Sabah Trip Part 1: Marina Court Apartment

Aku baru balik from a short break kat Sabah ...awal tahun aku beli tiket utk satu family gi Sabah ...my dad punya choice of destination ...dia teringin nak tengok Gunung Kinabalu ..it is in his list of places in the world yang dia nak tengok (yang lain include pyramid kat Eygpt, Angkor Wat kat Cambodia, Niagara Fall in Canada, Borabudur di Yogya, Sungai Bangawan Solo di Solo, Great Wall of China dan lain2 lagi)...kami nie ikut ajer, asal gi holiday ...pilih july coz it is Al's birthday ...kira my present to him jugak le ...

teaser: Gunung Kinabalu ...a majestic presence ...really awesome view

Our flight pukul 1.40 petang ...and perjalanan dari Kuching ke KK is approximately 1 hour 30 mins ...jenuh gak le dalam plane, especially biler bawak budak ...but Thak God ..the two boys behaved very nicely ...adik baca buku sepanjang perjalanan ...and dok diam ajer ..Al plak dok tengok luar ..tengok cloud, tengok ocean (words baru dia) ...and tanya byk soalan kat parents dia

abis baca buku2 tu, adik baca menu dalam flight LOL ...sebab dia suka tengok gambar warna warni

Sampai kat KK kol 3 petang ...weather teramatlah panas ...sampai ke tulang ...sampai ajer airport aku terus nampak ada this guy pegang placard yang tertulis nama aku ...LOL terus aku gelak sebab teringat Fendu's placard aritu ...GGG ...aku arrange for airport transfer ke apartment through owner apartmen yang kami sewa ..sebab ramaikan (6 adults and 2 kids) dia sediakan van ...RM40 ke Marina Court ....kalau taxi biasa nya RM30 for the same trip ....so, kira untung le kat situ

mencari tempat teduh ...masa nie our driver pi ambik van yang aprk agak jauh ...Al dah letih tu yang buat muka ....

Less than 20 minutes dah sampai kat Marina Court Apartment ...aku sewa through private owner ...so the owner was waiting for us ....it is a 3-beds and 2-bathrooms apartment ...plenty of space for us ....and sewa pun reasonable .....Adik aku yang pompuan tu datang lambat ...she arrived around midnight, and once again guna airport transfer yang diarrange oleh the owner ...RM60 coz after midnight but dia antar adik aku sampai ke pintu rumah ...very good service! Kalau naik taxi pun same rate ...

 our living room area ...area lain2 aku tak ambik gambar ..sebab lupa!

and children's playgrond tu same level as our apartment ...suka budak2 tu ....

Marina Court nie popular ...sebab strategik location ...dekat sangat2 ngan shopping complexes, kedai2 makan, and attractions like Handicraft Market (locally known as Pasar Filipina) ...kalau takde transport, tempat nie sesuai ...jalan ajer merata2 ..semua dekat ....this is the second time aku dok sini ...aku suka its location ...and view (if you are lucky) menghadap Laut Cina Selatan ....spectacular view of the sea ...

first day kat sana we watched the sunset from the playground sementara temankan budak2 tu bermain

Other than playground, Marina Court jugak ada swimming pool ...we did not go there, unfortunately, sebab adik asthamatic sket (letih) and Al pun baru baik demam ....so tempat fav diorang was the playground ...paling suka slides ...jenuh nak ajak diorang balik ...meraung2 pun ada!

First day tu we all tak ke mana2 ...lepak2 and rehat2 kat apartment and gi dinner kat nearby restaurant ...lagipun kereta sewa belum sampai lagi ...aku arrange for kereta sewa utk dihantar ke Marina Court the very next day ....by the way, kalau gi Sabah, be prepared sket as the rental (based on my experience) is much more expensive that kat Sarawak and Semenanjung Malaysia ...and kalau dah tahu dates tu book awal2 ...we nearly booked a van, sebab susah nak dapatkan kereta at that time. Bukan apa, we need kereta yang besar sebab kami ramai ....ingat nak Innova or Starex....Nasib baik 2 days before pergi adik aku dapat book Exora for our trip ....lega biler ada transport (sebab plan kami nie sampa ke Kundasang and Ranau) ...Exora pun Exora lah (which is surprisingly spacious for all of us)

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