My Sabah trip @ 26-29th Oct (Beware lotsa pix!) [Archive] - The Unofficial ACS Sitiawan Alumni Forum

Ah Boh

11-12-2007, 03:56 PM

Part 1

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It's been a looooooonnngggg time since i started a new thread cuz got nothing interesting to share... but now I do! mwuahahaaaa...

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My 1st trip to The Land Below The Wind was also my 1st plane ride! We departed from LCCT at 6.45am so it's still dark but that's good cuz I hope to view sunrise from inside the plane.

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Me & Kan (hsemate/coursemate), had a gala time on the journey. We admired the view, discussed our plans, gossip about the stewardess, take cat naps... we're very excited to go on a holiday!

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We sat by the left wing on Air Asia. I really admire the engineering that extract/retract the metal wing. It's a marvel that such a heavy piece of metal can fly so smoothly. Salute to the pilot too!

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Just u look at the view of the Peninsular coastline. See it? Isn't it nostalgic that I'm finally going over the sea to a new land for new experiences and adventures? Yay!!

Ah Boh

11-12-2007, 03:57 PM

Ok, here's a little summary b4 we proceed with the pix. We arrived appx 9am plus and headed straight to Tourism Malaysia info counter to grab lotsa brochures and chat with a cute guy there to ask for directions.

Guess wat? We NEVER booked any accommodation & tour packages b4 we arrived in KK Airport. We only bought the plane tickets cuz it was on promo. Hehe... So, off we went to KK town to check out some traveller's lodges, we chose Trekkers Lodge cuz we're on a budget. We also hunt around for tour agencies, signed up for 2 days' worth of activities and paid on the spot.

The 1st day activity is WHITE WATER RAFTING!!! Both of us have never done it b4 so we're super duper excited to go for it. According to our friendly guide, the trip to the river is challenging as well. If we survive the train ride, we'll survive the rafting.

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Beaufort --> Padas River.

Hmm... I was feeling very suspicious until I realised we're taking an ancient train that's been in use since the 1970s! Whoaaa... How funky...

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Inside Train...

Kan sitting at train 'door' while me standing behind her. It was freaking hot & steamy in there, just look at everyone! Like refugees of war fleeing the country... LOL!!

Ah Boh

11-12-2007, 04:01 PM

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Choo Choo Train...

It was a VERY rough ride through the jungles. The train made about 20 quick stops and we were surprised by such simple 'train stops' cuz it's just a pondok.

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More pix of rural Sabah with kampung schools and a nice perspective of endless train tracks...

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Ah Boh

11-12-2007, 04:03 PM

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WHOOOOAAAAA!!!

Padas river is rated Level III-IV which is above the tame Level I-II. It was soooo fun and exhilarating fighting 8 rapids, we went wild screaming for our lives yet laughing with such joy at the same time! Can u see me? I'm the front left rower in a yellow helmet and Kan was just behind me in a blue helmet. Me and the guy on my right were assigned as front rowers cuz we look the strongest. ;P Yeah, u bet I rowed like hell till I can't feel my arms! I got the most splashes in my face but I also had the best view. Mwuahaha...

See the 2 guides at the back of the raft? When our raft got hit by a really strong 'wave', everyone fell off except me and the guy who have to 'man the raft' while the guides jump into the rapids repeatedly to rescue each & every one. Although we rode the rapids with other teams, we were the most dramatic with 'man overboard!' every now and then. Hehe...

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I Survived!

Yes! Yes! Yes! I conquered Padas River and emerged victorious! Yeah, I'm abit high on the adrenalin rush. Oh! the guide wore a T-shirt with rapid names like Scooby Doo (don't ask me why) Cobra & Merry Go Round. After attacking a buffet lunch, we were given a cert each to take home. All included in the package. Nice touch.

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Ah Boh

11-12-2007, 04:05 PM

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Outside Train...

