Are homestays better than hotels? | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 253

On Mantanani Island would you choose a hotel or homestay? Who wouldn't prefer to chill out in the shade, taking it nice and slow at the weekend? And maybe stay in a local village, rather than one of those posh resorts...
00:00 It's the weekend! Village or Hotel?
00:23 Sailing to Mantanani Island, Sabah
03:03 Sailing and travelling - taking the dinghy ashore for the first time in months!
03:53 Which would you prefer to stay in, posh resort or homestay?
04:04 The remote and thriving island of Mantanani
04:57 Holy cow, a beach bovine?
05:03 Working beach vs holiday beach
08:20 What's the difference between Sabah and other tropical paradise islands?
09:12 Why we don't do sponsorships...
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13:07 Catching a bag round the prop - there's no getting away from the plastic pollution
13:57 Walking to the hotel resorts
15:07 Checking out pretty Mantanani village and its homestays...

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