Hi Everyone!✌

Looking back at my post, I'm not going to say anything.. because I'll be repeating the same thing.. Actually, I got a lot of things to do right now but somehow I feel like writing something.. I know.. It is not a good thing to do.. 😅

Not quite sure what to write.. So I'm just going to write down the activities that we did together with the budget on my latest trip to Sabah 2 weeks ago.. So let's begin..

We went for a 3 days 2 nights trip to Kundasang and Kota Kinabalu. There were 6 of us on this trip.. 3 of us bought the ticket way back in end of Feb 2017 so the price is quite cheap. And another 3 people join us later and bought the ticket on April 2017 if I'm not mistaken.. We somehow managed to buy return ticket with the amount of RM190+ and not more than RM200.. I believe the amount is RM198.. 

Our flight was re-scheduled to 8.15 am.. And this is our sleepy face due to waking up at 4 am.

We rent Avanza to fit all 6 of us. The price is quite reasonable. We got it at RM390 for 3 days. So divided by 6, it will be around RM65 per person. If you would like to book any car, you can book at this no → +6014-351 4594.. I don't know how to spell his name, but we just called him Is.. Oh ya, we also fill the tank once (satu kali) and it cost us RM85. Not sure is it because we don't go to a lot of places or this car is petrol saving.. Oh well..

This is the only photo that we had with the car..🙊

And as for accommodation, we booked ours at Airbnb. 1 night at Kundasang and another night at Kota Kinabalu. The total was RM484.. Splitting among us, it will be RM81 per person. The place is pretty good.. You may click at the link for the places that we stayed. Without further ado, let's starts with the itinerary!


Saturday (16 September 2017)


We reached Kota Kinabalu Airport around 10.50 am and we went for brunch at Old Town while waiting for the others who arrived later at 12 pm. Settled with praying and got our car, we drove to Jambatan Tamparuli. The weather is not so good because the time we arrived, it just started drizzling. But because pictures is a lot more important, so redah ajalah.. haha


Then we drove straight to Pekan Nabalu. The road is.. wow.. really.. Because you going up the hill plus the mist start around 4 pm and it is hard to see the road.. You need an expert to drive. Thank god, Puteri is such a good driver.. We stop for toilet break and photo session and as well as buying souvenir. Compare to the market in Kota Kinabalu, I suggest you guys to shop here because it is cheaper compared to the Philippine Market. Unless you're good in negotiation, then it's up to you.😅




Then we headed to our homestay! But before that we went to Strawberry Garden and we got disappointed because the workers there said that the strawberry is not producing well in the garden.. We also wanted to drop by Kundasang War Memorial but the time we reach there, it's already closed. So heading straight to homestay lah after buying some food for our dinner.

We reached the homestay around 7 pm.. It got dark pretty early there.. We already feel the chillness.. The weather in Kundasang is so nice even at day time and somehow it's soothing.. But.. If you're staying in Kundasang, please bring your sweater, extra stocking and whatsoever that will keep you warm. Because the night over there is so freaking cool! No wonder we were wondering why they only provided one small fan.. You won't even needing it!

Our initial plan in the morning is to hike Sosodikon Hill but everyone is unable to wake up because it was so freezing cold! If I'm not mistaken, my phone showed the temperature of 10 Degree Celsius.. No one dare to come out from their blanket.. 😹 But because Subuh is quite early over there, got no choice lah. need to wake up.. Even after waking up.. No one dare to take a bath yet until 7 am because the water heater is not hot at all.. 

In front of the Entrance of Poring Hot Spring

The RM 9 Nasi lemak Biasa and RM 12 Nasi Lemak Ayam. haha

Canopy walk take only like 10 min walk?

What other things you can explore in Poring Hot Spring

We were planning to go to Kinabalu Park after that but everyone was tired from the canopy walk, so we headed straight to our homestay in Kota Kinabalu.. Yes. Everyone was tired. So everyone except for the driver of the day, Fatin fallen asleep on the journey to the homestay. haha.. But before that, we went to buy Kepak Ayam at Kundasang first. The taste is so-so just like how you can find in any pasar malam in KL.


We reached our homestay around 7 pm+. After we did some house tour, cleaning up and resting, we went to Perdana Park. We thought we can get some seafood there but nope.. Mistaken.. I think I read it wrongly in someone blog. 

So we drove to Todak Waterfront which was recommended by the house owner. It located near Philippine market, Sinuran market and Kampung Air night market. There is a lot you can choose from. I would say, the promotion from each of the stall is superb like really really superb.. But once you're in, the service sucks! we waited for almost 1 hour and our food is not even serve yet! Every one of us is grumpy because we are so freaking hungry and we requested them to tapau for us. It was 11 pm and we haven't had any dinner yet. After tapau-ing, and my friends can't stop cursing due to the bad service, we went to Philippine market, Sinuran market and Kampung Air night market. Just went there to bought souvenir and some other stuff.. I think around 12 am++, we had our dinner. Aiyo.. Stomach hurt lah.. Oh ya. The total for the seafood was RM 165.

Thank god the taste is quite good. If not, I think all of us will curse non-stop.😸

Breakfast!

The temperature in Kota Kinabalu is the same as in KL. Not as cold as Kundasang. We had breakfast in the house. My friends cooked some food and the house owner also gave us bihun goreng. We went out around 8.30 am and went straight to Jesselton Point. I would suggest you to go to booth no 10 because they gave cheaper price compared to other booths. Activities that we choose to do were Parasailing and Fly Fish Ride. But for fly fish ride, only 4 of us tried. They charged us RM 50 for Parasailing and RM 55 for Fly Fish Rides. The boat to Manukan only cost us RM 22 per person.

I don't know that I got seasick.. During 30 min journey to Manukan, I already started to feel dizzy. It turn bad when we were doing parasailing.. I vomit a bit and accidentally swallowed it. urghh.. Staying on air is a lot more better than on boat! I don't feel dizzy at all and it was so nice up there! I mean the view! You can only see water and nothing else! even the islands look so small. But too bad we only get to be up there for 5 min and they don't even put us into the water.. Sigh.. Should have requested for it.

 Too lazy to upload video in this post.. haha

After the activities was over and we reached at the jetty, we went for lunch at the stall in the Jesselton Point before we head up to homestay and clean up. After check out, we went to the Philippine market and Sinuran market again to buy some ole-ole to bring home then we head to airport because our flight is re-scheduled to earlier time. But it turn out that it delayed till 11 pm.. 😤 I reached home around 3.30 am that day. We had no choice but to take grab and it cost RM 105.. Fuuhh.. terpaksa..

Activiti masa flight delay..