Kota Kinabalu

We took a little holiday within a holiday to Kota Kinabalu, the land below the wind, Sabah.

Sabah is quite a special place. It has so much to offer, beach and sea, mountains and lakes.

We stayed at Sutera Harbour. Here is the Marina. The balcony looked out towards the South China Sea.

There are quite a lot of tiny fishes and crabs all around. We had buffet breakfast every morning.

Calling grandparents next door, hello! Can I come over now?

Dad took me for a swim but the water was freezing - to me anyway! Didn't take to it at all..



Mom and dad took a boat ride to the nearby isle.

The boatman was quite nice to a tour guide. He stopped the boat to pick up the tour guide's cap which blew off.

The corals there are almost gone. They managed to see some Nemos though.
They left me with grandma and grandpa. The next day, grandma and grandpa went as well.
On the second day, we rented a car and drove to Kinabalu park.
However, the weather was wet all around and we couldn't do much. It was a good thing too that mom and dad didn't try to climb Mount KK in that. This view is taken from the balcony of our hotel.
We met up with Pastor Clarence, Wai Yen and their children as well. He brought us to Grace Point, where we had a good seafood dinner. It was amazing to hear how the place changed from a run down disused area to such a posh hawker and restaurant area.
The toilets were really swanky too, with pebbles pool and water streaming down. The restaurant manager was really generous too, threw in a couple of free dishes for us.
It was quite a good family time and we hope to visit Sabah again in future.