This is very much delayed ... however ...
The worst part of a holiday is the end of it and the beginning of work. This is especially so when you’ve got to work at a desk when you’re the kind who needs to run about in order to stay happy!!
Well I just got back from my holiday in Sabah with my other half courtesy of Pai and Linda. It was a wonderful stay there. Exotic would not be the word but it was wonderful. The sea was super clear; The kind you’d imagine on paradise or if you’re regular travelers it’s the kind you find on those small islands all over the world. Or at least most places.
The food was good and the people were wonderful. Oh nearly forgot. We stayed at the Sutera Harbour Resort. It’s based on an island of sorts’ not too far off land. In fact it’s just across a short bridge. And it’s only a short ride from the Kota Kinabalu International Airport. I’d say it’s a bout 10 minutes. The ride by cab from the airport costs RM20. Its fixed you pay at the charter counter. No worries!!
We arrived there at about 10 odd in the morning. And it was a scorcher. I never thought the weather could be so hot so early in the morning. Took a cab, checked in and took the shuttle bus to town. Which is another 10 minutes away. Walked around a bit and found some interesting stuff though I wish we had more time to do things!!
Our 2nd day was spent river rafting!! White water here we come. It was pretty fun but not that scary. Possibly because as the guide said the tides weren’t that bad as it was the dry season. I’m planning a get away there again sometime end of the year when the currents are higher!! Btw the rapids are classified Class 3 and 4.
I was in the only guy in our boat which was really a fun group. Except for me and other half the rest were all whites. There was Jackie and Emily from Canada. Mum and daughter pair, Liz and Roz. And the cousin Tori. Emily, Roz and Tori have rafted before but for the rest of us this was a 1st! The closest I get to this is my weekly Dragon boat training.
To cut a long story short, the whole session (which is a whole day thing) was pretty fun! She finally got into the water after a little “persuasion”. Thank god for the life vest and the rest of the girls who helped watch her at one point while Jackie and I “defended” our boat during one of the “battles”. Our guide, TARZAN aka Andre was great, keeping the ride fun without too much scares. Though I still would have loved to tackle the harder route than the hard one we took at one of the rapids.
Anyways we got home shagged, had dinner where she downed about 10 glasses of chocolate mousse.
Our last day there was supposed to be spent at the cultural village. But we realized that it wouldn’t have been timed right as the guided tour ended at about 4 and we’d get back around 5.30. The place we wanted to get souvenirs from shuts at around 7. So we decided instead to head down to the Sunday market after breakfast and after we’d packed our luggage.
We managed to get some stuff there for all the ladies but didn’t manage anything for the guy’s. So we gambled on some minor stuff instead. After we were done it was back to the hotel for lunch or rather tea, before we whiled away our time waiting for out flight. Our flight by the way was delayed by almost an hour!!
Ok that’s all about Sabah!!
Special thanks goes out to :-
Ash – the concierge who was really friendly and helpful
Martin – the banquet captain I think or supervisor who helped reload the chocolate mousse!!
Andre @ Tarzan & Jawa from Riverbug– for a great trip on the rapids!! We definitely recommend RIVERBUG to anyone!!
Also thanks goes out to
Salim (concierge) for trying to work out our schedule and Madonna(Front desk) for a quick check in and check out!!
Jackie, Emily – Hope your Aussie trips just as fun!! Safe Trip
Tori, Roz and Liz – Thanks for sharing the fun!!
Special Thanks too to CABANA INN for being accommodating during our short trip up to KL.
Thumbs down to SUNWAY LAGOON. Lack of knowledge on the staff part. Why?
Who nearly cost me $60 renting tubes and boards that weren’t needed. Claiming the rides didn’t provide tubes.
Lack of info that the Wild West rides were open. In fact I hardly think anyone knew it was open. We only chanced upon it.
Expensive lockers.
Plus side though was the lifeguard who found my bracelet and promptly returned it when I enquired if he’d seen it.
