport" in the Kampung.




Malaysians take their shoes off before entering their houses.


Building his own boat.













Drying out seaweed.





Cock fighting seems like a popular "sport" in the Kampung.




Malaysians take their shoes off before entering their houses.


Building his own boat.






I hate getting caught when I take pictures of people. Either I wasn't very good at lurking in the bushes or else my lens wasn't long enough.



The Kampung Kids


I think that I may have mentioned this before, but one thing I have learned is that if you take an interest in people's kids then their parents are much more accepting of you wandering around sticking your nose into their lives and taking pictures of them. The kids on Mabul were all happy to have their photos taken. They were all so cute that they even make me look like a good photographer.



A day at the beach.


"Peace ya"ll".


When I came upon these kids they were trying to stand up on a big log that was floating near the shore. I wanted to get photos of them "log rolling" but anytime that I pulled out my camera they just started to pose.


This girl was working in a shop selling sea shells, corals, and dried fish. Because I am sure that almost everything she was selling was gathered illegally I couldn't spend any money in her store.


Three cool dudes!


This girl was working in a little stall selling bake goods that her mother cooked up. I bought a bag of cakes from her. They weren't really very good, but I was glad that I got to add a little to the local economy.


This little girls was sitting on her grandma's lap on the front porch of her house when I walked by. At first she was shy but then, with Grannie's encouragement, she was willing to have me take her photo.


These guys are the sibs of the little girl in the previous photo. They were not as photogenic as their little sister.


Playing with bubbles.




These girls are pumping water from the well.


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