[Sabah trip, 28-Mar-2006] Well it’s the big day.. Mount Kinabalu hiking day.
We had to wake up at 3am and started our journey from Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary back to Mesilau Nature Resort. It was a ~5 hours drive and we arrived at the starting point of Mt Kinabalu Mesilau Trail at around 830am.
I am stranded in Butterworth, poor internet connection.. no place to go, no friends to call, nothing to do.. this place is boring.. helllllpppppppp!
Story started when my mum suggested to visit my sister in Butterworth last Saturday. So I drove 4 hours from Kuala Lumpur and planned to stay here until ermm Tuesday maybe (that’s tomorrow). My mum however was so happy to meet her grand-daughter aka my niece and ooolah.. here I am stranded probably until the sun comes out from the West.
Btw I thought my Streamyx broadband in Kuala Lumpur sucks.. but now I think KL is heaven. Streamyx speed in Butterworth is far worse than Kuala Lumpur, it’s nuts.
[Sabah trip, 27-Mar-2006] Our destination was to visit Sepilok’s Orang Utan Sanctuary.. said to be the world’s largest and oldest Orang Utan rehabilitation centre.
We rented a coach (a van actually) to drive us from Kota Kinabalu to Sepilok, which will took us an estimated 8 hours to reach there.
[Sabah trip, 26-Mar-2006] We went to Pasar Tamu Gaya early morning to have some walk around the Sunday market and had our breakfast. The Sunday Tamu was nothing much special than our night market or Petaling Street, KL.. just selling a bit more of Sabah traditional stuffs.
After spending some time at the Tamu we went to the port and headed Tunku Abdul Rahman Park for snorkelling and some water sports.
[Sabah trip, 25-Mar-2006] We rented 2 cars to drive to Kudat, the 4 girls decided to have some girls talk along the journey and took the better car. The guys had the ‘fortune’ to drive the other much rotten car that smells like fish, phew..
We passed by the famous Yayasan Sabah building in Kota Kinabalu and visited UMS before heading to Kudat.
On Friday 24th March, me and a few old friends (CY, EP, PL & TY) with some new pals (CC, HL & YM) departed to Kota Kinabalu for a week long holiday in Sabah.
I got a bit over-excited and couldn’t sleep much the nite before, it’s funny for a 27-year-old to still has that kind of school-boy mentality.. nonetheless I was really looking forward to travel with some friends again, the last time I’d done so was 4 years ago just after graduation.
Back from Sabah after 9 days of fun, tired, burned, excitement and well.. a bit of disappointment.
9 days of trip offer lots to chat about.. the highlight is Mount KK which I didn’t make it, but long story about it. Other than that visited some interesting places and have great fun.
For now.. got to do bunches of laundries first.