Sunday, September 28, 2014

Unexpected journey to the land below the wind: Sabah - Day 2

Our day 2 was rather hectic. We headed to the Kota Kinabalu Park around 7 am to catch a glimpse of the mountain view. To our dismay, the mountain was covered by mist. We headed elsewhere for breakfast, with a glimpse of hope that the mist would  disappear.


Right after breakfast, we headed to the memorial park which is a beautiful place with sad memories to honor British and Australian soldiers held as hostages that lost their lives marching to that place.
The were 2 major gardens,  the British and Australia gardens. At the top, we saw the a great view of mount Kinabalu and the surrounding areas. Things would have been perfect if the mist did not cover the mountain top.


The next place we went was the Desa Farm. The scenery and atmosphere really makes me feel  like I have been to New Zealand. We took some awesome photos nearby. After multiples attempts to get the best selfie, we were exhausted. We stopped and tried the locally made milk and yogurt  produced there. We also fed the cattle and kid grass and milk.

As we were behind schedule, we skipped lunch and met our other friend at Sabah. On the way to our next destination, we stopped by to see Raflessia, the famous giant red flower. We had to pay entrance fee and do a little hiking to see the flower. The flower looks interesting but I heard there were bigger flowers of the same kind.

Our last stop for that day before dinner was the Poring hotspring. We specially went there for the canopi walk and hotspring. The canopy walk was tiring. As it was raining, we did our footspa under the rain. Luckily there was shelter so we did not end up that wet.

We had dinner at a cafe called Mama Kopitiam . After dinner, we went back to our hotel at Kundasang and call it a day.

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