Tag: Kota kinabalu

What not to do in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

What not to do in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

During our trip accross Malaysia I had a tooth infection that got pretty bad in Borneo. Things got even worse when a 5 hour trip from Kuching to Sibu became a 12 hour trip by bus and a small boat, with a lot of pain and no pain killers. Not good. Eventually that tooth had [...]

April 2, 2010 | 29 Comments More

Our plane was hit by lightning- and began to plunge

Only a few days prior to our KK-Manila flight an air France Airbus flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris dissappeared in the Atlantic Ocen with 228 people on board. Everyone knows what this means, and so the idea of flying did not make me very happy. Some people like flying, others don’t- I would [...]

June 17, 2009 | 9 Comments More
On the way up

Climbing Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia

Getting to KK from Brunei is best done by catching a ferry to Labuan Island and then another to mainland Malaysia, either straight to KK or via Menumbok and a bus to KK which is what we had to do. KK doen’t have good value hostels, but if you look thoroughly you will find a [...]

June 14, 2009 | 24 Comments More