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Cuti-cuti Malaysia, sempena dapat camera baru =)

**this entry is first drafted on 5th June 2016, and after 2 months, it got published, hikhik**

Ada banyak liku-liku untuk cuti-cuti ni, sebelum dan semasa bercuti. Sesungguhnya, semua yang berlaku tu, ada hikmahnya. Kalau kita tak nampak sekarang, mungkin di masa akan datang.

As usual, packed barang sepadatnya! 6 hari bercuti adalah lama ok :)

6.40am flight from KUA-KUL, and 8.25am for KUL-BKI.

I didn't know Kam Raslan has his own column in Going Places!
I was lucky to read both articles in April and May issue, since we departed on 28th April and came back on 2nd May. By the way, I really enjoyed his Confession of an Old Boy: The Dato' Hamid Adventures :D

 Arrived in KKIA about 11.30am, and waited for our luggage and also our rented Myvi. For 6 days, we are charged at RM500, kira ok la sebab tak sampai RM100/day. Lepas settle dapat kereta, takde fikir banyak, terus cari nearest petrol pump, beli air mineral, isi tank penuh and DRIVE!! Lurus bendul, sebab tak beli makanan langsung :p
Our first pit-stop is Nexus Resort Karambunai. Katanya recce honeymoon spot, hakhak, sabo je.
But seriously, resort tu memang cun pun!! White beach, quiet, and blue-green sea.

And after Nexus Karambunai, ada ternampak kawasan teluk yang mcm cun je... But it is actually a port, and lots of lorries and trucks.

Floating village near SK Gantisan, along Jalan Mawila 2.

Bila dah nak sampai Kundasang, jalan memang mendaki je, and to make things worse, hujan lebat jugak. Dengan laparnya, tapi gagah jugak terus jalan. Nak singgah beli makan sebarang mcm tak berani jugak sebab banyak SINALAU BAKAS a.k.a babi salai, hakhak.
Alhamdulillah sampai juga dkt 36 Miles Lodge, and we got a triple room at RM175/night with breakfast. The don't serve pork, and it is a nice, small wooden lodge, and surprisingly clean!

Lepas rehat, solat, and makan la bekal roti Gardenia bawak dari Kuantan buat alas perut, keluar cari makan. Betapa lurus bendul lah, duk la cari kedai makan ke arah jalan yg kitorg datang. Patutnya terus je ke pekan Kundasang, depan sket je lagi.

Alhamdulillah, dah siap makan...kenyang, balik bilik pastu tak tau nak buat apa :p Baru pukul 8.00 tapi dah mcm pukul 9 lebih. Jalan keluar beberapa minit, pastu masuk bilik semula.

The thing with this lodge is, ko boleh dengar sebijik2 org bilik sebelah cakap apa. Especially bila ada budak2 kecik, hoho. So, this is not recommended for honeymooners, hakhak....
Mula2 masuk bilik, siap ckp lagi "eh..bilik ni takde aircond, kipas pun takde" Hamek kauuu...sejuk gilerrrrr...stok baring atas katil, selimut badan pastu pakai shawl lilit kat kepala :p

Simple breakfast included.

Kitorg nak bergambar deka Timpohon gate sebenarnya, dan adalah sorang tu, kengkonon terasa Timpohon gate tu dekat je dengan entrance Kinabalu Park ni. Sekali, hhahahahah...jauh kot! Again...ni lah akibat tak buat plan betul2. We went into this park the day before sebab nak cari makan. Dan, takde sape tau rupanya charge masuk sorang adalah RM3. So bila kitorg masuk dan ala2 drive through je kat situ, pastu kena bayar...semua rasa mcm tak berbaloi. Pagi tu, kitorg park kat luar dan menapak masuk je (jalan kaki boleh plak kitorg terlepas bayar RM3/person).

Kat sini pun dah sejuk, kat atas Gunung Kinabalu tu lagik laaa...

This is the farthest point we walked in the park. Timpohon gate ada dlm 5km lagi kot, ahahahha. Orang lain naik kereta kot...ni 3 org anak dara gagah nak jalan kaki :p

Nak bergambar dgn background gunung memang tak berjaya. Awan tebal, so memang tak nampak pun puncak gunung. Takde rezeki.

 

Pekan Kundasang. When we arrived, we saw pekan sari :D 

Terus plan utk beli makan siap2, sebab the next destination is Poring Hotspring and Tagal Sg. Moroli fish spa. Mula2 nak beli makan kat pasar tu, kot la nak merasa local food. Sekali nampak KFC pulak :p So we tapau KFC for our lunch later.

