Century Hotel Kota Kinabalu

... i had little sleep in the jungle as i kept dreaming that the poisonous spider was on the wall next to my head! Another reason we had little sleep was because Marc was shouting in his sleep at the couple we shared a room with, luckily they found it amusing, it was rather funny!

After a great time in the jungle, we couldn't wait to see what the second half of this week had in store for us....

... comer al KFC (heey!) y vimos el sol ponerse (otra vez) desde el paseo maritimo. Muy bonito.

Despues estuvimos mirando hostales en la zona para mudarnos, pues donde estamos ahora pilla un poco lejos de la estacion de autobuses y demas conexiones para visitar cosas.

Fuimos otra vez al muelle cerca del hostal a cenar, esta vez sin compaņia.

... dropped us off at the entrance and our $4 admission left us wondering now what? If I had the gear and the time I would naturally have done a three day trip to the summit, but a day hike around the place suited me just fine. Two German guys asked if they could tag along and I hesitantly said "ja." Both were wearing Birkenstocks with no traction and I knew without practical footwear this would be a challenge. When hiking the group's speed is always based on the lowest common ...

... us to navigate the submerged path. After what felt like a very long kilometre indeed we finally arrived at Laban Rata hut, sodden through and feeling about as wet as we could be! Our jackets actually did a pretty good job of limiting top-half damage, but our shorts needing wringing out, our boots squelched with every step and we had to tip the water out when we took them off!

The hut had no heating, so the rest of the afternoon ...

... 30am. It is stinking hot - really humid but incredibly sunny. There is no food at the dock and everybody is tired and hungry. We have to figure out where we are going to stay as well but first we need to eat. After 15 minutes trudging along the uneven and narrow footpaths from the dock to the centre of town we come across a shopping centre and hazard a guess that there may be a food court within it somewhere. We are pleasantly surprised to find one that has ...

... Bacardi-Colan juomiseen Sirjen kanssa.

Talla hetkella Kota Kinabalussa (KK), joka on Sabahin paakaupunki ja kohtuullisen mitaansanamaton kaupunki. Kaupungissa on viisi-kuusi isoa kauppakeskusta ja lukematon maara kannykkakauppoja, kangaskauppoja ja kiinalaisten pitamia kultakauppoja seka paljon huonosti hyonynnettya merenrantaa. Yksi museokin (Museum of Sabah) loytyy, jossa kavimme tanaan. Itse en ainakaan saanut museosta mitaan ihmeempaa ...

So a few days back in KK for some beach action as we need to head off from here towards Semporna, the home of Sipidan National Park. A slightly arduous trip back from the beach due to the only bus being full so we caught a lift with a man and his van, then another bus on the way to get us back. A local guy sorted us out with some better transport so we ...

... understand, tell me about local culture. The most frustrating part of this tour guide was that his English was decent, but he had to speak in Korean, because I was the only English speaker on the tour. Fortunately for us, we were on a free package, which allowed us to do whatever we wanted without the tour group. However, we did have to drive from the airport to the hotel with them. This wasn't so bad, but check-in was. They gave us a room occupied by another ...

... no longer with their backs to the platform and oblivious to the world around them eating the final scraps - we sat and watched them for a while in this peaceful atmosphere before realising that it was past closing time and that there was a risk we would be locked in with the Orangutans for the night! Luckily the place wasn't completely closed off and we only had to climb over 2 gates....by the time we got halfway back to the lodge we encountered Anton out looking for ...

... funniest thing, we were hammering the ball across the courtyard towards Alkit, who couldn't hit the thing for laughing! Then we got Mitch and the owner of the inn involved...it was priceless! We played more Uno and card games later, Kathleen got to go for a spin in Han's pimped up Mitsibushi into town, where we found the strangest sweet cheese crackers. And the Eucalyptus oil featured again that night.....oh the pain!