On the ride back, it was alot cooler so we sat outside on the open platforms to enjoy the fresh air, lulled by the chug-a-chug-a-chug of the train. We're just another bunch of refugees on the way back to civilization. Hahaha...

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Bye Bye, Padas!

The locals waving farewell to us 'refugees' as we enjoy one last view of Padas River from our bumpy train platform.

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Ah Boh

11-12-2007, 04:14 PM

Fuuuuuuhhhhh! Upload enuf pix for 2day liao... better cool it b4 my pc crash. Meantime, hope u all enjoy d pix n imagine sharing d experiences with me. :)

Don't worry, there's much more to come, Part 2 & 3! To be continued... Hehehe...

malcolm

11-12-2007, 07:34 PM

laineyee

11-13-2007, 10:19 AM

wahhh.. so cool boh.. thanx for the pics.. i haven't even been to Sabah before.. How was the food ??

athena

11-13-2007, 10:22 AM

bohboh...so cute la....

you guys look like from kem pelarian with hair wet and all!! looks like you enjoyed it thoroughly!

Dino

11-13-2007, 11:15 AM

bohboh...so cute la....

you guys look like from kem pelarian with hair wet and all!! looks like you enjoyed it thoroughly!

I was going to say that....look like refugee camp only.

Chris C

11-13-2007, 03:53 PM

Hey Boh, thanks for sharing the pics......looks pretty adventurous....:smile-2:

LiLiaN

11-13-2007, 05:33 PM

but i dont think refugees look that happy... thanks for sharing ;)

Lava Gal

11-13-2007, 08:21 PM

exactly the tot on e1's minds i see :) - REFUGEES...jus like in movies. haha...they may look happy even, wen they know the have a safe temporary haven

bobo....i see tat u have blogged here too in this thread! cool, gal! coz i cant see the pix properly in ur blog....so this huge pix made up for it kow2...now i can see the tiny u nicely hard at work row-rowing away...

faster bring on the rest of lovely sabah pix! ;)

Anson F-Clef

11-14-2007, 11:59 AM

I was going to say that....look like refugee camp only.

Dontcha know that this is the RUSTIC part of Malaysia??

Sabah, my last(est) dream frontier in Malaysia......yet to conquer (I oredi flew to Sarawak dua kali tho' :D )

Ah Boh

11-14-2007, 12:43 PM

wahhh.. so cool boh.. thanx for the pics.. i haven't even been to Sabah before.. How was the food ??
it's all about seafood & seashells in Sabah! i mean, u eat d seafood & admire seashells. hehe... we had wonderful fresh seafood for all our dinners whr we choose our live 'victims' from aquariums, just like in kl restaurants but with a difference in price dat suits our budget. :)

i'll post pix of our seafood dinners soon along with pix of my seashell souvenirs i splurged on... i didnt plan to go shopping at all but well, it looks so unique i can't resist taking it home... patience ya... *keep elaine in suspense*

bohboh...so cute la....

you guys look like from kem pelarian with hair wet and all!! looks like you enjoyed it thoroughly!

u bet! for some strange reason, we were happy to rough it out in the wilderness... no, happy's not d word... jubilant!

Dontcha know that this is the RUSTIC part of Malaysia??

Sabah, my last(est) dream frontier in Malaysia......yet to conquer (I oredi flew to Sarawak dua kali tho' :D )

join me next time? i plan to go again next year for something different. I havent done Island Hopping thing, explored some caves and maybe something more challenging. ;)

Ah Boh

11-14-2007, 12:53 PM

I was going to say that....look like refugee camp only.

but i dont think refugees look that happy... thanks for sharing ;)

yah, lilian answer dino liao... hehe...

