After our one day tour around Kinabalu Park and Poring Hot Spring, we waited for Vkeong and SL who were on the way back from their white water rafting session at Lavender Lodge. Well, we have learnt our lesson the expensive way from a cut throat dinner at Ocean Seafood the night before. Thou shall always ask the locals for their recommendations when it comes to food. Thus, Lavender Lodge's owner … [Read more...]

Continuing from Day 1... We were pretty knackered and needed some grub after some brisk walk along Tanjung Aru and Sutera Harbour (thanks Sandra!). So we went back to the hostel to have a good night's sleep. If you are looking for an affordable accommodation around KK, try looking into Hotels Combined which is something like an online accommodation booking aggregator. Hotels Combined even allows … [Read more...]

Right after our third round of lunch at Fook Yuen, we took a walk to the famous (5) Warisan Square and (6) Water Front. Surrounded by many finely ornamented restaurants, bars and retail stores, you will never run out of things to do and see at Warisan Square. cool number plate From Warisan Square, we crossed over to Water Front, a long boardwalk along the shore of KK.  Waterfront which … [Read more...]

Our holiday at Kota Kinabalu was a short one but we had lotsa fun with great companion like VKeong and SL. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, kampungboy and I almost missed our flight. Thanks to the convenient check in options and with Vkeong's help of course, we managed to catch the flight on time. Although this is only my fourth time (in my life!) flying with MAS, my previous flying … [Read more...]

click to enlarge. map from Borneo-Online, modified by kampungboycitygal. Follow our trails (numbered from 1 to 13) in KK City. Hope you guys will find this online travel guide useful in planning your vacation. Day 1 - 1. Lavender Lodge, 2. Wiya Chicken Rice, 3. Kedai Kopi Yee Fung , 4. Kedai Kopi Fook Yuen, 5. Warisan Square , 6. Water Front, 7. Filipino Market , 8. KK Explanade, 9. Ocean … [Read more...]