North Borneo Cabin

1st and 2nd Floor, No.74, Jalan Gaya, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88000, Malaysia | Hostel

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Travel Blogs from Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu, Part I

A travel blog entry by jbingham

So, after I finally got my visa situation settled on January 17th, I finally was able to begin my adventure to Malaysia with Keel. I left the 19th for Shenzhen, staying there one night and then the following morning going into Hong Kong also for one night. Essentially just a transfer to get to the Hong Kong airport to fly into Kota Kinabalu.
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KK, Part III

A travel blog entry by jbingham

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To celebrate our previous climbing feat, we decided we'd go out, get some beers, and eat plenty more. We got some roti, all types from sweet to plain. At the hostel, I invited two Danish girls to join us for drinks at a place called Upper Star. They were already headed there, so Neil, Keel and I met them there. Us three musketeers bought a Heineken …

Arrival in Borneo

A travel blog entry by krukon

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After so many hours (11+2h) on the plane, and a stop-over in Singapore (always a pleasure to travel with Singapore Airlines), we finally arrived in Kota Kinabalu. We were not used to humidity and hot weather since a while... uhh. Kota Kinabalu is nothing special, you can explore the city in half a day. Nice the state mosque and night and philipino …

Kota Kinabalu

A travel blog entry by pdwhite

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We LOVE Kota Kinabalu! It is new and old and historic and chic and homey and Asian and international and quite defies one description. We are shocked by the huge variety of international restaurants, large range in accommodations and everyone is friendly and helpful.

We spend our first few hours scoping out the city, finding the visitors …

Waiting for the Philippines

A travel blog entry by reece_and_elle

This is a top pick!
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After flying in from Sarawak, we arrive in Sabah in the city of Kota Kinabalu the weather is ****.

We didn't know what we was doing in Sarawak, we had a few ideas and looking around found out they were really expensive!
For example;
Diving at Sipidan Island was double the normal price of diving and you might not even be able to …

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Location

This hostel, located on 1st and 2nd Floor, No.74, Jalan Gaya, Kota Kinabalu, is near Mount Kinabalu, Sepilok Nature Resort / Orang Utan Sanctuary, Manukan Island, and Kinabalu National Park.
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TravelPod Member ReviewsNorth Borneo Cabin Kota Kinabalu

“ Great place! ”

Reviewed Feb 11, 2013
by (1 review) , United States Flag of United States

Staff was extremely friendly, gave us discounts on things, was very flexible with our schedule. Definitely recommend it.

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“ Ok ”

Reviewed Nov 16, 2011
by (3 reviews) Grays Thurrock , United Kingdom Flag of United Kingdom

The place was clean, showers were fine. TV is on its last legs. You get toast, tea and coffee included. We stayed in a double room (it also had a bunk).

This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

TripAdvisor Reviews North Borneo Cabin Kota Kinabalu

4.00 of 5 stars Excellent