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Borneo awesomeness

Happy travel tales!!

Adrian came to visit in Malaysia. While here, we went on a 11-days trip of Borneo awesomeness. The trip was short but amazing. Nature, food, people, music. All the elements in life that makes me happy. To recap:

Jul 01:

Arrived in KK. Checked into hostel in Jalan Gaya. Nothing flash about KK- in fact, it seems like a town stuck in the 80's. Architecture-wise. Anyhoo, asked reception about the town's best spots and was pointed to its 3 major malls. Go figure.




Spent the afternoon wandering around town and checking out the markets and the jetty. The harbour's pretty pretty especially during sunset. Fish market was a riot- fresh and CHEAP seafood. Swordfishes, 3 for RM5! Goodness.. if only I had a kitchen. Unfortunately, despite the availability of fresh seafood, dinner was surprisingly disappointing. We had grilled fish, crab and squid. Everything was meh. Walked home through some night market selling more used(?) looking clothing.

More local yum-yum. This is what I call the Kuih UFO.

Fishy fishy...


Jetty




Pretty sunset

Highlight: Pharmacy visit at the mall. Cheap drugs! Stocking up for the big climb!

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