And...bila sampai kereta, rupanya tayar pancit! Luckily ada orang dekat pekan sari tu tgk tayar kitorg, dan pointed out bila kitorg masuk kereta. Being with another 2 paranoid ladies, siap ckp "eh..apesal dia tunjuk2 kereta kita" Bukak tingkap pun kecik2 je. See...seb baik orang tu tunjuk tayar pancit... Kalau kitorg tetiba stranded kat mana2, huhu...memang menangis le.

Kitorg takde bawak baju spare pun, so setakat rendam2 kaki je :) And then had our lunch, and straight away nak gi canopy walk dekat situ. The entrance fees to this hot spring is RM3/person. Tapi kalau nak naik canopy walk tu, kena beli tiket lain, RM3/person and RM5/camera. In keeping the integrity as high as possible, hahhaha...we paid RM5 for my Sony camera, and none of us used our camera phone :p

LOVE!

Just like FRIM canopy walk :) And the staff who inspected our ticket was kind enough to snap our picture together (mesti sbb kitorg beli tiket utk camera, hehehe)

Tidak sesuai utk mereka yang gayat :p

Next plan is Tagal Moroli fish spa. Google map ni sebenarnya pening jugak, sebab kitorg ended up dekat Sabah tea. Seb baik tak masukkan pun Sabah Tea Plantation ni dalam itinerary sebab takde apa pun. Ni sampai sebab tersesat -_-
Dan nak dijadikan cerita, bila sampai dekat Tagal tu, diorg tutup rupanya T___T
Sebab air sungai naik and for safety reason, they closed for 3 days. Takde rezeki namanya. Since ada masa lagi, kitorg tukar plan untuk pergi ke Desa Cattle Dairy Farm.

Kitorg sampai dalam pukul 3.30 petang, dan bersyukur jugak dapat tgk proses perah susu lembu ni :) Our initial plan is to visit the cows the next morning, tapi kalau kitorg pergi pagi, memang takde aktiviti perah susu ni sebab petang je ada.

On clear days, this spot must be the best to capture Akinabalu. Betapa berkabus/awan nya, sampai kitorg sebenarnya clueless tak tau kat mana sebenarnya gunung Kinabalu :)

Next morning. This is the best view that I captured.

We went to Kinabalu Park again, and we saw this. Better than nampak awan je kan. Boleh la...
For me, I've been here and takdelah rasa ralat sangat :)

Again, we went to see the cows as planned :)
Entrance to Desa Cattle Farm is RM5/person. Walaupun nampak mahal, tapi berbaloi je rasa sebab cantik kat sini. Mcm iklan lembu2 kat New Zealand gituu.

Kitorg bertuah jugak, sebab bila sampai je lembu2 tengah breakfast :p

Activities in the morning, bagi susu dekat anak2 lembu, dan bagi rumput dekat anak2 kambing
^_____^
Suka gilessssss ni!!

Babai lembu :)

Lunch.

Our next destination, Kudat!
Singgah beli ole2 dari Kundasang, sebab hala balik nanti kitorg tak lalu dah jalan ni. Kerepek bayam yang awesome!!!!
We bought madu and beras bukit, hihi.

From Kundasang, we took Jalan Marak-Parak to get to Kudat. Dan, sekali lagi takde sape buat research on how the road looks like. There are parts of the road where you did not see the peak, and you were climbing like there's no end. Kereta boleh drive cuma 10km/hr, pastu org yg drive siap cakap "dah habis tekan minyak dah ni" Dan menambahkan kerisauan bila ada kereta mati kat tepi jalan sebab dah tak mampu nak panjat bukit, huhuuuu.

Time ni dah terfikir, kalau kereta buat hal tengah hutan banat ni, entah sape lah aku nak tipon selain tuan punya kereta sewa ni, huhu. 

Sepanjang jalan ni, Alhamdulillah la Celcom nye coverage bagus. Maxis dengan Digi memang lost la. GPS pun takde bagi direction merapu, jadi sampai dengan selamat.

Bermulalah episod adventure melampau di Kudat :)
We stayed at North Borneo Biostation Resort

Cantik resort ni, tidak dinafikan.

Wait until you see the bathroom.
-______-

I was laughing while answering the nature's call because it was terrifying! Dengan lubang dekat dinding bersepah2, atap yg terbukak sket..apekah kegilaan ini??!
I basically took the toilet roll and make the bathroom peeping-tom proof. Sumbat segala lubang yang ada, and luckily the provided 2 towels each. So mandi ber'towel-basah' sebab tak sanggup weiii kot ade org mengintai.

The main purpose of Kudat trip is the Tip of Borneo :)

And its sunset view.

SubhanAllah, memang indah sungguh!

