Blogs from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Asia - page 8

This blog is from year 2011. I have revised and added more facts. The older I get, the mature I am, looks and in thoughts but the memory is still good. So I pulled this out from an old folder thought this might be a good topic to share with all of you. My first visit to Kota Kinabalu for the Pesta Ka’amatan was in 2011. And this was my very first visit to the Borneo Island too. Sabah is the start- off that year and I want to share this with all of you about the harvest festival and introduce some indigenous groups in Sabah with photos I am happy about. I have always wanted to visit The Borneo Island, particularly Sabah, where I love to see the many cultures all under one roof or ... read more

Monday 20th August, 2012 Today we had decided on a lazy day so we had a bit of a lie in before making our way on the short taxi ride to Tanjung Aru Beach. We spent about 4 hours here and the sun was very intense. We did a little sunbathing and a little swimming/snorkelling but by early afternoon we had had enough sun and decided to come back to the hotel for a little siesta before showering and getting ready for the evening. After this we made our way back along to Tanjung Aru Beach at about 5.30 and it promised to be a good sunset with not as much cloud as previous nights. When we got there, there were lots of people on the beach, some eating in the restaurants or stalls, others just ... read more

This morning was another early start with us up for breakfast at 7.30 as we were being picked up by our tour company at 8.30. More or less on time our minibus arrived and after dropping a couple of girls off in town we found out that we were the only people on the trip. The journey to Kinabalu Park took about 2.5 - 3 hours. The views were spectacular and we climbed high into the mountains. The roads were very good for the most part but in places workmen were working on them and they were a little bumpy but it just added to the experience. Eventually we got to Kinabalu Park, our driver paid the conservation fee and we entered. He thought we'd like to visit the Botanical Gardens overlooking Mt Kinabalu, but as ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Dans cette publication vous pourrez voir toutes les espèces de singes que j'ai pu apercevoir jusqu'à maintenant sur l'ile de Bornéo. je pense que mes photos ne sont pas trop mal, mais j'avoue que pour la première fois de mon voyage, j'aurais aimé avoir un bon appareil avec un zoom. il y avait tellement un potentiel pour des photos à la ''Nationnal Géographique''. mais j'ai dû me contenter de ce que j'avais et vous aussi. j'espère que vous aimerez! à bientôt Phil... read more

The journey in bus is about 5 hours from Sandakan to Kota Kinabalu. KK - Jesselton is based on British settlement. The old name Jesselton comes from Sir Charles jessel, the Vice-Chairman of the British North Borneo Chartered Company (1899) (Independant Company) To liberate North Borneo from the Japanese during the WWII, the Allied forces bombed and completely destroyed Jesselton leaving only the Sabah tourism building, the Atkinson Tower and the former Lands and Survey building. The large cost of rebuilding pushed the Chartered Company to sell to the British Government. North Borneo was under British protectorate from 1882 to 1946. After the war it became a crown colony of Great Britain from 1946 to 1963: independance year - Jesselton was renamed Kota Kinabalu on September 1968 for the Mount Kinabalu - name coming from the ... read more