Hey Boh, thanks for sharing the pics......looks pretty adventurous....:smile-2:

u're most welcome. i've been dying to go on a holiday after working 2 1/2 yrs straight without one, and i wanted to go back to nature to rejuvenate, but i can't go far cuz tight budget & no visa yet anyway, so me & my fren chose the last developed state in M'sia to visit - Sabah! haha...

wen i was last in cameron highlands, me & family went trekking in Mossy Forest at Gunung Brinchang. It was sooooo cooool... literally & figuratively. It's like stepping into an alien world... moss everywhere, strange creepers, foggy atmosphere, cool breaths, total silence... whooaaaa... nice!

yup, i inherited d adventurous streak. :D

Ah Boh

11-14-2007, 01:05 PM

Ok, continue from previous post!

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On the 2nd day, we went for a mix of activities to cover Hiking + Canopy Walk + Poring Hot Springs + Botanical Gardens. The hiking trail looks mysterious eh? But we took a different path across a beautiful stream on the way to Canopy Walk.

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It was fun hanging around the canopy platforms & grinning like monkeys, although it's a bit warm cuz we're in a tropical forest after all. If I hear the guide right, we're about 400m above ground so luckily both of us hv no phobia of heights or vertigo probs.

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Ah Boh

11-14-2007, 01:07 PM

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After a sweaty time climbing up & down canopies, we're off to some R&R at the hot springs where the locals believe the natural sulphuric water can cure rhumeatism, influenza & headaches. Hmmm...

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We soaked in some private pools instead of jumping into public pools with noisy kids. In each pool, water comes out in 2 pipes, cold & hot to mix yourself. The hot really smells like sulphur while the cold is just ordinary water.

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Ah Boh

11-14-2007, 01:09 PM

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Aaaaahhhhh... a nice long soak washes away most of the aches from yesterday's water rafting & today's hiking trip. So wat's up next? An educational visit to Sabah's botanical gardens where we feasted our eyes on amazing orchids (i've forgotten the names!) and some weird looking mushrooms & bugs.

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Hey, my pix turned out pretty good eh? I'm so proud of my new hp, Sony ericsson K810i that i bot just weeks b4 my trip. Its specialty is cybershot wch takes good pix for me everywhr i go, dunnit bring digicam liao!

Part 3 coming up next once i've uploaded some misc pix...

Anson F-Clef

11-14-2007, 11:49 PM

Ah Boh, FYI the island hopping venue is none other than the famed Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park - been there before?

Anson F-Clef

11-14-2007, 11:51 PM

Ah Boh, yr sony ericsson 3.2 Mp camera wan izit? BTW I　ｄｕｎｎｏ　ａｂｔ　ｎｅｘｔ　ｙｅａｒ　－　ｍａｙ　ｖｅｒｙ　ｌｉｋｅｌｙ　ｔａｋｅ　ｕｐ　ｂａｓｉｃ　ｓｃｕｂａｄｉｖｉｎｇ　ｗｉｔｈ　ａ　ｃｌｏｓｅ　ｆｒｅｎ

Ah Boh

11-15-2007, 09:44 AM

Ah Boh, FYI the island hopping venue is none other than the famed Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park - been there before?
nope! the guide mentioned it n said thr are 4 islands there as top spot for tourists to go snorkel but if really wan scuba diving shud go sipadan island but dats like on d other side of sabah, need to take another flight thr.

Ah Boh, yr sony ericsson 3.2 Mp camera wan izit? BTW I　ｄｕｎｎｏ　ａｂｔ　ｎｅｘｔ　ｙｅａｒ　－　ｍａｙ　ｖｅｒｙ　ｌｉｋｅｌｙ　ｔａｋｅ　ｕｐ　ｂａｓｉｃ　ｓｃｕｂａｄｉｖｉｎｇ　ｗｉｔｈ　ａ　ｃｌｏｓｅ　ｆｒｅｎ

yup, u're rite... 3.2 mp is good enuf for clear pix. i tried to record video - audio is excellent but visual sucks cuz my fren say good video need appx 6.0 to 7.0 mp. i actually record some sabah cultural dance performances but it turned out so blurry i cudnt be bothered to show it to anyone.

anyway, video is just a bonus for me, cybershot is my main reason for getting d hp cuz it takes 'unshakeble' pix cuz i can use it on moving vehicles, capture moving objects (not too fast la) n basically dun hv to worry to keep my hands steady at all times (very tiring wor).

