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Kota Kinabalu (KK)

MALAYSIA | Saturday, 14 July 2007 | Views [1540] | Comments [1]

Nice eh?

Nice eh?

This is my entryway to Mount Kinabalu; Malaysia's highest mountain (4095.2m), and I've set my heart on struggling up it.  It doesn't take long to discover that the huts half-way up the mountain are booked out.  They're released on a 6 monthly basis and booked up immediately - mainly by tour companies.  This is real smart thinking - I'm as impressed by this as much as the Malaysian queuing techniques and the Malaysian idea of a starter and main (they come in any order but invariably together). OK, I'm being mean - as soon as you appreciate how Asians normally eat you can understand why this happens - I'm just disappointed.  I either try every tour company in town or i turn up at the park and hope for the best.  I decide to postpone the decision and take the next flight out to Brunei.

As for Kota Kinabalu...well i guess it's OK.  It's a mix of modern and old - malls versus markets, with the odd palm tree thrown in.  It's on the waterfront and has a nice view of some of the islands just off the coast.  It's not a bad place, but after a few hours of walking around I took one photo.  It's not cute Kuching, it's just a base that i will be back to soon.

 

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I finally figured out how starters and main courses worked. Basically in the Asian mentality, everything is meant to be shared and eaten at the same time. Therefore you can forget the idea of a starter. If you order a soup and a main course, you're supposed to eat the soup with the meal and not before it. It's the Thai way anyways.... Shane: "Yeah, I KNOW" - Little Britain voice. Not so good when you're a single traveller and even after 7 months you keep forgetting the fact.

  Marie Jul 22, 2007 8:00 PM

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