Kota Kinabalu Part 1

Just like our Temburong trip, I took a million pictures so this post will be done in lots of little posts cus there are too many pictures to upload all at once.

We stayed in KK for 9 days and as well as the usual walking around, shopping, eating etc. we also visited a few places that were just heaven on Earth. Because it was nowhere near as humid as Brunei, I could wear some nice clothes and accessories without melting or trying to kill myself! (It really does get that hot n humid in Brunei- I am sooooooooo jealous of all that snow in the UK).

Anyways, day 1 didn't really have that many pictures seeing as it consisted of us flying to KK in the evening and then going out to eat but I will put 2 up- one for Sarah (Yusufs aunty) who is forever pulling this face and taught Yusuf how to do it so that he now does it in every picture

and this one for my mum who is forever telling me to put more pictures up of me.

That concludes day 1. Not very exciting.

On day 2 we decided to explore the town a bit and see what there was to do.

Out hotel was situated in the centre of the town and everything was within walking distance. We walked along the waterfront first as we were trying to get a boat to the Abdul Rahman National Park (which consists of 5 islands about 20 minute boat ride from KK). One of them is supposed to be very good for snorkelling and we were really looking forward to trying that out.

We also wanted to go the Kinabalu National Park and went into one of the main tourist office to find out more info. We walked in and were met with a lot of people dressed up as santas- turend out it was the staff christmas party, in the middle of the day!

They even had a santa who was handing out sweets to everyone. It was pretty cute! They even handed out sweets to us.

We ended up booking a day trip to the Kinabalu National Park and Poring Hot Springs for the next day. It was reasonably priced and covered everything making it easier for us.

Later we went to the Night Market to eat. This is where you can try any kind of malay, chinese and thai food. There was plenty of fresh fish and lobsters too. The food is just delicious and so incredibly cheap you wonder how they make any profit.

We were told when we first arrived there was Christmas festival on and tonight was going to be the last night so we headed out there to have a look. It was so nice. There was a real Christmas atmosphere here- something that was non-existent in Brunei. They had carol singers, gifts, mince pies and cakes. There was also a Christmas concert on for the families but since it was all in Malay/Chinese we gave it a miss.

We then made our way back to the hotel as it was going to be a very early start tomorrow.

I'll leave you with one of many gorgeous sunsets in KK.