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Local, Travel

Day 4: More Shopping @ Kota Kinabalu + Hello Kundasang

25th March 2007 Sunday (Day 4)
What does a tourist do on a Sunday morning in KK? Shopping! We walked to Gaya Street known for its famed Sunday Market. Breakfast? What breakfast? Hehehe

The Sunday Market look exactly like our โ€˜pasar malamโ€™ or any other makeshift morning market found in Peninsular Malaysia except this market stretch along the whole of Gaya Street which is VERY VERY long. The area around Gaya Street is also known as Chinatown. Rows of antique grocery shops, Chinese restaurants and offices grace both sides of the morning market.

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April 12, 2007
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Adventure, Local, Travel

Day 1 & 2: Snorkel + Rain + Hell @ Kota Kinabalu

22nd March 2007 Thursday (Day 1)
The journey from LCCT to Kota Kinabalu took about 2 hours and 30 minutes. We touched down at Terminal 2 about 3 minutes before midnight. *yawn* Because we booked the KK mountain climb and hostels stay with a local KK tour operator, they provide transport to pick us from the airport. Yipeeee!

Our accommodation for the night and the next 2 nights was at Step-in Lodge, a budget hostel that cost RM35 per pax a night (air-conditioned).

Step-in Lodge is strategically located near the famous Filipino market @ handicraft market, night market, restaurants and shopping malls. I like this lodge because it makes me feel at home. Besides that, the place is clean and the staffs are ever helpful.

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April 3, 2007
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Local, Travel

6 Days & 6 Nights Backpacking at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Preface: This is my chronicle of a group of 4 individual embarking on the perilous Mount Kinabalu climb plus other never-try-before activities in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia.

Let me first introduce you to the 4 exceptional and ahem brave human beings. They are Dreamcatcher, Jidane, my sister (the little monkey) and of course myself.

Although the trip cover nearly a week but in actual I feel itโ€™s too short. There are many more interesting places that we missed out due to time constraint. We decided to climb Mount Kinabalu last, after we have enjoy other activities in KK because we knew our body will certainly ache like mad.

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April 2, 2007
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Chitty Chatty

I’m Back

Hi! Hi! Hi! I’m back!!! Miss me? I miss you guys le.

Right now, my body muscle is aching like mad. Sitting down, standing up, climbing stairs, going down stairs… ahem I can’t even urine properly… cannot squat man! ๐Ÿ˜€

Let me have a breather first then I’ll tell you my Kota Kinabalu adventure. Every one of us were snoring like mad after the climb. Dreamcatcher told me I was snoring too. What about you Dreamcatcher? Did ya snore?

Have a snoring weekend my friends.

March 30, 2007
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