Next, after Mt. Kinabalu climb, was Kudat Kudat is located on the coast of the northernmost part of Sabah, some 190 kilometers north of Kota Kinabalu, on the west it faces the South China Sea, on the east it face the Sulu sea........the main etnic composition is Rungus, a sub-group of Kadazan. it took 3-5 hours drive to reach the end point of Kudat, which is the Tangjung Simpang Mengayau, also known as Tip of Borneo.........and our aim of day is the Tip of borneo. After the 1st 3 days, our legs were sore and it can barely walk, everystep we took was joint or muscle pain.......sigh.......so we opt for Kudat, which was a relaxing but long tiring journey.........We started off at 8Am, after our breakfast to meet a driver(orang kudat) and HK (foo guo), another tour guide or a fren haha.........he is just 2 yrs older than us, helping doh as a part time job.......he is very familiar with Kudat because he did his final year project in Kudat setting up computer system there and teaching the locals on the basics of computer............, hop on into the van, and off we went to Kota Belud to look for some local food- it's a little bit like satay mee, but too bad , we were out of luck.....those food were only sold on pasar tamu............Next we continue our journey to the ostrich farm ......went thru some rough and muddy terrain.......the ostrich farm is just located along the seaside......this ostrich farm is quite big.......haha, this is my 1st time to go into an ostrich farm.....well..inside we saw different species of ostrich , wat blue neck....then wat neck, but they all looked the same........1 male usually get to have few females in an enclose area......there were the incubator, the hatching area, ostriches of different ages, e.g 6 months.....etc
then we all got a chance to ride ostrich........taming an ostrich is not easy task........u have to sit on it every evening to keep it from being rebellious./.........tat's wat i was told by the workers there....the ostrich has quite alot of muscle........it's meat is guud....low cholestrol......the skins, the feathers...the eggs.......all can be made into products....the ostrich has to be blinded before we sit on it.....then let us sit on it, then move around, the ostrich is more active when unblinded......hehe.....to stop an ostrich from moving, u have to pull it's neck......to balance and hold on to the ostrich u have to sit at the correct back position and use both hands to hold on to the wings......a little bit cruel but jz handle with care.......b4 riding the ostrich i was little neglected to ride, coz my fren said the ostrich very kolien, there were times where the wings were not handle properly tat it bleeds....but still in d end it was fun to ride an ostrich.....
wanted to c ostrich racing, but due to time constraint.........so no lo...........along the way to our next destination , the rungus cultural village/.........we stopped by the roadside to buy the famous kudat peanuts, where they fried it with sand.........it taste ok......but definitely not like cap tangan packets type........we oso try the kudat local made softdrinks........haha, after tasting it, we can conclude that the local softdrinks dun taste so gud, the flavour was not strong, plus most of it have the taste os aiskrim soda........At Rungus cultural village,.........we took some pics v the big 'chang zhu long' (cantonese) haha, ........the cultural village was a small one, nothing much........there was a high tower which u can clmib up......accodring to the locals.........the toppest tower is the place where the beauty queen of a beauty competition stay for 3 months........wat der.......!!!??? 3 months...how can......stay there for 3 months to find her suitable lelaki......!@@!!
The Rungus are famous for it's bamboo longhouse..........all made of bamboo..........
we went into the longhouse and bought some souvenirs.......we try bargain alot........haha untill 1 of them said: "i jual orang putih sangat mahal le.......u lagi nak murah lagi........."
then NEXT, is the tip of borneo...........another 1 hour++ journey......the road condition was bad for some part.......wonder why.......since sabah wanted to make this spot another big tourist attraction after Mt.kinabalu..........for visit Malaysia 2007........
in the end, yeah we reached the tip.........not the very tip yet.......haha.....u have to walk another distance to reach very tip where the rocks meet the sea.........very beautiful place, sea everywhere........took alot of pics here.....there is a famous batu landmark , saying u reach the tip of borneo......(dun confused, it's actually the north tip)......
went down to the tanjung.......the place was quite wet because of the sea current hitting the rocks....u can c differnt nature's art here....holes, the rocks..........even got 1 sea rambutan inside one of the holes.....
i was unlucky enuf to slip into the water while trying to get to the end......half of my body went into the water......the rocks were vy slippery....damn ..........my hp.........luckily it still function but went sot sot dy(guessed need to change 1 liaw).........n my pendrive luckily no problem.......luckiest of all, my fren's camera was safe as i was holding it in my hand, scratch my legs.......bleeding.........but wat to do....just wait for it to dry.......
change my clothing and we went to the beach nearby to wait for sunset.........sandy white beach.......but got rubbish, and rotten leaves/sticks......the rubbish are not thrown by ppl der,but drifted there.......infact, nobody live there, except a small little police headquarter
unfortunately, it was cloudy again, not a gud sunset.........
