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Pulau Papan

Staying on Malenge: where I slept and why I'd go back

27 May 2026 · by Tasya

Wooden stilt bungalows along the shoreline of Malenge in early morning light

I went back to Malenge in April 2026, nearly a year after my first visit, and stayed five nights this time. These are my notes on the kind of place I slept in, how the days went, and why it is the island I would pick again.

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Walking the bridge to Pulau Papan, a Bajau village

4 October 2025 · by Tasya

Long wooden footbridge running across the water from Malenge towards the stilt houses of Pulau Papan

Pulau Papan is a Bajau stilt village joined to Malenge by a long wooden footbridge. I walked it on a hot morning in June 2025 and snorkelled nearby in the afternoon, and these are my notes from that day.

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