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Travel Blogs from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
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Kota Kinabalu
This is a top pick! Tues Sep 14th - Day 132 The overnight arrival of several gallons of lactic acid to our limbs lead to a day of restricted movement. We swapped the Daya Hotel for the cheaper Pantai Inn, and explored a little of downtown KK in a kind of constipated ...
Off to Borneo for new adventures
This is a top pick! ... them I realized they cost 7 quid!! We eventually boarded the plane and head off into blue sky for the 2 hour flight to Kota Kinabalu, Borneo. Coming in to land was beautiful as we flew down the coast and at one point I thought we were going to ...
Take Me Higher...
This is a top pick! Tuesday 28th September 2004 6.30am my alarm was set for, to catch my 9.50 flight from KL international airport, 45 miles away. I awoke to the alarm, well, an alarm - somebody else's alarm to be precise, in another room, at 8.00am - I now have 65 ...
Touching God
This is a top pick! Today I completed my greatest achievement of my trip so far, climbing Mount Kinabalu...the highest mountain in SE Asia at a whopping 4101m high. I started of the first day meeting my guide (Jomus), with not so early start of 8am....buy the time we got ...
Mountain Mania
... took us to go up. The sign below shows the record times for climbing the mountain - to the top and back!!! We returned to Kota Kinabalu and got an early night! PADI OPEN WATER DIVE COURSE One evening off and it was back to work (well, not like ...
And into Malaysia
... was ready to move on. I did take in the local museum and engage in my customary city walk but the reason to come to Borneo isn't exactly for its urban attractions. One thing that has struck me very quickly is how friendly Malaysians are. Plenty make the ...
settling back into the swing of things....
... sensibilities, at least, were extended with my few days in Singapore, upon return to Asia (no pasties though). So to arrive at Kota Kinabalu is to return to what I - over the past 5 months, at least - am used to. NO, this is not a ...
Jungle boogie
... from our Swedish mates once again heading off in separate directions, them to the scuba diving paradise of Sipadan, and us to Kota Kinabalu, where we thought we were gonna climb the mountain. Yeah, we didn't. Instead we spent a few days ...
Borneo
... - orangutans, proboscis monkeys, macaques, Asian elephants and exotic birds. We started in the Northern State of Sabah, staying in the Capital Kota Kinabalu and then flying west to visit Sukau and the Danum Valley. The thing about rainforests is that ...
Mount Kinabalu
After arriving in Kota Kinabalu we headed for Kinabalu National Park - Malaysia's first World Heritage Site, and the home of Mount Kinabalu - at 4,095m, Southeast Asia's highest peak. We arrived just in time for an amuzing yet informative "climbers' ...
Borneo!
... fried egg and smoked salmon (an interesting combination) muffin which cheered me up! Flight finally took off and I got to Kota Kinabalu (known as KK) and to the hostel I had selected from the LP with no problem. Hostel seemed decent enough, ...
Adventurous nature lover's paradise
Staying at Akinabalu Youth Hostel , planning to try to get ourselves to Mount Kinabalu tonight, to start the 2 day climb to the top by tomorrow. We plan to try to stay at one of the Sutera Sanctuary Lodges , hoping they have room for last minute ...
Climbing Mt. Kinabalu
... . Climbed through the night to arrive at the summit for sunrise. The view was unreal, but my muscles were hating me by the end of the descent. We then found an island just outside of Kota Kinabalu where we spent a few days recovering on the ...
The wonder of the Kadazan lady
Just getting ready for my trip the the Philippines on Monday now. Met a sound Canadian lad called Loughlin & had a few beers with him the other night. Yesterday I took 2 hour bus trip to Kinabulu National Park to see the mountain. When I arrived it ...
Borneo
... vozovnico nazaj. Vse ostalo je predmet vecmesecnih vnaprejsnjih rezervacihj. Konkretneje. Ce zelis na glavno atrakcijo tega konca- gora Kota kinabalu (4088m) si moras zorganizirati 3 mesece vnaprej, ce zelis v dzuglo do orangutanov nekaj manj... Tako ...
Borneo, Malaysia
... on 16th December, to Kuala Lumpur (KL), the capital city of Malaysia, just changed planes & finally arrived in Borneo. We were staying in Kota Kinabalu (KK), in the State of Sabah - this was my 2nd trip to the fantastic Island. It was hot, humid, ...
There's no bore in Borneo
... , we eventually got a connecting flight to Borneo. We met up with Beck (Clarke and Jaye's sister) and got a taxi into the centre of Kota Kinabalu, so that they could easily get a bus to Mount Kinabalu the next day for their climb. We slept for a while and ...
Philippinesa disaster
The Philippines trip was cut short. I just didn't feel safe there at all. Got done out of money twice, followed once & latched on to a million times. I just couldn't be bothered with the crap. Highlight was probably the zoo. The animals weren't ...
I'm Back In KK
Scepilock was good. The Orangs were quite something. I got attacked by two Makats. I looked one of them in the eyes and he lashed out. I was only told after it that you never look them directly in the eyes. You would have thought that they would ...
Resting in Paradise
Arrived here on Raya Island just off Kota Kinabulo, Malaysia, after 36 hours travelling and missing one night of sleep. This is one of the main reasons why it's better to travel when you're young!! It's really taken it's toll on us so we're ...
Island Hopping Manukan / Sapi
Up 6.30 today to make my way to the ferry terminal for a bit of island hopping. The boat left around 8.45 to Manukan and then around 1.00 to Sapi. We left Sepi around 3 ish and made our way back. I was very tired today and really just wanted to ...
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