The land below the wind

What land am i talking about ? For those who don't know, it's Sabah of East Malaysia ! i was there for 1 week on a mission to conquer Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in South East Asia and the mountain that most hikers in Malaysia have close to their hearts

We set of on Monday, 26th October 2009, after more than 6 months of preparation and anticipation. The day has finally come. Woke up early and went to the airport check-in and had breakfast without a problem and soon....

I was in the plane overlooking the Penang Airport Flight Control Tower

And again not long after, i was in the air on the way to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

The flight took 3 hours, i tried to order krispy creme donuts but they were out of stock :( Nevertheless we arrived earlier than expected thanks to great weather. We took some photos before we departed the plane

At the aisle of the Airbus A320

The Ladies took the photo opportunity with the Captain

We had lunch at the airport, took a taxi to our hotel of the day, Palace Hotel, and then soon after, 3pm we set of to Kota Kinabalu's City Centre, Centre Point. We stroll around the seaside

Me by the seaside

Kelly by the seaside

The seaside

Look for souveniers at the Filipino Market, where there are rows and rows of souvenir shops. You will be lost for so many options, key chains, masks, guitars, pearls, t-shirts etc.... to understand what i meant

After souvenirs, it's already 6pm. For Sabah, since it's located in the East, 6pm is almost like 7pm in West Malaysia, the sun is already setting, so we set off and got back to Kompleks Karamunsing (A shopping kompleks near our hotel) bought some hiking necessities and had our dinner, played pool and sang some some in karaoke in the place we had dinner and called it a day

Stay tuned for day 2 of my adventure in the land below the wind