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Travel Blogs from Kota Kinabalu
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After the 45 minutes boat ride from Mabul to Semporna , we kill a couple of hours and took the night bus to Kota Kinanbalu, it was a shame because probably the views were great since the route was fairly much across Sabah, Borneo, one of the oldest rain forest in the world. It was a very clear night and almost full moon so you could see a little …
Project Sabah Cheshire Home
... breakfast the disabled people of the Cheshire home were surprised with a visit from a storm trooper and an imperial guard from Star Wars. After breakfast we sat down and planned how to work the rest of the day. the workload consisted of cutting branches and trees down, taking out the stumps and roots, as well as clearing out shrubs, digging into a massive pile of dirt for land fill, and buying some tools that we still didn't have. After a small brief ...
Kicking around KK
... up and was sunny again! Hey ho.
Went for a late lunch to a place where I could read nothing on the menu and picked at random, and thankfully my luck turned around as I had an ace seafood noodle broth and a lovely chat to the owner.
So after this thrilling morning, I decided to book some flights. Tomorrow I am flying to Miri in Sarawak for the evening before getting the next plane on Saturday to Bario. It looks ace and is meant to be more of ...
Last destination Borneo, first stop Kota Kinabalu
... system checked us in but it didn't generate a proper boarding pass but they couldn't understand it wasn't our fault but theirs! , transferred funds to a different bank account and for the one day it was essential the uk banking system took 6 hours to send a faster payment over, every shop in the airport refused cards and wanted cash and then I got stuck on a plane with the smelliest, most disgusting man I've ever had to sit by... Finally in the ...
Puh Toh Tze Temple
... was a chance he would go back on his word of 50 Ringgits and want to charge me more. However, that didn't happen and he was true to his word.
Overall, the trip to Puh Toh Tze Temple, while quick, was worth it. The temple itself is quite different from other temples that I've seen in terms of layout and content. It almost seemed to me to be a mix of Taoist and Buddhist beliefs. It was also quite ...