From the resort, it took about 30 minutes, dan kitorg seperti biasa ikut sangat GPS, dia pergi bawak jalan yang tak berturap. Scary oke, and we decided to use different route on our way back to the resort after sunset. Nak dijadikan cerita, kitorg sesat barat waktu nak balik. GPS langsung tak boleh pakai, dan dalam kitorg nak elak jalan tak berturap yg kitorg lalu waktu nak pergi tip of borneo, ended up we took another jalan tak berturap lebih kurang 7km. Gelap gelita, takde nampak rumah orang langsung. Nasib baik ada la 2 org tgh duduk (literally duduk bersila) dekat bahu jalan, bersembang. Takde pilihan, kitorg tanya mcm mana nak balik resort dan dah tentu dia xtau resort tu kat mana, huhu. So we asked direction to bandar Kudat.

Dalam kalut cari jalan, yg co-driver memang tak membantu sbb duk cakap "mcm mana kita ni, GPS takleh pakai, dan kita entah kat mana ni" Dan aku dengan kengkonon tenang, cakap "Takpe, kita ada Allah"
Kau rasa??! Dalam hati Allah je yang tau betapa nervousnya aku yg drive ni ha. Kalau org jahat nak bunuh kitorg, xde sape tau ok!

Dalam kekalutan malam tu, bersyukur lah sampai dengan selamat. Nasib baik la aku tengok jugak map dan nama jalan nak ke resort ni. And I couldn't sleep properly that night, dengan bunyi atas atap mcm2 (imagine ade pontianak duk cakar2 bumbung).
Check out time is 8.00am, and we were ready at 7.45am :) Lawak ok!!!
Mcm dah tak sanggup duduk kat resort ni lama2, takde pusing2, dan terus balik je.

Sebab tgk dekat website dia, resort ni mmg cun!!!! We asked the worker, and she said the owner is a mat salleh, and he loves Bali-style resort. Tu yg bilik air berlubang2 tu...ishhh

Sebenarnya bunyi daun pokok kelapa je atas atap tu, damn!!

Pantai Bak Bak

Crystal!!!

Had our breakfast at Kota Marudu, and headed back to Kota Kinabalu through Kota Belud.

Singgah Rumah Terbalik. Biasa2 saja, and I guess I was too tired with the drama of getting lost the night before, and lack of sleep.
Checked in at Tabung Haji Hotel KK, dan makan seafood sepuasnya!
Tak amik gambar dekat KK sebab rasa dah 2 kali gi sana, dan lebih kurang sama je.

The next day, plan adalah pergi 3 pulau; Manukan, Sapi and Mamutik.

Highlight of KK trip, met MIMOSian :)
Kak Rohaya dan Kak Sharifah, heheh. Actually we met when we had our dinner at the night market, but did not take any picture. Bila dah terserempak lagi sekali, memang wajib le bergambar. Diorg dah siap packing nak balik dah petang tu.



Cecah la jugak badan dalam air kat sini :)
Tapi memang panas ya Rabbi!

Kali pertama datang Sabah, rasanya air dekat sini lagi jernih, and more fish :p
Taktau lah, maybe perasaan je kot.
Habis seharian kat pulau, balik hotel, bersiap utk cari makan, dan beli souvenir kat KK.

Habis sudah. Meh nak buat kesimpulang sket:p

1- Sebenarnya dalam apa2 trip, setiap ahli trip sebenarnya bertanggungjawab utk check balik semua maklumat yg ada, sebab kalau sorang je yang set everything, memang akan ada kesilapan kat mana2 yg dia tak perasan. Tapi bersyukur la yg kitorg selamat pergi dan balik.

2- Dengarlah kata orang yang dah pernah pergi ke sesuatu tempat. Skeimc dah pesan, jangan pergi perempuan2 je, sebab jalan dia tak berapa selamat utk all-girls trip. Tapi seperti biasa, kedegilan mengatasi segalanya. Yela, mane plak aku nak cari laki2 join trip pompuan ni, heheh. But Skeimc did mentioned to rent SUV rather than compact car. Hamek kau..seb baik boleh panjat jalan berbukit tu.

3- Be positive, in whatever situation you are. Kena make sure bila travel, ada org yg boleh control situation. Kalau semua jenis kalut, wallahualam...xtau la ape nak jadi time kitorg sesat tu, huhu. Rasenye org yang duduk kat belakang tu dah nangis, tapi aku je tak nampak sebab sibuk drive, dan cuba tak fikir benda merepek.

4- Bawak kain batik, sebagai kain basahan mandi :p hihiiiii

Panjang bebeno entry. Lantakkan, nanti 5 tahun lagi aku jugak nak baca.
=)
Ciao!