{"id":8786,"date":"2017-08-30T19:22:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T11:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mysabah.com\/wordpress\/?p=8786"},"modified":"2020-04-29T12:44:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T04:44:24","slug":"malubang-village-pitas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mysabah.com\/wordpress\/malubang-village-pitas\/","title":{"rendered":"Malubang, a beautiful fishing village in Pitas"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was on a quest to explore the legend of Supirak<\/a>, I found myself another wonderful seaside vacation at Malubang Village (Local Name: Kampung Malubang), a remote fishing village in Pitas near the tip of northern Sabah. Spend a few days there and you will experience a simple village life without electricity, Wifi, water heater, air-conditioner, asphalt road, etc.<\/p>\n

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Malubang Village (Kampung Malubang) in Pitas, north of Sabah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kampung Malubang (Malubang Village)<\/h3>\n

Malubang Village is located at a beach in Marudu Bay. Most villagers are Sulu people who mainly work as a fisherman. Every morning you can see their fishing boats depart for fishing trip.<\/p>\n

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Every house owns a boat in Malubang Village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Malubang is facing Kudat town and Tip of Borneo is clearly visible at the horizon. In fact, Kudat is less than an hour away by boat, and Banggi Island takes about 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

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A fisherman fixing his fishing net<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Some houses are still using well for water supply<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though tourists seldom come here, the friendly villagers are ok with outsiders taking a stroll in the village. They are shy but smile a lot. It’s a small fishing village with about 30 houses. Foreigners would find the fence-less stilt houses there interesting.<\/p>\n

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A house with colorful hanging clothes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During my visit, there was an open house wedding reception (of Mizrul and Mastura) in the village. They were kind to invite me to have lunch with them and watched them dancing and celebrating.<\/p>\n

\"Married<\/a>
Married couple Mizrul and Mastura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Group photo with the cute village girls who dressed up for wedding function<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This village is a close community, in contrast to city. I confess I don’t know most of my neighbours and never visit their home too. May be it’s not only me.. Nowadays kids in same neighbourhood don’t mix around. In old days, I went cycling, fishing and climbing tree with my young neighbours, so Malubang brings back memory.<\/p>\n