Getting to Kota Kinabalu (or “KK” as the cool kids knew it) involved going through 2 border controls, which confused me immensely. Initially you arrive in Malaysia and they check your passport. Fine, that made sense. Then there was an internal flight to get to Sabah in Borneo which is where we wanted to go to, but still part of the same country. But once we were there everyone went through border security again! Well, at least I got another passport stamp.
We were staying in a hostel called lucy’s homestay. It was a little late when we arrived there, and had to navigate the intimidating locked metal gate and doors to get in. The eponymous Lucy herself dealt with everything in the hostel, including our late check in. She immediately made me feel at home, having quite a motherly manner. I almost felt I was staying round her house. I supposed in some ways we were.
The following morning after getting up Lucy, ensured that we knew where everything was for breakfast with typical brusque efficiency. I found a welcome comfort from England: marmite! I hadn’t had marmite in months so fondly guzzled some of that on toast and good old cuppa for breakfast. After the weeks of rustic beach life this almost felt like home.
We only had a couple of days in KK. Sabah boasts some incredible scenery and wildlife, one “must see” attraction is mount Kinabalu. We asked Lucy about some options of climbing it. However it looked like it would be a full day excursion and would not be a trivial activity. It was also fairly expensive. So we reluctantly decided against that. Instead bought 2 coach tickets to Semporna (where we needed to get to for Sipadan) from Lucy, and take it relatively easy for a couple of days.
We were staying in a hostel called lucy’s homestay. It was a little late when we arrived there, and had to navigate the intimidating locked metal gate and doors to get in. The eponymous Lucy herself dealt with everything in the hostel, including our late check in. She immediately made me feel at home, having quite a motherly manner. I almost felt I was staying round her house. I supposed in some ways we were.
The following morning after getting up Lucy, ensured that we knew where everything was for breakfast with typical brusque efficiency. I found a welcome comfort from England: marmite! I hadn’t had marmite in months so fondly guzzled some of that on toast and good old cuppa for breakfast. After the weeks of rustic beach life this almost felt like home.
We only had a couple of days in KK. Sabah boasts some incredible scenery and wildlife, one “must see” attraction is mount Kinabalu. We asked Lucy about some options of climbing it. However it looked like it would be a full day excursion and would not be a trivial activity. It was also fairly expensive. So we reluctantly decided against that. Instead bought 2 coach tickets to Semporna (where we needed to get to for Sipadan) from Lucy, and take it relatively easy for a couple of days.
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