Borneo Tour

Part 1

Travel around Borneo island.....five members in a group by a car and ferry.....for bout two weeks time.....

Clement, Peter, Gary, Jui and I (pic above : starting from left to the right) were traveling from town to town in Borneo island.....in the beginning, merely four of us started the journey from Kuching city in the morning straight to Bintulu town at night.....stayed overnight and continued our road trip to Miri city in the next morning......met up with Peter in Miri ......and now five of us together moving on to Brunei Darussalam on the same day.....

Brunei Darussalam

Once we crossed the border through international custom......something unexpected happened on the way to Bandar Seri Begawan......one of the car tyres punctured.....the only choice we had on that moment was.....change the tyre under humid, hot sun......luckily managed to find tyres workshop within half an hour.....did some checking and tyre replacement......no damage....no panic.....we moving on.......reached the city bout two hours later.....struggled to search for an accommodation cause darkness is approaching.....not easy cause the rates are too expensive......however we managed to get transportation to the international jetty for next morning and reasonable rate for our accommodation, Traders Inn......on the same night we went to one of the luxurious shopping mall in Brunei, The Mall (pic on the right) and night market nearby which housing more than 50 stalls selling local food such nasi katok, local desserts, and etc...... just one night in Brunei for the moment and we took a ferry to Kota Kinabalu city in Sabah through Labuan island on the following day.....

Kota Kinabalu

Reached in the late noon....after a long journey on ferry trip.....some of us felt dizzy and uncomfortable because of the ferry was facing strong waves.......once arrive, checked in Capital hotel located in the center of the city......took a short snap and we went for dinner in seafood foodstalls.....a simple but costly dinner.....merely short tour in the city cause midnight is approaching......the next morning we rent a car......quick tour in the city.....to Sabah museum (pic on the left) which consists documents and galleries of history of Sabah state.....Heritage Villages (pic on the right) which housing different kind of accommodations of different cultures .......Signal Hill Observatory where the view of the city can be seen here (pic above)......we also took a short tour in Sutera Harbour Resort and Tanjung Aru Resort cause their luxurious resorts are excellent in terms of interior designs, regular maintenances and offer lots of facilities.....Australian Place where merely two rows of shophouses which consist majority of backpacker hostels......and one more thing.....we had dim sum as breakfast (pic on the left) for two days in a row in Asia City Complex cause the dim sum are sold at reasonable prices and of course delicious......I just like those for my breakfast......finally at last but not least......handicraft market opens daily especially for tourists to grab some local souvenirs......

Photographer : Johnny, Peter, Jui, Clement and Gary