Blogs from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Asia - page 41

I love living in Sabah. It's simply a beautiful place with fantastic scenery and great weather. Kota Kinabalu is the capital city of Sabah, with a population of about 500K. It was allevated to its city status in year 2000. There so so much to do here. White water rafting at Padas River, river cruising in Klias wetland to search for Proboscis Monkey and fireflies watching, snorkeling, diving or simply lazing around in one of the islands opposite city centre (eg Sapi, Manukan, Mamutik or Police Bay), climb the highest mountain in Borneo - Mt Kinabalu (4,095m high), trek in the rainforest, bird observation at the canopy walk in Poring, visit the headhunter village and many many more. That's all for my first message. I'll continue to write more soon. Ciao.... read more

well time to move on to kk.booked a flight with air asia that was really cheap and the planes are quite plush for budget airline.when i arrived in kk i was met by audrey who owned borneo backpackers lodge.she took us back to hostel then a quick wash and out to have a look round kk as the locals call it and check out the nightlife. Kota Kinabalu is the state capital of Sabah located on the island of Borneo in East Malaysia. Kota Kinabalu is home to some of Asia’s best natural scenery with magnificent beaches, clear waters teeming with marine life, lush forests and nature parks. Yet Kota Kinabalu has more to offer than its spectacular environment. It is known as the liveliest place in Malaysia after Kuala Lumpur with its bustling markets, café ... read more

Mark & Lynn got up early to check the tourist office who pointed us to a booking agent for the mountain lodges at Mount Kinabalu which we intended to climb the next day. It appeared to be all booked up, but after some waiting and pressuring for the agent to ring around the tour companies we managed to secure 4 places which had not been confirmed. Unfortunately they were in 2 different lodges, one with heating and one without. I volunteered that the girls go in the heated lodge and it was agreed. We checked out of cockroach hotel and checked into the Pantai Inn, very nice but more expensive for 2 rooms so we shared a quad room for just RM108. Did some shopping, Lou bought bigger rucksack for the mountain trip, I bought an ... read more

Well what a crazy time we have had here so far. We flew from Hanoi to Kuala Lumpur for one night, and stayed near the airport, paying $40 for a room which was just as basic as the $5 room we are staying in now, and then flew out the next morning to Kota Kinabalu, in Borneo. Only things weren’t quite that easy. We somehow managed to miss the flight. We realized we were standing in an international line for check-in but it was a domestic flight. So we found domestic, looked at our watches and realized that the flight was due to take off in 3 minutes! So we had missed our flight and had to forfeit our seats. We had to buy new tickets!! Luckily it was only about $100 each for the flight, ... read more

When we walk down the gangplank this morning, a colorfully dressed Malaysian woman greets me by putting a necklace over my head. Alan gets one too. Our Radisson tour, "Borneo Extravaganza" is about to begin. Our guide, Vicki, begins the tour by giving us background information on Kota Kinabalu. Now I know why there are so many modern buildings here. The city was destroyed during WWII. Soon, the bus passes the city mosque which is a replica of the Taj Mahal. This white building, with blue tiled roof, can accommodate 10,000 worshipers. There is no photo stop so we don’t get any pictures of the beautiful building. Our drive continues on a road that has been built upon land reclaimed from the sea. In fact, the entire area of new buildings is built on reclaimed land ... read more