Sabah,kota kinabalu

The starting of this vacation is not a very pleasant one as the day we wanna go fall on the first day of war at Lahad Datu ,Sabah.

And so, I got so much protest from my parents ,family and friends. Even an hour before my flight to Kota Kinabalu,Sabah, I still struggle whether to step inside the plane because there were so many reported news from Sabah that most of the tourism places have been closed due to the War. Moreover, my Sabahan friends told me this " Sabah people "berebut-rebut' to stay away from Sabah and U still want go there? U don't scare later u go there then you cannot come back, how?"

Choi meh~~

Luckily ,I'm still safe here telling you all my stories at Sabah.

Our trip suppose to be Kota Kinabalu-Sandakan-Kota Kinabalu, but because of the war, we have changed to KK-Labuan-KK.

This is the first time that I burned so many air tickets in a week. 3!!!!

I got almost 800 pictures of Sabah and ya, these all just cannot squeeze into this tiny little one post.So,I'll going to separate it into many many posts. 

First, introduction of Kota Kinabalu,Sabah if you want to know. Kota Kinabalu is also known as K.K. It is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia.

the pink colour part is our area of travel and red part is the war zone!

Destination 1- Sutera Harbour Resort

Sutera Harbour Resort is the1st place to go as we stepped out of our flight to take the breeze of  South China Sea and watch sunset together.* sounds romantic*

As we stepped in the grand entrance of this luxorious 5-star hotel, immediately get amazed by this majestic longhouse style lobby, surrounded by fine timber furnishing and traditional handicrafts artifacts. We look so tiny inside the lobby!!!!

This resort is a favourite selection for families and couples that seeking for a relaxing and tropical holidays in Borneo.

Gals, pica time!!!!

The buildings are lavishly designed, an architecture tribute to the Rungus Natives of Sabah.

Watched our sunset near the harbour, romantic anot?

and two siao zha bo mimic the titanic-hug *erxin-romantic style*

The Sutera Harbour suites which present fabolous views of beautifully manicured gardens of South China Sea.

Destination 2-Tanjung Aru beach & Perdana park

Next, we're brought to the location near Tanjung Aru beach. Tanjung Aru beach is a 10 mins drive from the city centre. It is the most popular beach in the city.(no pica)

Perdana park is very near to Tanjung Aru. There is famous for its musical fountain. Entrance fee is  FREE. The show is every half hour from 7-9pm. Don't miss it <3 div="">

Perdana park is also the only one in the city that has a carpeted jogging tracks and musical fountains. It is a best park tor place for couples as u can stroll around that area ,listening to local melodies and watch the fascinating show.

Destination 3- Mount Kinabalu & Kinabalu park

Mount Kinabalu is marked as our must-go place. It is crowned as the highest mountain on the island of Borneo. 

wake up very early and arrived at 9am. There, the highest peak of Mount Kinabalu!!!!

The Mount Kinabalu area is easy to reach, it takes only 2hrs drive by car.

want to know why it is named as Mount Kinabalu?

The tales states that the name "Kinabalu" actually means "Cina Balu" (which would fully mean "A Chinese Widow"). Due to the lingual influence among the Kadazan Dusun of Sabah, the pronunciation for the word "cina" (chee-na) was changed to "Kina" (kee-na).

It was told that a Chinese prince, was cast away to Borneo when his ship sank in the middle of the South China Sea. He was subsequently rescued by the natives from a nearby village. As he recovered, he was slowly accepted as one of the people of the village. Eventually, he fell in love with a local woman, and married her. Years went by, and he started to feel homesick. So he asked permission from his newly-found family to go back to China to visit his parents (the Emperor and Empress of China). To his wife, he promised that as soon as he was done with his family duties in China, he would come back to Borneo to take her and their children back to China.

When he made his return to China, he was given a grand welcome by his family. However, to his dismay, his parents disagreed with him about taking his Bornean wife back to China. Worse, they told him that he was already betrothed to a princess of a neighbouring kingdom. Having no choice (due tohigh respect towards his parents), he obeyed with a heavy heart.

Meanwhile, back in Borneo, his wife grew more and more anxious. Eventually, she decided that she will wait for her husband's ship. However, since the village was situated far away from the coast, she couldn't afford to come to the shore and wait for him daily. Instead she decided to climb to the top of the highest mountain near her village, so that she could have a better view of the ships sailing in the South China Sea. Thus, she was then seen climbing up the mountain at every sunrise, returning only at night to attend to her growing children.

Eventually her efforts took their toll. She fell ill, and died at the top of the cold mountain while waiting for her husband. The spirit of the mountain, having observed her for years, was extremely touched by her loyalty towards her husband. Out of admiration for this woman, the spirit of the mountain turned her into a stone. Her face was made to face the South China Sea, so that she could wait forever for her dear husband's return.

The people in her hometown who heard about this were also gravely touched by this. Thus, they decided to name the mountain "Kinabalu" in remembrance of her. To them, the mountain is a symbol of the everlasting love and loyalty that should be taken as a good example by women.

the longhouse selling every kind of sabah crafts .

on our way touring around the  mountain, wonder why there is so lot of boards stating be careful-construction work is infront !!

I love this style village. I mean between all the mountains.

We dint climb the mountain but we signed a Mount Kinabalu park tour & poring hot spring.

Our tour guide drives us around all the tourist location at Mount Kinabalu. 

There is a resort here which I forget the names d, and another gals pica time~~~

Every chalet here has their own names.Left one-King Edwards.

Destination 4- Poring Hotspring & Canopy walkway

A visit to Kinabalu park will never be perfect without swinging by the Poring Hotspring and the canopy walkway.

climbing our way up to the mountain to experience the canopy walk.*peace*

Its a long queue upside there and there are lots of young Japanese boy keep peeping at us LADIES!!!hahaahaa,old girls they also want~~~

the bridge can only sustain up to 6 peoples. So for your own safety, please obey the rules!!!

Next, finally the Poring Hotspring.

There is area for open and close bathtub. We choose to bath ourselves inside this hot open one.haha,of course with our swimwear on!!!

why I'm posting this pica cox I love the interior design of this resort so much!!!Wish I can have such design in my living room in the future *dreaming*

The result of the climbathon last year.Challengers,notice the time!! (It is the record of time u climb the mountain+ going down)hehe,Its not as easy as u guess =P

Special thanks to Patricia and her dad for touring us around.

What is so special about Sabah #1

There are many different races and ethnicity (Chinese,Bajau,kadazandusun,Bumiputras,Murut,Indian and others)

#Kadazan-chinese intermarriage are particularly common.The mixed race offspring of them are referred to as 'Sino-Kadazan' or just simply 'Sino"

(Patricia is a Sino)

Thanks for viewing.

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