Christmas in Derawan Islands Part 6 - Nabucco Island Resort

From Kakaban Island we continued to Nabucco Island Resort where we would be staying for 2 nights. We arrived just at sunset...

The Nabucco Island Resort was a much nicer resort compared to the Derawan Dive Resort we stayed at on the first night. It is rather sad to see the contrast between resorts managed by a local company and by foreigners. Though not perfect, I was much more comfortable at the Nabucco Resort.

On arrival, we were served fresh juices, it was a mix of papaya and watermelon... unfortunately with sugar added. Oh well... Then we were shown into our rooms. We had gotten a water villa with 3 beds, with the door and window facing the water.

The water around the island was clear, but we were advised against swimming and snorkelling there because there were many stingrays around. On and around the island there were many crabs and hermit crabs. DH found several of them on our walk back to the villa from the dining area. Miss Kiki was also very excited about them. Every time we came close, they would stop and hide. I told him to pick it up and put it on his hand and breathe on them. He looked at me with doubt and told me to do it first. Lol... So I did. DH and Miss Kiki were both impressed. I guess they didn't have a lot of hermit crabs where he grew up! :D

Dinner was served at 7 PM but the three of us arrived an hour late, somehow our phones had switched back to Jakarta time! Grrrr....... They served soup, salad, and the main dish was fish, vegetables, and a tiny bit of rice. I thoroughly enjoyed the dinner after 2 days of lacking veggies. The annoying part though, that even though dinner was included with our stay, our drinks weren't. How can one eat but not drink?! So we had to buy drinks off of their menu, priced in Euro...

Breakfast was better, they served fresh juices with coffee or tea. Two types of bread were served with butter and jam, and we were able to choose one item from their menu per person. We all chose eggs, cooked three different ways with different toppings. They were all good. Now here is a start of a good day!

Coconut shell used as a pot. I want!

Note: According to our guide, the Nabucco Resort is on an island called Nunukan, situated between the two ends of the C-shaped Maratua Island. The history was that the island used to serve as a stop-over island for villagers who need to travel from one end to the other end. Nunukan meant stop-over.

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