Splendid Sabah
Friday, January 15, 2010Mood : Roslyn - Bon Iver & St. Vince
Well, first of all, I am sorry for being late posting article about my last trip to Sabah recently.
Now, this is it :1st Day
We checked in the flight Malaysia Airlines from KLIA Airport somewhere near 12. The aeroplane wasnt as big as what I expected but the journey was okay. The food served by MAS was heaven ( we managed to eat Baskin Robbins ice-cream and Ferraro Rochhe for free ! Thank God !) So, we arrived at Kota Kinabalu International Airport around 2 o'clock. The airport seems OKAY. So, we took cab from airport to Winner Hotel,in the heart of the city in K.Kinabalu. Kota Kinabalu is a big town and there are lots of cars at the road. Particularly, the road was a bit small compared to the road to Peninsular. The hotel was OK but a bit small and it was very near to the Philippine Market ( a tourist attraction in KK).Price range : Around RM 150 per night. So, after relaxing inside the hotel, we went out and browsing around the Philippine Market and the streets. Then, after getting tired rambling around, we went back to room and sleep.
Pak Mat's shop
Philippine Market
2nd Day
I woke up at 6 a.m. Here in Sabah, 6 a.m resembles 7 a.m in the Peninsular so we need to catch up things early. Annur and I had breakfast at the hotel while Abah and Mak went to the restaurants near to the hotel.
We checked out the hotel and waited for our rental car more than 1 hour. At last, the car arrived. Price : RM 170 per day and it was just a crock Proton Wira only ! We wasnt really happy looking at the condition of the car :/ So, from the city of KK, we went straight to Kundasang, a small town near Mount Kinabalu. The journey took about 3 hours up to the mountain and the road was winding adding up with fogs.Kundasang is a place which I imagine like Cameron Highland. The place was breezy and the town have many vegetables stalls and Wak Hassan's stall as well. So, we went straight to our chalet, Golden Kundasang Highlands and it took about 5 km from the town and the road wasnt in good condition. But, Thank God, the chalet is awesomely beautiful with a breathtaking scenery. The chalet also been surrounded by vegetable farm and it was AWESOME. It is one of the most beautiful places that I ever stay in my life ! The room was OK, fully occupied with kitchen and the toilet was MASHAALLAH ! I give it C+.
After putting our luggages, we went to the town, bought some veggies and things to cook. At night, we cook dinner by ourselves and it was really fun !
I thought that this "vehicle" was carrying PATI's but this is their local taxi to go to town
our chalet
beautiful !
Kundasang view
the car that we rented
this dog is adorable !
places where veggies are sold
Kundasang Mini Town
3rd Day
I woke up at 6 a.m. It was icy cold, and I didnt have my bath on that morning :P Mak and Abah were already went out of the room, capturing photos of Mount Kinabalu. And it happens that I just realised that our chalet was really really near to Mount Kinabalu. The scenery was breathtaking, Alhamdulillah. So after having breakfast inside the room, we went to Poring Hot Springs which is about 1 hour from Kundasang. Poring is a recreational place which offers hot water pools, jungle trekking, waterfalls etc. So, at Poring, all of us did canopy walk and it was tiring but FUN. Pity Abah, because he was such a freak when it comes to height ! But all of us managed the canopy walk, bravo ! Then, we went to put our feet inside the hot pool and there are many tourists there. After having fun at Poring, we decided to go to Sabah Tea Plantation.Sabah Tea Plantation is just like Cameron Highland Tea Plantation but Cameron is much nicer and well-developed compared to Sabah's Tea. We had some ice tea there and went straight to Luanti Village. Luanti Village is situated 10 minutes from Sabah Tea. This village offers a river which is full which fishes that people can swim with the fishes. Hmm, sounds cool huh? The fishes are big and very tame. We gave the fishes some fish foods and the fishes keep on "kissing" my leg. Aww, I am feeling ICK. About an hour later, we went back to Kundasang, passing Ranau Town. Then, in Kundasang, we went to the Strawberry Farm, eating some fresh home-made strawberry ice cream. Then, we went to a cow farm just near our chalet. The road to the farm was HELL. Badly damaged and undeveloped. We managed to saw many cows that are originated from New Zealand been feed and milked by the workers. It was FUN ! We also bought a box of fresh milk and took some photos near the farm. It was breezy and the farm resembles farms in New Zealand and Switzerland. Yay, it was FUN indeed. So, at night, we cook dinner and sleep early, preparing ourselves for tomorrow's long journey to Kudat.
beautiful Mount Kinabalu !
Welcome to Poring !
creepy canopy walk
Poring Hot Spring
Sabah Tea
fishes in Luanti
mooooo...
in front of the cow farm
cabbages
tip of Mount Kinabalu
our chalet
4th Day
Kundasang War Memorial
Kota Belud Town
Kudat :)
tip of borneo
mini-globe at the tip of Borneo
somewhere at Sidek Esplanade
Inside Ria Hotel
Kudat Town - peaceful
normal scenery along the road
-Our hotel in KK, Winner Hotel-
-The main thing about Sabah people- they love to "meludah everywhere". Yuck :(
-Jesselton Port-
-Eating at Padang Restaurant, so Indonesia-nish-
-walking from Jesselton to Philippine Market, phew, it was tiring-
-Streets at KK-
-Choose whatever you want and its cheap!-
6th Day
We woke up early packing all our stuff and ready to leave KK. It was a bit sad for me though as I like Sabah! At 7 a.m , a taxi driver called Kim picked us from hotel and brought us to some famous tourist spots in Sabah. He is nice, informative but his religion seems - UNKNOWN. Well, we visited the Signal Hill, over-looking KK city, Double 6 Memorial ( a place where Donald Stephen's plane crashed somewhere in 70's), Sabah's National Mosque, Sabah's Museum and Petagas Memorial Garden. The trip was ok but I feel exhausted and almost vomited out. Ick :P So, around 12 p.m, we checked in at the airport and the trip to KLIA was okay minus the food wasnt as nice as we had on the previous flight. No more Baskin Robbins and Ferraro Rocche :( Alhamdulillah, around 3, we arrived at KLIA and safely arrived at home around 7 p.m.
-Signal Hill-
-At the Signal Hill, overlooking the city of KK-
-Double 6 Memorial-
-Sabah National Mosque-
-Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Sabah-
-Sabah Museum-
-At Petagas Memorial Park-
-our flight-
-scenery taken from the plane-
"Thank You Allah, Thank You Allah, Thank You Allah
and Thank You Abah, Mak and Annur
for allowing me to have this oppurtunity experiencing travelling in Sabah.
Thank You !"
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