http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Malaysia , Sabah , Kota Kinabalu en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:12:48 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:12:48 UTC Da skulle vi endelig ha en fridag... altsaa ingen planer Sov leenge spiste god frokost og drakk deilig kaffe paa Starbucks... FERIEEtter en avslappende morgen satt vi oss i en drosje og dro inn til KK Kota Kinabalu by. Tor Aage ville saa gjerne kjope blomster til Peggy reisebyraadamen saa vi fant en blomsterbutikk og kjopte en nydelig oppsats. Da vi kom til reisebyraaet saa Andersen et http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-345541.html 13. november 2008 ankommer Kota Kinabalu Sabah Borneo Floey fra Kuala Lumpur med Air Asia til Kota Kinabalu. KK er den stoerste byen i den nordligste malaysiske staten Sabah paa Borneo. Tok det med ro paa kvelden etter aa sjekket inn paa Tune hotel . Det viste seg at hotellet laa 20minutter nord for Kota Kinabalu i sammenheng med det nyaapnete kjoepesenteret 1Borneo.Aktivitetene pa http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-345527.html Hello there............Tired and still mangled from the climb we washed up back in Kota Kinabalu where we found it almost impossible to disembark from the minibus due to every leg muscle seizing up from lack of movement for 4 hoursSo back in a city with 4 days to burn before our flight back to KL what do you do Nic SLEEP was our first and most important objective and so when we eventua http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-343622.html The title of this blog is probably lost on many that do not know my dog who I missWe felt like we were really getting off the beaten track when we arrived in Borneo flying into the capital of Sarawak Kuching. We welcomed back the staring and incredulous looks from locals who don't see many pale skinned people.Borneo conjures up images of thick jungle ancient tribes cut off from civilization http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-341719.html Hia againOK folks here we are againWell thought we'd tell you about Borneo up to now. We arrived in KK on Monday. We're in the city again but we're near the sea so it feels completely different. We weren't really sure what to expect but it's lovelier than I Marissa imagined and much more chilled out than KL.We are staying at Akinabalu Hostel which is tres basic but it feels clean and the lou http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-337241.html Leaving KL was a good thing because if there is one thing I have learned on my travels is this I am not a city girl. KL was wonderful in itself but for me it lacked the essential ingredient a beating heart. In essence a pulse a vibe that draws people in makes them want to stay. It's just different strokes for different folks. It's as simple as that.Now I have never had expectations of any d http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-337209.html Hello and selamat pagi from the Malaysian province of Sabah on the island of Borneo I've been here for about a week now had the opportunity to do some snorkeling at a couple of the islands just off of Kota Kinabalu on the north coast and some mountain trekking to Kinabalu National Partk including Low's Peak 13400ft. Since then I've hoofed it over to the east coast and the city of Sandak http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-335362.html Message from Olivia to Ronnie in Sibu at 510pmbaby. We are in the Island no ship pick us up only 2 of us on the island. We just heard gunshot and now hearing banging in the jungle sounds like tribal music.True story. It was very scary but the boat came finally and we're still alive. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-335264.html Hi We made it. 40 hours of traveling and boy is this place worth it. The flight to hong kong in cattle class is the best motivator I know of to work hard to be able to afford first class. A typhon went through HK just before we arived and the wx was great though. We did a city tour from the airport and saw the worlds longest bridge. Lap kok airport is amazing considering the Island that it http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-327695.html Kaere alleSaa har vi besteget Mt.Kinabalu og det var helt fantastisk. 4095m det vil vi altid kunne huske. I dag foeler vi smerten i vores laar og laeg muskler. Aldrig nogensinde har jeg haft saa ondt i mine ben. Turen tog 2 dage og den foerste dag gik vi i 6 timer i traek op til 3272M hoejde hvor vi overnattede. Om natten kl. 02.00 stod vi op begyndte opstigningen til toppen og var fremme kl. 0 http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-325950.html Vi er nu kommet til den malaysiske del af Borneo hvor vi bor paa et laekkert hostel. Efter vi var landet med SILKair indlogerede vi os paa Stepin lodge som var anbefalet af BorneobogenLonely Planet. Mathias magtede ikke at holde oejnene aabne og han pev over en hovedpine saa han gik direkte i seng. Peter og Rene ville dog lige ned og koebe noget vand og kigge efter en bil vi kunne leje s http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-323171.html De planning zou zijn om vanaf Kota Kinabalu naar Miri Sarawak te vliegen om hier een andere vlucht te nemen naar Long Seridan om vervolgens naar Gunnung Mulu national park te gaan dit is overigens de enige weg om bij het park te komen dit park moet heel erg bijzonder zijn geweest omdat hier de grootste vleermuizen grot zou zijn ook vele watervallen en ander mooi natuurgeweld echter door de v http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-315581.html 48 hrs of plane flying probably the most boring 2 days of my life did meet some jolly characters though. Met this indian family travelling from mumbai who were really friendly and the dad who had great pride in telling me about hes working for prudential insurance company so hes the guy who answers my calls when i get transfered to indiaProbably one of the hardest things ive had to do so far w http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-312993.html Borneo SabahVi floej til Kota Kinabalu hvor vi skulle moedes med Christian Thomass bror og hans svigerfamilie. Her blev vi indkvarteret i kaempe luksus villa paa Signal Hill.. Det var lidt underligt at have boet i junglen og sovet i lufthavne og saa pludselig naesten have sit eget hus incl. Tjenestefolk og Chauffoer.Datuk Herman Luping familiens overhoved havde arrangeret en rundtur i Sabah http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-310401.html