As disembarked, we took some pictures indicating arrival at a foreign airport and proceeded towards the baggage carousel. Yes, first time to Sabah, a little jakun when I had to produce my MyKad for verification. The immigration officer gave me a receipt to be retained and returned upon departure. Collected the bags from the carousel and while waiting we took turns taking photographs with Maya Karin. She's such a sport and didn't mind us. After all bags were claimed, we headed for the exit where the guys who boarded AirAsia were waiting together with the transport that were to take us to Hyatt KK. For some reason, Maya Karin remained at the baggage collection area, as if frozen. Bye Maya.. Hope Celcom treats you well.
The relatively short trip to Hyatt KK wasn't eventful but everyone was excited. Capoi had to repeat a number of reminders including how to pack our back pack and Mantat briefed everyone on the usage of PowerBar 1, 2, 3. We arrived after about 20 minutes of travel, got out of the van and into the lobby of Hyatt. Itik called Izzat/Own to get their room number and up we went to the bachelors' pad..
We stayed there for a bit when a few took turns answering some calls then headed down to the mall next door for last minute purchases. I bought my balaclava and toothbrush-paste set. We departed KK for Rose Cabin at approximately 3pm after having lunch at a shop in the mall. It was a 2 hour drive which felt like much much longer. We took some snaps along the way of the scenery and of course, Kinabalu. Arrived Rose Cabin at 5-ish and registered our names on a piece of paper for certificate preparations. The rooms were triple sharing and the beds sufficient. Snap-snap lagi then after maghrib went down for dinner. The dinner spread was fabulous! Banyak sangat-sangat but somehow I wasn't in the mood of eating so had what's sufficient. The cabins here somehow does not have sufficient sockets so it's either the TV or the phone charger.
Macam biasa, dah lama tak jumpa, malam tu hingaq tak ingat, buat tempat tu macam tempat sendiri. Many of us also decided to pack the bags before going to bed, just in case there wasn't enough time the next day. At about 10, everyone was already quiet. Well, as quiet as it could be, if you don't consider the snores. I have slight difficulty adjusting to the new place and was tossing and turning around for quite a bit.
The next morning was rather quiet. It was a nervous moment, going up a mountain. We could see from Rose Cabin the landmarks on the mountain. Laban Rata seemed WAAAAAAAY up there and the two RTM stations looked so far away.
"Boleh ke ni?"
"Boleh.. kawan-kawan ada, don't worry."
We showered with hot water (a necessity, unless if you're thick skinned and have no problem with VERY cold showers) that was heated by live fire. And I do mean live fire. The device would ignite and flames would heat the cooper pipes which would cause the water to kinda boil and viola! Hot water! Yes, another jakun moment.
Took pictures outside Rose Cabin then set off for Kinabalu Park.
The relatively short trip to Hyatt KK wasn't eventful but everyone was excited. Capoi had to repeat a number of reminders including how to pack our back pack and Mantat briefed everyone on the usage of PowerBar 1, 2, 3. We arrived after about 20 minutes of travel, got out of the van and into the lobby of Hyatt. Itik called Izzat/Own to get their room number and up we went to the bachelors' pad..
We stayed there for a bit when a few took turns answering some calls then headed down to the mall next door for last minute purchases. I bought my balaclava and toothbrush-paste set. We departed KK for Rose Cabin at approximately 3pm after having lunch at a shop in the mall. It was a 2 hour drive which felt like much much longer. We took some snaps along the way of the scenery and of course, Kinabalu. Arrived Rose Cabin at 5-ish and registered our names on a piece of paper for certificate preparations. The rooms were triple sharing and the beds sufficient. Snap-snap lagi then after maghrib went down for dinner. The dinner spread was fabulous! Banyak sangat-sangat but somehow I wasn't in the mood of eating so had what's sufficient. The cabins here somehow does not have sufficient sockets so it's either the TV or the phone charger.
Macam biasa, dah lama tak jumpa, malam tu hingaq tak ingat, buat tempat tu macam tempat sendiri. Many of us also decided to pack the bags before going to bed, just in case there wasn't enough time the next day. At about 10, everyone was already quiet. Well, as quiet as it could be, if you don't consider the snores. I have slight difficulty adjusting to the new place and was tossing and turning around for quite a bit.
The next morning was rather quiet. It was a nervous moment, going up a mountain. We could see from Rose Cabin the landmarks on the mountain. Laban Rata seemed WAAAAAAAY up there and the two RTM stations looked so far away.
"Boleh ke ni?"
"Boleh.. kawan-kawan ada, don't worry."
We showered with hot water (a necessity, unless if you're thick skinned and have no problem with VERY cold showers) that was heated by live fire. And I do mean live fire. The device would ignite and flames would heat the cooper pipes which would cause the water to kinda boil and viola! Hot water! Yes, another jakun moment.
Took pictures outside Rose Cabin then set off for Kinabalu Park.
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