Blogs from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Asia - page 32

WOW, I'm officially six citites behind on my blogging, so I'll be keeping the next few short and sweet! HIGHLIGHTS! I've been up to some pretty amazing craziness in the last few weeks! I headed over to Borneo for about a week and knew I wanted to divide my time between jungle-riffic touring and underwater splendor. My first stop was the sleepy mountain and coastal town of KK where I decided to venture into my first hostel staying experience! There was a highly recommended place, the North Cabin Borneo hostel, and for about $7/night, how can you go wrong? Right away I loved it, I went right out to join the group on the patio - its so fun to walk into an instant party! They had all been there a few days and they told ... read more

Just nu befinner vi oss pa Borneo, men forst tankte jag beratta lite mer om Thailand. Fortsatter nagonstans dar Brita avslutade. Efter tigertemplet o Kanchanaburi tog vi oss med buss ned till Hua Hin. Pa lokalbussen vi akte var dorrarna oppna for battre vadring och tv:n pa hogsta volym med en dubbad amerikansk action/valdsfilm. Saker och ting ar underliga. Val i Hua Hin blev vi lite lurade att betala overpris for en taxiresa som varade under 50 sekunder till stallet vi bokat plats pa. Jaja, det kunde vara varre. Efter den ratt harda sommaren tyckte vi att vi fortjanade nagra dagar pa stranden. Riktig semester liksom. Gjorde inte sa mycket annat an just det. Jo, det forstas. Jag (Josephine) fick en slang av turistdiarre med tillfoljande krakning. Harligt. Dukoralen ar en bluff. Fungerar hittills bra for ... read more

Day 210 (21.10.07) After a great night's sleep, we all woke pretty early to find that to our huge disapointment England had lost the rugby, oh and that every move we made was extremely painful! After our big climb the aches had truly arrived and any walking hurt - stairs were agony! After packing, we joined Anna and Kathryn for some breakfast at the cafe before catching a minibus back to Ranau where we were going to use the internet and catch the bus back to Kota Kinabalu. There are a lot of other things to do at Poring including the canopy walkway which we were planning to do, however a tree had fallen in a recent storm which had destroyed half of the walkway (and we weren't sure if we cold manage the walking element ... read more

I was woundering on what to give the title of my next travel write up but cant find to name it as I went along brushing through places that I would think best to visit I remembered that the city of Kota Kinabalu came in varies of names in its past. What use to be known as Jesselton, Api -Api, Deasoka and singga mata is today shorten to be known as KK after Kota Kinabalu. Looking at the back ground of Kota Kinabalu at one time it was known as API-API after the avicenna tree which was abundant around costal kota kinabalu another theory came also from the bajau people which was at the time of the british administration which was burnt down by our local Mat Salleh. Which ever it was no one can say ... read more

So back once more to the beautiful island of Borneo......to finally see the Orang Utan and visit the very tip of Sabah!!! Heres a few pictures of once more the beautiful sunsets and many many flags due to being in KK over Merdeka!!! Enjoy!!!... read more