Blogs from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Asia - page 27

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu July 7th 2008

Hey everyone, So now we're both on our own little adventures and here's my blog for Borneo, enjoy! I 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 thing lol!) and as no-one had seat numbers on the plane there was a mad scramble and people were literally running to the plane to get the best seats! I joined in the scrum and managed to get a window seat. As we were coming into land at Kota Kinabalu the scenery was amazing, jungle everywhere and it was so exciting to be in a ... read more

Kota Kinabalu and Pulau Mamutik

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu June 29th 2008

Pulau Mamutik

zephyrbc

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 drenched in sweat by the time we arrived. Turns out the walk was not at all worth it, the museum was old and not particularly exciting so after quickly looking around we walked back to our hotel and collapsed under the fan. The next morning we walked to Jessleton Point to catch a boat out to Pulau Mamutik, one of the smaller islands in ... read more

Ariel View of Kota Kinabalu Landmarks

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu June 27th 2008

1 Borneo Hypermall

Charlie76

The 2nd route for the ariel view shots were of; 1. 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 these posts are just to share with readers - besides the common top shot / land shot images - ariel view shots on current development stages of Kota Kinabalu City. Now everyone gets a piece of Kota Kinabalu from a bird's eye point of view. *(this is a continuation of my "Ariel View of Mt. Kinabalu, Kundasang and Mamut Copper Mine" earlier posting ... read more

Borneo (Sabah)

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu June 26th 2008

Mount Kinabalu

Kidda

Borneo Sabah Well 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 with. If anyone is reading this and is climbing the mountain I brought all my stuff over with me from the UK but there are a couple of so called mountaineering shops in KK where you can buy ruck sacs torches knives ~Leki walking sticks etc.... Walk was difficult but looking back now I can say that ... read more

Probiscus ape en vuurvliegies

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu June 23rd 2008

'n wyfie probiscus aap, die mannetjies is te lelik

EKotze

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 day-trip, nadat ek probeer herstel het van my hitte-uitslag. 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 paar druppels geval, maar die guide het ons belowe dit is eintlik goed, dan kom die ape juis uit, so ons het maar duim vas gehou. Daar aangekom was dit so 4uur die middag se kant en dan is dit die tyd wanneer die ape kom kos kry by die rivier en ook kom slaaplek soek. Ons was ... read more

Spreeu in die underground trein by Kuala Lumpur

We're Back!!

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu June 21st 2008

Batu Caves

Tan and Mick

To all our loyal readers (fans) out there... (Hi Mum) We thought we might as well put our latest adventure up for the world to see. So, I'm feeling rather lazy and pressed for time, so you're going to get our whole trip in just one blog, so here goes.... We left Aus last Sunday and headed for Kuala Lumpur thanks to our new fave airline Air Asia and their unbelievably cheap fares (good for you Air Asia, we're sure to become regular customers.) It was an overnight flight, arriving in KL at 4am, urgh, not good, why do we never look like the celebs when they get off an onite flight, nope we had messy hair, sticky eyes and swollen legs, so yep, looking a treat. We decided since being experienced 'tubers' we'd navigate our ... read more

Amper klaar met Borneo

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu June 17th 2008

EKotze

Wel, ek hoop julle het darem 'n idee hoe dit hier lyk as julle na die fotos kyk van die vorige blog. Ek gaan nou so bietjie meer vertel van wat ons als gedoen het na die snorkel-trippie. Aangesien ons nie so baie wou betaal om die berg te gaan uitklim nie, het ons besluit om net 'n day-trip te doen na die berg toe en sommer so bietjie van die omgewing te sien. Ek moet ook net noem dat ons defnitief nie die enigstes is wat moet kla oor brandstofpryse nie. Die mense hier het verlede maand 50% verhoging in brandstofprys gehad. Ongelooflik baie. Dit het natuurlik 'n redelike effek op alles, soos julle almal in SA weet. Ongelukkig beinvloed dit ook die toeriste, veral omdat mens heelwat van vervoer afhanklik is. So ja, ongelukkig ... read more

Borneo Update - Part III

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu June 16th 2008

Mabul

Fatman

Yeah I know 'another one'! Gonna be the last one for a while though. Just thought i'd do one quick short one with the last bits from Borneo. Took a day off to recover from climbing that beast of a mountain and then took a night bus down to Semporna. Not known as one of the nicer places in Borneo and arriving at 4am probably wasn't my best idea. But after a couple of hours kip onto the boat to Sipidan. Known as one of the best sites in the world and didn't disappoint. Passed Mabul on the way also, cool houses. Before we even got into the water we could see turtles swimming round the boat! Beautiful weather aswell, been a while since I'd seen proper sun. Been raining most days the rest of my ... read more

So paar fotos

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu June 16th 2008

Op JHB lughawe waar ons wag om die vlug te vang na Doha

EKotze

Hier is so paar fotos om na te kyk... read more

Sapi - 'n klien ou eilandjie net so 15 min van Kota Kinabalu af

Borneo - sweet, sweet.

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu June 14th 2008

EKotze

Hi daar, hier sit ons sowaar in Borneo. Dit gaan maar sweet, sweet, maar ons moet seker nie kla nie. Die humiditiet is 90% so dit vat net 'n blok se stap dan loop daar 'n koppie sweet af van jou af. Maar dat ek dalk van vooraf begin. Ons het toe vertrek uit BFN uit, maar die vlug was so uur vertraag (pateties van SAL in ag geneem dat dit eintlik 'n vrek duur vlug is). Gelukkig het ons nog genoeg tyd gehad in JHB en ons het ingebook vir ons vlug na Doha. Die vliegtuig was nogal heel leeg gewees (almal is seker bang om in die somer soontoe te gaan - dit is immers 36 grade C 11uur in die aand). Dit is nou ons derde keer in Doha, en ek moet se ... read more

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