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Travel Blogs from Ranau, Malaysia
Jungle Fever II
This is a top pick! Sunday 3rd October 2004 Now I know why the buses wouldnt stop on the way to Sandakan - their packed full from Kota Kinabalu - people and cargo, with somebody sitting on top of my rucksack on the journey out, the underside of the coach full of boxes. ...
On the summit for sunrise...
This is a top pick! We'd gone down deep and peered into the abyss, and now it was time to climb high into the clouds. At 4095 metres, Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in South East Asia, between the Himalayas and New Guinea. It is also one of the most frequently ...
Mount Kinabalu Climb (Sabah) - Day 160-161
This is a top pick! Day 160 - 31/07/08 I was told yesterday to be at the bus stop for 6.30am this morning. The early start was to catch a minibus to the foot of Mount Kinabalu which I'll be scaling over the next couple of days. The bus didn't leave until well after 8am, ...
Ain't no mountain high enough!
This is a top pick! So after the ' Brunei Blitz' we set off the very next day to tackle Mount Kinabalu , the highest peak in South-East Asia - no time to rest or chicken out! The photos from on and around the summit as well as the climb up there and back speak for ...
Climbing Mount K, Are You Mad?
This is a top pick! As I said in a previous post, Mount Kinabalu stood at 4095.2 meters ASL (Above Sea Level). I was starting at sea level and within 24 hours I'd be shivering triumphantly at the top, completed in four stages, this is my story and how I achieved success. ...
I must be nuts...
This is a top pick! Our guide book said that you need at least 2 days and a night to climb Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in South east Asia at 4095 metres. One day to climb half way up, a night to rest and one more day to get to the top and back down again. They ...
The Uphill Struggle
This is a top pick! Didn't get much sleep as the alarm went off at 5:45am and we were soon checked out and in the street looking for a taxi. The bus stop used to be a few minutes walk away but they had conveniently decided to move it 10km's away last week! So we had to ...
Doing Summit For A Change
This is a top pick! Alarm went off at 1:30am and I felt awful. The altitude had given me a stupidly painful headache and as a result I didn't sleep very well. The cold hadn't really had too much of an effect and the 2 blankets were toasty warm. Threw all the clothes back ...
Uncle Tan's on the Kinabatangan River
This is a top pick! ... points. This is primarily due to the fact that 'Troy' starts in 20 min and I've got a ticket (I'm writing from Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia) the Uncle Tan's camp is quite basic but also very liveable. The food is ample and the kopi susu (coffee with ...
Going up....
This is a top pick! We got up just after 6.00am to catch our 7.00am bus. We made it to the bus station in plenty of time only to be told that the bus wasn't until 7.30am. At 7.50am the bus finally left, we were on our way to Mount Kinabalu. Neither of us had given much ...
...Coming down
This is a top pick! Well, after the arduous climb to the top I thought it would all just be plain sailing on the way down, but alas no it was not to be. The saying it was all downhill from here springs to mind. It was fine going back across the granite slabs, much easier ...
At The Top Of South East Asia! Mt Kinabalu - Sabah
This is a top pick! Breathe, breathe, suck the oxygen in, you can do it" No, I am not being coached while giving birth, though climbing Mt Kinabalu is akin to that experience, I am instead trying to get enough oxygen into my lungs in the rarefied air, close to the 4,000 ...
Up, up and awaaaaaayyy!
This is a top pick! We saw our first views of the mountain on the bus journey to the National Park! It's bloody high (actually 4095m high to be exact)! This is from someone who did her Duke of Edinburgh back in 6th form college (and got rescued by Mountain Rescue)and ...
Day 41 - Mount Kinabalu -
Time to move from Sandakan - it has grown on us. After an eternity of packing (why do I seem to have more stuff?), we eventually found the right local bus to take us to the long distance bus station in time for the 12.30 Ekspress bus to KK, dropping us ...
Day 77
Up like an owl at 2am, ready for the summit climb. Usually when I see 2am, it's with a bag of chips in my hand while stumbling down Caroline Street, so it's a bit of a shock to the old system to actually start trekking. Did I say 'bit of a shock'? What I ...
Valentine's day - flowers, hot springs - perfect!
... problem, we're seasoned travelers, not afraid of being flattened by big trucks or motorbikes gone astray. Checked into our hotel in Ranau, a pretty small town, and changed out of our long sleeves. It might have been chilly on the mountain top, but ...
Cesta vzhůru
První den mého výstupu začal velmi brzy ráno (ovšem zdaleka ne tak brzy jako den druhý) – kolem sedmé jsem vstal, odhlásil se z hotelu, kde byli nicméně tak hodní, že mi tu dovolili nechat velký batoh ...
Farienter a Narau
Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien, Nous avions planifier de monter le mont Kinabalu, mais impossible car tout est complet et deja reserver. On est sur la liste d'attente pour demain. Nous esperons qu'il y aura une cancellation. Sinon, nous ...
Sandakan -> Mt. Kinabalu
Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien, Nous revoici dans les parages. Un peu maganer mais en vie. Moi j'ai greffer une bronchite avec ma sinusite, les oreilles bouchees, des ampoules sur les pieds et mains. En plus de mon pied qui guerit doucement. ...
Poring Hot Springs
The next day after we climbed the mountain we headed to Poring. I was looking forward to slipping into natural hot springs to sooth my aching muscles. We did this in Nepal and it really did help. But I was very disappointed. It is ...
SE Asia's highest mountain
Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in southeast Asia. It has a deep, spiritual history with the local people, believing that the spirits of dead people live at the top. I didnt see any spirits, but it was impressive hiking through the jungle foliage ...
Now THAT is what I call a Mountain....
Right then. Just before I left England (the first time), I spent a couple of days trying to sort myself out with a decent pair of walking boots. Trudging up and down the outward bound shops of High St Ken (why are there so many there? je ne ...
Mount kinabalu
We were interested in climbing the 4000 metre mountain but we weren't very organised. I had looked it up on the internet and it was saying you must book weeks in advance and selling the package for accommodation and food at 800 ringgit per person ...
4,095 metres above the sea
We arrived in Kota Kinabalu (or KK if you are in the know) with very little idea of what we were going to do in Borneo, or even how long we might stay which was quite a nice feeling after a couple of months of hopping between checkpoints and ...
Veni, Vidi, Vici!
Time to do some exercise then..! It turns out that I'd booked the deluxe package for climbing Kinabalu (sounds like I got a good price for it though so was actually quite looking forward to it) - 3 days 2 nights, one night of which was spent at Mesilau ...
Orchideje a Indiana Jones
Brzy po ránu jsem opustil náš hotel v centru města a vydal se na přes 90 km dlouhou cestu mikrobusem od pobřeží Jihočínského moře směrem do základního tábora pod horou Mount Kinabalu, ve výšce asi ...
Timpohon Gate to Laban Rata
Another leisurely breakfast bird spotting before we went to meet our guide Sepenas. I was very careful how I pronounced this name! He was a great guide and had climbed the mountain over 1000 times, taken part in the summit race a number of times, first ...