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laineyee

11-15-2007, 11:20 AM

nope! the guide mentioned it n said thr are 4 islands there as top spot for tourists to go snorkel but if really wan scuba diving shud go sipadan island but dats like on d other side of sabah, need to take another flight thr.

yup, u're rite... 3.2 mp is good enuf for clear pix. i tried to record video - audio is excellent but visual sucks cuz my fren say good video need appx 6.0 to 7.0 mp. i actually record some sabah cultural dance performances but it turned out so blurry i cudnt be bothered to show it to anyone.

anyway, video is just a bonus for me, cybershot is my main reason for getting d hp cuz it takes 'unshakeble' pix cuz i can use it on moving vehicles, capture moving objects (not too fast la) n basically dun hv to worry to keep my hands steady at all times (very tiring wor).

hey boh.. i also have sony cybershot but it's a camera and yes, it's pink. It has a touch screen and the coolest feature, Smile Shutter, once your target smiles, the camera snaps a pic automatically..

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i love it. Easy for me to carry it around when travelling. Also has paint to edit and put frames and cute stuff on the pic.

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Ah Boh

11-15-2007, 01:34 PM

waaahhhh elaine... smile shutter function sounds interesting, ive nvr heard of it b4. so if i smile many many times ver very fast, d shutter can keep up with me ah? must test it one day... hehe...

eh i notice u love pink color ah, camera also pink, bday lenga also pink, wat else is pink??

ohya, these are d last of my pix...

this is taken while fabian was driving us around kk town, waving palm trees makes me think of hawaii... clear road makes me feel like we're d only travellers on this part of d world... deja vu!

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wide view from top of a hill in USM grounds covering 999 acres...

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sabah version of twin towers??

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sabah version of putrajaya??

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fabian says sabah try to copy everything from kl, as shown in strange tower & admin centre above. also in construction is a shopping mall similar to KLCC by d same developer of klcc but no pix cuz all we saw are rubble...

Ah Boh

11-15-2007, 01:48 PM

In KK town, there's a place called Sedco Square where we can get fresh affordable seafood straight fm d aquariums. it's an interesting plc cuz there's a stage right smack in d middle of d whole courtyard, surrounded by dinner tables, surrounded by stalls with aquariums or selling other local food.

the stage is for cultural dance performances every nite from 7.30-8.30pm, each nite features about half dozen types of dances, but every nite it's a different set cuz according to d emcee, sabah hv over 800 tribes n each one hv their own special dance so they rotate to showcase most of it.

i only took pix of my fav dances which are very exciting.

Bamboo dance! ooooohhhh they're really good... they asked for volunteers but yours truly is very scared of pain (feet stuck how??)

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Warrior dance! look at dat damn macho guy... such cool moves... (snap out of it, boh!)

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aaaaahhhhh..... the food! this is wat u've been waiting for, elaine.

we ate steam fish cooked thai style (no pix, all wallop liao), large shellfish in garlic seasoning, extremely luscious oyster omelettes, sabah wild pucuk vege, char quey teow (as side dish... haha), cool coconut drink... all so lip smacking good!

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Odysseus

11-15-2007, 03:40 PM

Boh, the pictures look great. Looks like u had a great time in KK. I can;t wait to go back to KK again. Maybe go up Mt Kinabalu on the mesilau trail.....

malcolm

11-15-2007, 05:34 PM

wah..... seafood!!! like that I want to go to Sabah liao! :D

laineyee

11-16-2007, 11:12 AM

In KK town, there's a place called Sedco Square where we can get fresh affordable seafood straight fm d aquariums. it's an interesting plc cuz there's a stage right smack in d middle of d whole courtyard, surrounded by dinner tables, surrounded by stalls with aquariums or selling other local food.

the stage is for cultural dance performances every nite from 7.30-8.30pm, each nite features about half dozen types of dances, but every nite it's a different set cuz according to d emcee, sabah hv over 800 tribes n each one hv their own special dance so they rotate to showcase most of it.

i only took pix of my fav dances which are very exciting.

