Adelene wrote: The third day, we woke up pretty early because the day before, we booked a package tour from our hotel to Mt Kinabalu and their famous poring hot spring. Initially we thought that there would be a group traveling with us, but to our surprise, we were the only one doing the tour [...]

The second day started off with a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows and some puffs from Gloria Jean”s. We woke up earlier because we wanted to catch the earliest shuttle service to the city, then to the Jesselton Jetty where we can buy our ferry tickets/package to the nearby islands – ”Island Hopping” is [...]

The decision to go Kota Kinabalu for this holiday vacation was a sudden one, we bought tickets over from my cousin”s friend whos leave got freezed after they made their bookings. That friend was kind enough to pay for the transfer fees and other tax charges. Thanks ShanShan! So adel and I paid about $142 [...]