KK Trip

Came back from KK 2 days ago and it was fun!! Unfortunately, we got no chance to climb Mount Kinabalu. Quite free right now because the others are watching DVD in the living room, so I thought of posting something over here. This maybe the first time I posted so many pictures one go.

Day 1
I reached KKIA Terminal 2 at about 11am+. After the reschedule, Lim and gang's flight was changed to 7am+ in the morning, so they waited for me in the airport for almost 4 hours!! Lucky the one waiting was not me. Got onto an Innova taxi and went to Promenade Hotel, and the gang was all tired from waiting. Sadly, we had to wait for another extra hour as the hotel is still clearing the room. We strolled around, and sat next to the swimming pool, planning for the rest of the day, and of course, the next day.

** Saw Bing and 'someone' in the airport departure lounge!! Such a coincidental event. Both of them were boarding a flight to KL.**

The swimming pool of the hotel.

I 'Saw' someone sleeping.

Went out to had our lunch in Centre Point, leaving Ah Lim alone in the room. Walked around the complex until night time, and we didn't expect ourselves to window shop for that long. We later walked out of the hotel hunting for dinner. There was a Bazaar down the street, so we thought of having our dinner over there. Someone in the group ate something I never imagined, something squishy with lime squeezed on it. Uugh, flashing back still gave me goosebumps.

A prawn for 38 bucks?! They're definitely killing tourists.

The murtabak was real nice.

Had fried noodles for dinner.

Day 2

We decided to go rafting the next day. The excitement and fun cannot be described, though the train we traveled on was a big let down. Should have got a shot of the train, but none of us brought our phone or cameras to prevent theft or water. But I assure you, the train is waaay better than KTM as it gives you a REAL experience in traveling on a train.

We were so exhausted when we reached the hotel that 8.30pm. But due to hunger, we have to venture out of the hotel to look for food. Saw the KK version of Wong Kok when we were hunting down our dinner.
At last we reached our destination, and had a feast there.

Vege, fish, tofu and lemon chicken.

Day 3
Ah Lim said he was darn tired, so he stayed in the hotel. The 3 young ones, including me of course, took a cab and went down to Jesselton Port. We were lucky that someone tipped us off so we don't have to pay for 160 bucks per person to 2 islands for a day. The trip to 2 islands only took 50 bucks out of each of our pockets, including terminal fee.

Boats resting in Jesselton Port.

The view along the mainland beach on a speedboat.

The waters, separated into 2 colours.


The view of Manutik Island.

The islands we were supposed to visit were Sapi Island and Manukan Island. Both were breathtaking and beautiful. I was fascinated by the tranquility of the islands, especially Sapi Island. The snorkeling experience around the island was nice. HSiang nearly got bitten by a swarm of fish surrounding him. It was a bit disappointing when we snorkel around Manukan Island though, as the corals around the shallow waters of the island are on the verge of death. Human activity and destroying natural habitats was really scary and devastating. If you gave me a choice of Ketam or either of the islands in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park (including Sapi, Manutik, Manukan and Gaya), I will definitely choose the second. Oh, and someone forgot his slippers and realized it only after we reached the Manukan Island (We went to Sapi first).

Views of Sapi Island.

Remnants found around the waters of Manukan Island.

Jetty of Manukan Island.

Views of Manukan Island.

Found a gigantic sea turtle!! (Work by Anonymous)

Poor guy!! He lost his bra LOL!!

The dark skies when we're returning back to the mainland.

We had steamboat at night and got to bed early as the flight back was in the morning. Next will be our Brunei trip and I will update later when I have time.



Ciaoz,
Blue-Wingz