Sabah trip 2010- Day 1

As promised... The following posts are dedicated to the Sabah trippers, from left to right: yi hao, david dumb, ah lian, kiwi and myself! :>



Day 01- 16/05/2010

Location: Changi Aiport Terminal 1
飞机场的10:30 (陶喆's song)


The air tickets were booked in November 2009 during the Jetstar promotion (46 SGD only!). It didn’t take me long to make the decision when kiwi asked me, since climbing Mt Kinabalu was what I have always wanted to try.

The 11-days final attachment ended only on the day before the trip. The bag was only packed 12 hours before the flight, and the travel insurance was only bought 10 hours before I set off.

Location: Kota Kinabalu
My 4th time in East Malaysia

Due to some commitments, the responsible david dumb could only join us 2 days later. So 4/5 of the Sabah trippers set off happily on a lazy Sunday morning...

We arrived at Kota Kinabalu International Airport at around 1 plus. The exterior of the airport surprisingly resembled that of Miri Airport!

Yi hao’s uncle (or affectionately known to us as ah man sok) came to fetch us. A charismatic and knowledgeable man. 人面超广. Seems to have connections everywhere!

Ah man sok's car!:



First meal in KK



A simple yet nice dish recommended by ah man sok. Something similar to the 鱼片米粉 in Singapore but the soup base was tomato-flavoured. The fish was really very fresh. And amazingly, the crispness of the fish remained even though it's been soaked in the soap. The chilli sauce was superbly nice too! 好吃!


Another dish of fish recommended by ah man sok. Can you spot the fish lips?


Another dish made from fish. I'm not a great fan of fish, but I thought this was really quite nice. 热腾腾，香脆可口， 一点都不油，吃多了也不腻。 赞!

"走，带你们去吃好吃的面包!"



It was another round of eating after lunch. This shop sells nice bread! 虽然已经很饱了, 我们还是抵挡不了这面包的魅力!

It was then a mini tour around KK city and buying of some necessities. 1Borneo shopping mall, streets beside the waterfront etc.



Check-in @ Cititel Express


Room was small but comfy, and the location of this hotel was really quite good.

The rain came and we had to postpone the trip to Manukan Island. Nevertheless, we had our first dinner at the night market (~15 mins walk from Cititel)!






Vaguely remembered the ocip team had our celebration dinner at this place here 6 years ago. Things have pretty much remained the same:


Back to Cititel after a short walk around the waterfront area. Supposed to have card games at the guys' rooms but heart-to-heart talk (HTHT) with kiwi ended very late. So the day ended with the HTHT.

to be continued- Day 2 @ Manukan Island!

photo credits: ah lian, kiwi and myself