Welcome: Kota Kinabalu Trip

Made a trip to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah.

Jesselton was it's old name.

Api-Api is it's other name.

The main attraction of Sabah - Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in South East Asia.

First night, stayed at Promenade Apartment. Room big but old. Moderately acceptable. Easy walk to anywhere in the town.

View of room interior of Promenade Apartment

Took a stroll to the waterfront in the evening

A place to dine and watch sunset at the same time

Beautiful scenery of sunset

All of them catching the magnificent moment

Some of the attractions worth a glimpse.

Atkinson Clock Tower, built in 1905 by Mary Edith Atkinson, in memory of her son Francis George Atkinson, the first District Officer of Jesselton.

Jesselton Hotel, one of the leading boutique hotel in Malaysia, built in 1954

Even dogie also dresses well

Never miss visiting Kinabalu Park if you are in Kota Kinabalu.

Beautiful bungalow within the Kinabalu Park with cool environment,

The accommodation in Kinabalu Park is extremely expansive, so we choose to stay outside the park compound.

D'Villa, It's 700 metres from the park entrance.

Puncak Borneo Resort is nearer to the Kinabalu Park, but unfortunately not well maintained.

Bridge built for the convenience of visitors

But beware your steps

Birds life is good. Ideal place for bird watching

Indigo Flycatcher

Yellow-breasted Warbler, busy bringing food back to the young

Wow! Large Hawk-cuckoo

Pied Fantail was friendly

It came so near to you.

Next destination, Kundasang

Kundasang Pine Resort

View of Mount Kinabalu from the resort.

Bring your binoculars along. As from 3am, you can see mountain climbers' light moving up the hilltop.

White-bellied Swiftlet and their nests.

Back to Kota Kinabalu after making a day trip to Ranau. Stayed at the newly opened Cititel Express Hotel.

Goodness, the room was so small, hardly had space to move around, bed was placed just next to the glass window, hardly a foot apart. So be careful not to jump or roll too vigorously on the bed, or else you might find yourself landed on the road outside the hotel. It made me recall the Dorsett Hotel room in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Wanted to have a cup of hot drink? No worry that there was no kettle in the room. You can bring your empty cup to the pantry, fill up the cup with hot water and walk back to your room. But be careful, don't knock on other room guests, the veranda is narrow, or spilled hot water on you yourself, or soil the carpet with the hot coffee/tea. By the way, a reminder, wash the cup in your room first, there is no tap water supply in the pantry.

Cititel Express Hotel

A final place to visit before we depart for home - Tip of Borneo in Kudat

The journey took 3 hours from Kota Kinabalu by taxi. I'll highly recommend you visiting this place if you have not been here before. It's so scenic and the sea is so welcoming. We sat there , relaxing ourselves, so reluctant to walk back to the taxi that was waiting for us for a long time. Fortunately, the taxi man was patience and friendly.