Later we went to kudat town to eat at the mamak. Can u believe, .....the bakar ikan pari cost only rm1.50, it taste nice lagi le......d air kelapa oso cheap.....alot of kuih-muih........
after a full meal, we set off to go back KK>..............along the way, we looked out into d sky...........lottttttttsssssssss of star, bare in mind, this is a gud spot to c stars........too bad i' m not an astrologist........the stars there all looked like there were linked together to form some shape, but we just duno wat.......
During this kudat trip we sang alot, share alot........since it's a long tiring car drive........the driver was driving very slowly.......in the end, HK tookover to drive........he drove very fast.......we reached our lodge around 12sthg midnite....if the driver wud have drive all the way, we estimated to arrive around 2sthg early in the morning.........haha
Day 5.....
Today was rest day.......no programme........but it's sunday.......so we went to the Pasar Tamu in Gaya street, just behind our lodge.......before we went to the market, we went for a morning stroll along the seafront...hahathe pasar tamu is very much like kuching sudnay market........same lah.........nthg much new.......jz d souvernirs sold were different and alot.....the gals bought quite a lot, but i jz buy 1 small souvenir nia ( a nice hand wrist)....... it was a long walk in the market......i was very sleepy......and complaint alot why do we have to wake up so early to walk in the market........around 6-7Am le.............i couldn't get enuf sleep at all.......at the same time, there was the rungus cultural show somewhere nearby, we went der and watched for a while....it's oledi 11sthg..........gosh...the pasar tamu took so much time..........gosh........wx and kp got themselves a pair of tinted glasses......to look stylish of coz....i saw alot of plants sell, n at 1 stall i saw wild orchids sold........i wanted to buy......but .......hv to go thru custom lagi............troublesome.......but it was terrible too, tat the selling of orchids like tat, no wonder the wild orchids are getting extinct
after lunch, i went back to dorm, slept the whole evening, they went to the pasar tamu again.....
Nite time, our actual 1st nite in KK, looking for food...........luckily we did some internet check up, and doh did told us about 2 famous bak kut teh in KK city......we went to eat there, the 1 st 1 was yau kei......very nice.......ate around RM45.......
after tat, was another nite stroll arond the streets.........our xplorer's lodge is situated in the heart of the city, nearby we have a BB cafe, where ppl sang live.....and we can hear it from the balcony......if the info is not wrong, xplorer's lodge is the only backapacker lodge in KK v balcony.........thats' y we all luv this place ...........very much like home........comfortable.
Day 6...
TO the pulaus..............yeahwe went to Jesselton point........which is the jetty to get to Tunku Abdul Rahman Park ( consist of 5 small islands- p.mamutik, p.sulug., p.sapi, p.manukan and p.gaya which is the biggest of them all).Took a few pics at the Jesselton point, KK was known as Jesselton in the olden days......
at this place, u can find souvenir shops, pics showing the olden days of KK.........u'll find that KK have developed very much......and alot of sea have been replace by land......got our pass then off we went to pulau manukan 1st.we stopped by p.mamutik to put off other ppl.......it was a beautiful island.......
we left the boatman at the pulau maunkan jetty, asking them to come back at 1pm,.......upon arrival, there were lots of ppl there at the jetty feeding the fish, wah lau eh..........really lots of fish le.......not small but big ones.........
left our valuable belongings at the office for RM5 .......then IT"S snorkelling's time...........the seawater was crystal clear, but some part a little bit murky.......due to the waves brought by the boats which came in and out which brings up the sand........
Pulau Manukan has more fish than other islands........ and facilities were better equip and available here..............
SNorkeeling was fun..........but the seabed was low........meaning d sea corals were very close to the surface.........so one have to avoid the sea corals at many places.........
the snorkelling areas in this park are marked properly by the authorities using 'pelambung' , meaning u are not advise to swim out of the red pelambung , which is dangerous, due to deep waters, and jellyfish............the shallow areas are marked using blue pelambung.........
After that, we went to Pulau Sapi, a much more cleaner island but much smaller, it's an island beside Gaya Island........this place is more or less same with pulau manukan, but less fish, the fish here are smaller.......but more soft corals.......
e went far ahead till the red pelambung , quite deep.....only at this area you get to c blue fluorescence fish and dolly......also at some areas u'll c clown fish........very beautiful fish......at 1 spot, we saw a big tomato type clown fish guarding it's home.......on the way to the shore, my legs duno kena wat soft corals........my legs were burning ......i could brownish spots on my leg, but it was definitely not jellyfish sting...........can do nthg about it.......the bad thing after snorkeling in sapi island was u have to bath with seawater......
we took a few more pics.......while waiting for our abang Malaysia to pick us up , it was about 5pm by that time, we were advice not to go back later than 5PM as the waves are bigger after that, and the weather was bout to rain too........and it did rain heavily on the way back....most of us were wet........worse still. after we got out of the rainy clouds......the boat got no petrol........have to cal to get petrol ........wat der.......1st time like tat le..............went back to lodge, then ate 'xing kei' bak kut teh..........and 'tu ka' (wild boar's leg), delicious..........Nite......we chit chat again........v ah doh......about the next day's trip which was to Padas white rafting........ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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