The Diary of a Patpoholic (:: [Ep 4] Way up to Kinabalu Park !

[Day 4]
Also the last day.
Woke up at 6.00,
breakfast at 6.30.
Too bad its too early,
my body, mind and everything didnt really have the appetite
to eat breakfast buffet, just abit.

• 6.30am in Sabah. Yes, they have sunrise and sunset an hour early than W.Malaysia

Then check-out at 7+
To save time, we brought our luggages and bags
down for breakfast.
=_____=
kinda funny though.

Our van and lecturer came and fetched us.
Wait, the lecturer is not the driver.
We left at 7.30am
and reached Pekan Nabalu after 1 1/2 hour ride.

Along the way,
we're able to see Mount Kinabalu a.k.a 神山
from far to near,
from clear to cover in clouds.
One day, I'll conquer it!
Yes, now that's on my list.

• Ecstatically keep on snapping Mt Kinabalu, hoping to get one with no poles, bushes or trees.

• At Pekan Nabalu. Behind us is the amazing 神山, aka Mt. Kinabalu.

• Mt Kinabalu is OURS!!!

Then another 1/2 hour,
we reached Kinabalu Park.
It feels as if we're on Cameron Highlands.
Cool breeze, surrounded by nature!
Nice!
Entrance fee RM3,
and remember to keep the ticket for Poring!

• Like what the roadsign implies, we're 500m away after almost 2 hours!

We took one of the jungle trails there,
named Silau-Silau Trail.
Followed the trail for 30 mins and we got back onto our van,
leaving for Poring Hot Springs.

• Can this be considered as jungle-trekking? D:

• On the bridge that was hanging across Sg. Mamut(???).

• Poring Hotsprings.

An absolutely superb place for relaxation.
We went there not only for the hotsprings,
but also for its canopy walk.
You'll have to pay extra RM3/person* and RM5/camera,
be it phone, point-and-shoot or DSLR for the canopy walk
(Note: *Malaysian )

But before reaching the canopy walk,
we had to ~~climb~~ follow a 500-600m jungle trails.
To us, ~~sap-sap water~~. it was TIRING, very very tiring.
I'm a 宅女 mah！
So, I dont really have enough staminas
for stuffs like this.
*Thinking twice whether to stick to my mission to climb Mt.Kinabalu*

*shrugs*

Upon reaching the Canopy Walk :

• Reached the Tree Top Canopy Walk after a ~~SHORT~~ LOOOOOONNNNNG jungle trail.

Breathless already.

• We made it!

The old man warned us earlier if any of us are acrophobic
- person who is fear of height.
The walk is around 160m long and 40m from the forest ground,
divided into 5 parts
with 5-6 viewing platforms.
The last part is the longest and freakiest.
Standing in the middle of the trail,
imagination kicks in.
Was so afraid the thing would just putus like that
and i'll drop to the ground, shattered.

Glad that we all made it through.

• The super, uber-long, high and freaky canopy walk. :S

• The Patpohs, minus PC who wasnt there with us.

Soaked our 猪脚s and 鸡脚 in the hot sulphuric minerals
in one of the open-air tub, under the sun.
Because it'll take > 30minutes to fill up an open-air tub under the roof.

• Waiting for water in the tub to rise :)

• Under the scorching hot sun

• Water oh water.. faster oh faster.

At 1+ we left Poring, making our way out to Ranau.
Earlier,
before we reached Poring,
we saw signboard and banner which notify passer-bys blooming of Rafflesia,
the largest flower in the world.
The flower which i had only saw and heard in books and TVs,
never thought I could see one right in front of me.

• We are that lucky!

According to the old man,
he had never seen rafflesia during his 4 years in Sabah.
So, we zat-ed him saying his suayness prevented him from seeing one.
When we managed to see the flower on our first visit to Sabah,
we continued, saying that luckily our good luck are able
to overshadow the suayness. XD

• This way <----

!
• Yay! Saw the Rafflesia !

• Rafflessia Keithii

• D: Im going to steal the flower, bring back to W.M and hug it sleep!

Next on the list is the Desa Dairy Farm,
but before heading to the farm in Kundasang,
we had lunch in Ranau.

• Lunch : Mee Tuaran.

Reached the farm about 3+ in the noon.
Milking session is in progress.
At first i thought we could really milk the cows with our hands,
but then got disappointed because they are milked using machines.
Plus, they smells.
Never take bath la,
thats why.

Nice scenery,
its like a New Zealand in Malaysia.
LOL.
With the cool breeze, blue sky and green grass scenery.
*Ignore the smell at the back of the farm.

• Desa Dairy Farm, where the cows, grass, sky and cool breeze come together.

• The farm. Ada NZ feel? XD

• On the white fences at the farm. The background is real, bt somehow looks like a backdrop or Photoshopped

• Chcken and I. PHAIL! LOL! The wind messed our hair!

• High on a rock at Dairy Farm

• Moo-moos that never bath. Stink to MAX!

We then left for KKIA T2 at around 4+
because our flight back KUL was at 2100.
2 hours of journey back from Kundasang to the airport.
Thanks to Mr Tiong who spoke quite fluent Sabahan Malay,
we could save on the extra charges on our luggages and etc. :)