Last night I was listening to loud banging and car alarms going off under my hotel room window for quite a while. I think somebody was throwing new year explosives under cars. Maybe. I didn't go out to find out. So, welcome to Kota Kinabalu. Quite a difference after small & cosy Phuket town.
I came here on Saturday, flying from Phuket via Kuala Lumpur with Malaysian airlines. All went well except my first flight was a bit delayed so I had to run to catch the connecting flight. I made it, my backpack didn't. But all well, all 19 kilograms arrived sound and safe in the evening in my hotel. Which is quite posh btw., especially comparing to some of the ratholes I stayed at in Thailand. If you ever come here, Eden 54 is the place to sleep! In the evening I ended up in an irish pub drinking Guinness for 6 e a pint!!! Robbery!!! But omg it was soooo nice.
On Sunday I had my eyes on a hill. Again. What's with all the hills??? There's a nice one right behind the quite ugly center of KK. A small path through a jungle and up you are on a view point. From there there was a road to somewhere and those are the ones one should follow. After maybe half an hour I ended up in front of a sign "wetlands". I walked in the mangrove forest for a while having the best company: a small kitten! Sooo cute. The lady in the office told nobody owns her and I could have her. Oh dear. Those were some sad moments when I had to leave her behind, snif.
In the evening it was time for some more Guinness. Who knows when's the next time I can drink that dark creamy heavenly liquid again :( At the same time I was watching tennis on the screen coz Nadal was playing. Who cares about the game, I just want to see some close-ups and slow motions when the perfectly shaped abs shine through the lightly moist t-shirt.
Today I took a boat to a nearby island for some snorkeling and beach treatment. I was hanging out at Mammutik for quite a while with an icelandic girl, Sunna, who got me infected with the diving bug again. Now I've been looking at owd courses at Semporna (Sipadan!!!) but as after the voluntary work I've got flights booked to Mulu already I might not have enough time for it in Malaysia. Now it looks like that after Java I'll head to Gili for some diving and maybe surfing. That'd be early April. But this might change in a bit again...
Tomorrow morning I'm off to Sandakan where the people from
BSBCC will pick me up and bring to the bears.
Now it's sushi time. No beers today.
Now it's sushi time. No beers today. 
Sushi! Thumbs up for sushi!
ReplyDeletePS.Mammutik is a very weird name for an island...