Hey all sorry for the delay in doing this and i am now trying to write this from memory as i have forgotten to bring my journal with me so may forget stuff i know i have only been away just over a week but it feels longerWell as you know i left on mon night and the flight was delayed which meant i only just made it to the connecting flight in bangkok on time it is such a big airport and i th http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-309175.html Sidst vi bloggede var vi stadig i den renlige metropol Singapore. Da jeg gaar ind for orden i sagerne vil det ogsaa vaere i Singapore denne fortaelling om 5 rejselystne unge mennesker starter...Singapore Totalt lokal li'som Johnson babyVi starter hvor vi slap Det var gaaet hen og blevet aften og vi skulle ud med vores Singapore buddys... Vi havde serioest forventet det vaerste men aftenen f http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-305969.html Well I am writing from Macau forcing myself to stay away from the blackjack tables and expensive restaurants for just a few minutes to recount our time in Kota Kinabalu Malaysia on the island of Borneo. We arrived in good spirits excited for what was ahead of us as we had heard varying accounts on how difficult the climb would be. We had heard about a family wanting to take the trip with their t http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-305479.html As if I need reminding that water can be a rough place to travel over The last two days we have traveled over to some small islands off the coast of Kota Kinabulu they looked lovely beautiful white sand beaches forestation covering the rest of the island and not too much by way of shops. The first island Manukan was small and beautiful we found a place under the trees to sit right on the bea http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-303400.html My trip up Mt Kinabalu on a motorcycle just to take some photo's and have fun at the same time check out whats there to create for my biking trip. It took less than an hour to get to the national park i estimated if your not stopping to take a piss on the way up. It was a clear day and i took many photo's...well my friend did for me anyway. It was much easier to take the trip as traffic was not a http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-302637.html We arrived to KK Kota Kinabalu Borneo and stayed for a couple of nights. It felt like we were sleeping in a parking lot though we changed hostels each night to see if another was quieter. The second night you could'nt hear the street noise but we were serenaded beneath our 3rd floor window by a local performer singing current American pop hits on an outdoor stage til around 1am. We ate at a fan http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-299859.html Hey everyoneSo now we're both on our own little adventures and here's my blog for Borneo enjoyI left K.L Wednesday morning for my flight to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah. The flight was brilliant. Air Asia were a much posher airline than I expected there were reclining leather seats and the plane was huge. Malaysians don't know how to queue though I've definitely realised a queue is a very British http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-296041.html We arrived back in Kota Kinabalu after an uneventful 6hr bus ride via Ranau near Mt. Kinabalu. After we settled in we went for a walk and ended up trying 'cheesy wedges' at KFC...hmm.The following day we decided we should do some touristy things...so we walked to the Sabah Museum. It was probably only a 1.5km walk at most however because of the heat and humidity we were both exhausted and drench http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-293013.html Having had such a relaxing time on the islands the day before we didn't feel we needed to worry about doing anything differently for our next day in Kota Kinabalu. Annaliza was happy that we could spend more time on the beach and I was happy that she was getting her sun time in as there was plenty of activity coming up for usI did however make a critical error I didn't pack the factor 25 http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-292387.html After spending the morning going round various travel tour operators there is an entire shopping centre in Kota Kinabalu devoted to them we decided to cut our losses and book the majority of our plans for Sabah in one go. It's so hard to tell if you're getting ripped off in these places and we didn't want to waste any more time trying to shop around...The earliest we could get to trek up Mou http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-292375.html Again the night was disrupted due to jet lag very upsetting to go to bed absolutely shattered and then wake up at 4 in the morningHad to get to KL airport again but since we were coming back to the same hotel in KL after our Borneo tour was over we could at least leave the massive suitcase there so now I only had to carry the Mac Pac backpack to you and me but Annaliza said it's the best http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-292358.html The 2nd route for the ariel view shots were of1. 1 Borneo currently the largest hypermall to date 2. Sabah Foundation Building one of the the few hanging structures in the world 3. The Tunku Abdul Rahman Islands 4. Kota Kinabalu City 5. Kota Kinabalu City Waterfront 6. Sutera Harbour Resorts The Magellan Pacific Sutera 7. Kota Kinabalu International Airport.The purpose of th http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-292235.html Borneo SabahWell on arrival at Kota Kinabalu the weather was glorious the plane lands with south china sea to your left hand side and a few islands in the distance. There seems to be a lot of work going on in Kota Kinabalu KK and in my opinion it will a totally different place in the next ten years. We chilled out in our hotel and waited to meet members of our group who we would be travelling wi http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-291951.html Hi almal hier is weer so paar fotos en 'n update van die vorige blog.Laas toe ek geblog het was ons nog in Borneo oppad na ons volgende daytrip nadat ek probeer herstel het van my hitteuitslag. Dit het darem so effens gehelp. Ons is die volgende dag met 'n busie na 'n area met die naam Beaufort en het tot selfs deur 'n plek met die naam Benoni gery. Weird Opad soontoe het daar natuurlik so p http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-290775.html