That is one of many life lessons I got from my hike up the mountain.
Base: Marina Court Condominium
Location:4/5
Environment:3/5
Room:3.5/5
In comparison with Gunting Lagadan, this probably will get a 6 out of 5, haha. A very nice place to stay especially with your friends. The whole bunch of us got a 3 room apartment to ourselves so it's like a nice homey stay for the next two days. Amenities were very complete, we even had a washing machine haha. One downside was that the electricity tends to trip at certain time in the night, but when we asked the landlord, apparently that's the case with electricity in KK *shrugs*. I love the area we were staying in. It's not near a beach per se, but super convenient to go around on foot to convenience store, supermarket, FOOD places. I would say this is a pretty decent place to stay especially if you got a group of people
Day 4
Gaya Street
Mamutik Island
Sapi Island
Helen Beauty House, KK Centerpoint
Filipino Market
Started our morning with breakfast at Gaya Street in a restaurant famous for it's laksa, Yee Fung Restaurant. We ordered a few different dishes to share among each other, the Sarawak-ish Laksa, Koay Chap, Tuaran Mee and Claypot Chicken Rice. Dishes were good overall but my personal favourite is the Koay Chap, beef yumyum. Headed to the Marina Harbour to take our speedboat to the first island, Mamutik Island. From mountain to sea, and with a break in the sky - I did parasailing which was super fun! Some of my friends went on to do Flying Fish, and it was hillarious watching them in that Flying Fish contraption dragged by a speedboat. Had a 'meh' buffet lunch on the island before proceeding to the next island.
At the next island, Sapi Island, some of us went snorkelling while me and the bf lazed on the beach reading our books. Really quite relaxing save for the huge amount of tourists in the area. To be honest, the beach experience could be better as I find it too commercialized and there were people EVERYWHERE. That said and done, the beach itself was definitely pretty compared to those on the West Coast of peninsula Malaysia.
Alohaaaa!
After a beachy day, we headed back to mainland for a rest before going out for a massage. We chose a decent one at KK Centerpoint which was a 5 minutes walk from where we stay. The foot massage I got was about RM32 while my friends went for the 1 1/2 hour body-foot massage for RM75 and they loved it. The place was also rather comfortable so I reckon it's pretty worth the money especially after the whole mountain to sea plus a bit of sky experience.
Then it was dinner! Had a late seafood dinner around 9pm at Asia City, Welcome Seafood. 6 dishes of good food (fish, prawns, shell, chicken, vege, tofu) for only RM176, shit cheap! And it tasted so good. Definitely heading back there. Note though, if you want to have crabs, it's best to go early as their seafood sells out pretty quick. After dinner, we decided to walk off the food, but the boys went berserk for food at the Filipino night market buying grilled chicken wings, grilled squid and fish. If you don't feel like having a sit down seafood dinner, consider the market as they have fresh seafood that they can grill on the spot for you as well.
Happy food-filled, fun-filled faces
Day 5 Pasar Besar KK
We didn't explore KK town much due to time limit, and I guess most look-worthy sights will require a drive away from town. The last day was our shop-for-souvenirs day where we started with the wet market for nibbles and continued down the street for pretty handmade souvenirs. Haggling is possible!
Left KK town for the airport around 12. Stopped for fish fillet noodles at this place called Restaurant Kuo Man who had the weirdest auntie waitress - so rude yet so hillarious. Luckily noodles are yummy, haha. Got on the flight, and said our goodbyes to lovely KK.
Do Try:
- Parasailing; it's not as scary as I thought, and it's one of the lovelier rides as you scour across the ocean and get dipped into the water occasionally, haha
- Massage; find a decent place and it's a good way to wind down from an adventurous start of your journey
- Seafood; it's not dirt cheap but in relative to seafood in Peninsula, it's probably very affordable. Try the "Dong Fong" shells, which seems to be native to Sabah
- Food in general; whether it's Koay Chap, Tuaran Mee or Fish Fillet noodles, it's just nice to be able to go around and have some food native to the state
Tips:
- Be careful when crossing KK roads, it's hillarious but we found that the only way to cross is to ram through it especially when there's no traffic lights/zebra crossing. That said and done, please consider safety, I had an adrenaline rush every time we run across these roads, ugh.
- Haggle when it comes to souvenirs, you really get better prices
- The famous coffee is apparently the Tenom coffee available at most places and packaged in either a gold, silver or metallic blue packing.
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