Even on the plane the sky look more blue then the one here (west Malaysia). The water also looks more blue. Is totally what I look forward for.
After coming down from airport, I straight go to the town to look look see see. The town is so much better then what I expected it to be. But people here really like KFC, everywhere there's KFC just around the corner. I would said, Catholic church rank No.1, next thing is KFC. But the town is nice to walk around. Not as congested as major town on the west Malaysia. If you stay in town, there are handful to walk around.
The sunset on the coast, opposite warisan shopping mall. Very delightful sight.
Even the local kids are having fun in the water, the water beside the city is even cleaner then the one in Batu Feringgi....haha
Am I praising this place too much??
Not only I can enjoy the view, I can even have some pasar malam food beside the coast, is so nice. The aroma of the chicken wing, bring me direct to it. And it only cost RM1 per wing.....delicious.
At night my friend bring me to this place call Ocean Seafood, the prawn there is freaking nice. I totally forget to take picture, because the prawn is so freaking delicious, if u were there, please don't forget to order the coconut pudding, for a person who don't like dessert, trust me on ordering the coconut pudding.
A day has pass, this picture is taken from the backpacker place in the morning, not far from Karamunsing. This picture is taken at 6:pm in the morning. The sun there rise quite early, because of the time zone. I woke up so early to prepare myself for the highlight for this trip, that is to conquer Mount Kinabalu.
From KK town we need to take a 2 hour drive journey to Kinabalu park not far from Kudangsan. During the journey there, the view are breath taking. Above picture u can see that we are like standing above the clouds. Is really an eye opener.
This is kinabalu park, which is the place to register yourself if your are going to climb mount Kinabalu.
There is 2 route to reach Labang Rata, one is Mersilau trail, another is Timpohon (which is the easier one). From Timpohon to Labang Rata (which is the rest area) is about 6km.
I will write more on conquering mount Kinabalu on my next post, but to show-off that I actually reach the top since is not as easy as I though. Or maybe is just me getting old already....haha
Up there every single view are breath taking. Maybe if I have an SLR camera, the picture will turn out better, but what my eyes saw will always stay in my memory.
Saw a rainbow while I was coming down from the mount. Give a lot of semangat after seeing the rainbow.
The first thing I reach the car, I straight away sleep, because I was so freaking tired.
After coming down, not much picture is taken, as I was freaking tired. This is the food I eat in Salut, the prawn may not be as nice as the one in Ocean Seafood, but is alot cheaper. The restaurant is in a fishing village (I think, as it was dark when I reach there).
So before I leave Sabah to go back to Peninsula. My friend bring me to the Sunday morning market. Is really huge, those of you who been to SS2 pasar malam, this place is at least twice bigger then the SS2 pasar malam, and the crowd is really huge. Can find a lot of local stuff. And we stop and eat the Ngau Chap noodle (beef noodle), the Ngau Chap is really very tasty.
This is where I stay, when I visited Kota Kinabalu, cheap and clean backpackers area. What I miss most about Kota Kinabalu is the nature surrounding and the adventure it can offer. My next time coming back to Sabah is to do my Sipadan dive. But if time permit, I don't mind coming back to this beautiful town again. Before I end this post, this place really got alot of Leng Lui....haha (more tempted to come?)