Bamboo dance! ooooohhhh they're really good... they asked for volunteers but yours truly is very scared of pain (feet stuck how??)

Warrior dance! look at dat damn macho guy... such cool moves... (snap out of it, boh!)

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j106/siagb/Dance4.jpg

aaaaahhhhh..... the food! this is wat u've been waiting for, elaine.

we ate steam fish cooked thai style (no pix, all wallop liao), large shellfish in garlic seasoning, extremely luscious oyster omelettes, sabah wild pucuk vege, char quey teow (as side dish... haha), cool coconut drink... all so lip smacking good!

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j106/siagb/Food1.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j106/siagb/Food2.jpg

Wahh.. great pics boh.. i just ate lunch (salads) and after seeing your pics, i wanna eat again..

hey boh.. that warrior guy got wear underwear anot? not scared chao kwong.

*my camera bag also pink !!

Ah Boh

11-21-2007, 09:13 AM

Boh, the pictures look great. Looks like u had a great time in KK. I can;t wait to go back to KK again. Maybe go up Mt Kinabalu on the mesilau trail.....

wah..... seafood!!! like that I want to go to Sabah liao! :D

yeah my frens... lets all go climb KK & stuff ourselves silly with fresh wriggling seafood! mwuahahaaaa... :D

cxtreme

11-21-2007, 09:58 AM

climb kk sounds cool..stuff ourself with seafood sounds alright as well...but stuff ourself with fresh wriggling seafood?? :sick:

Lava Gal

11-25-2007, 02:57 PM

hey....i oso wan! Mnt KK climbing i mean....its in my KIV list. sometime nx yr, JOM! lemme know if its a forum plan...wud be cool 2in1 thingy u know. holiday plus meet frenz plus healthy actv and 1 dream cum true....oops, tatz more than 2 d ;)

cxtreme

11-26-2007, 11:05 AM

should we plan one since the redang trip din work out?

i'm looking at may next year after my finals of finals exam

Ah Boh

11-26-2007, 12:46 PM

climb kk sounds cool..stuff ourself with seafood sounds alright as well...but stuff ourself with fresh wriggling seafood?? :sick:
yah, why not hv our own ACS batch '99 fear factor show? u are hereby invited to be d 1st victim... oops! i mean... participant! *tabik* ;)

hey....i oso wan! Mnt KK climbing i mean....its in my KIV list. sometime nx yr, JOM! lemme know if its a forum plan...wud be cool 2in1 thingy u know. holiday plus meet frenz plus healthy actv and 1 dream cum true....oops, tatz more than 2 d ;)
dats d whole idea, gal... healthy holidays!

should we plan one since the redang trip din work out?

i'm looking at may next year after my finals of finals exam
wat redang trip??

malcolm

11-26-2007, 05:57 PM

i wanted to organize a trip to Redang.... turtle conservation programme... remember?

Ah Boh

11-27-2007, 12:33 PM

ah dat one we gotta book waaaaayyyyy early cuz seems to be high demand each yr

laineyee

11-27-2007, 03:01 PM

Odysseus

11-28-2007, 04:35 PM

Ah Boh, post more pictures :)

Ah Boh

11-28-2007, 05:08 PM

What about the seahorse conservation program, currently it's full for 2007 but when i was looking at it 2 weeks ago, the Dec dates still had places. Maybe next year.

http://www.sosmalaysia.org/volunteers_program.html
wah i didnt know bout d seahorse program... how on earth u & mal find these stuff?

again, i noticed it's all fully booked mostly by MNS (malaysian nature society) members. haiya... my family used to be members but we let it lapse yrs ago...

so, we KIV turtles & seahorses nxt yr? :)

Ah Boh, post more pictures :)
hehe... i've posted all d best pix but i can post some others i've left out. soon ya, soon... :)