Sabah Raya, Bah!

Initially we all (UIA team :p) volunteered to work throughout Raya since its too late to buy cheap tickets back anyway. But our beloved Suthagar insisted that we took a few days break saying how he understands how sad it is when someone doesn't come back for Raya.

Thanks alot! We still didnt go back to visit our family but we did had a whole lotta fun!

I planned early with Khairie who's coming back to Renau so that I could follow him and birng my UIA buddies as well. Initially only Nadhir agreed to come along. That Raya night we traveled through mist covered winding mountain roads where the only thing that was visible was the mist and a few centimeters of white line on the road. We could easily run into a car, a wall, or a cliff. But we made it :D

Our Sabah Raya was with Khairie's family. After Raya prayers, we had the usual stuff (I wouldnt know what the usual Raya stuffs are) with me having vege some meat and chicken. and lotsa pineapple tarts! Binge!! Yea and birdwatching in between and the whole time (But I FORGOT MY BINOCS!!!!! which I asked Jazmi whom decided to come along anyway to help bring for me [more on birds in my bird blog]).

After that we went to Kundasang Kinabalu park, took a 200m hike which raised my PR to 140bpm (pancit da panjat ni imagine Gunung Kinabalu!). Saw more birds. Then stopped by a War Memorial on Brits and Aussies whom died after a long march from Sandakan to Renau by the Japs during WW2.

Had KFC. Ayam Renau. And later that evening pampered ourselves at the Poring hotsprings.

That night had a noob game of DoTA I vow never to play again.

Next day we went to Sabah tea garden, where I had omelette du fromage and my first hot lemon tea sedap nak mampous! while watching birds and taking in the pretty scenery. Then took a bath with them fishes serious tak penah buat anything like this! I like had hundreds of fish sucking on my fingers and other body parts (not that).



Then the search for Strawberry farm. Didnt find it but we reached New Zealand with 2 million cows!!!! APA??! 2 JUTA?

On the way to the tip of the world (tip of Borneo sorry for the hyperbolism), stopped by Kota Belud for ayam Kota Belud at KFC.

Then we reached a pretty beach spot. A lotta birds and pictures later we decided to stay the night a chalet. Noice!

Drove down a dark, rocky, dead road to Kudat town. If our car broke down memang were done for. Had dinner at the town and took a different road back and relaxed and sucked in the sea air and went to sleep...

More birds and long rock pool and beach trek to look for even more birds before we had breakfast and went back the long road back to KK...

Bah.

Recommended places:
- Kundasang and Renau just for the spectacular view
- Kinabalu Park
- Poring HotSprings
- Sg Kg Tagal and Fishes
- Sabah Tea Garden
- Tip of Borneo