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Five Days at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Ate noodles most of the time

I spend a total of 5 days at Kota Kinabalu , Sabah . Not for holiday but work, so no sightseeing, no visit to island, no Mount Kinabalu , no hot chicks, just eat, talk to people, eat again, and talk to people again. My friend bring me to this “Foh Chuan Restaurant” here is famous of the roasted meat, and the noodles. I’ve tried the noodles, and I like it. The girls that came to take our order looks same like the others in the restaurant, this might be operate by only one family. And they have really nice looking daughter. The weather at Kota Kinabalu were warm, I went to a small town called Tuaran . A one hours of car drive from Kota Kinabalu town to Tuaran, most of the resident there are Malays and the natives people. After finish work, my friend introduces me to the famous Tuaran Noodles. “Bak Kut Teh King Restaurant” is one of the places that serve the best Tuaran Noodles. There are two type of flavor I can choose for, one are purely barbeque port meat, and one are mixed with steam...

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Visitation

After that long hours of bus ride , my back are till aching. My flight to Sabah was at 10.15pm that night, and it will take about 1 hour and 25 minutes to reach there. Got a text from AirAsia saying that my flight will delay, but I still went to the airport earlier. At Kuching International Airport , there are no free wifi, I update my visitation to Mr Pat blogpost while waiting for the departure time. My last visit to Sabah was at the year 2004, that time Sabah was already a flourishing state, now I think she will be busier, and more flourishing than last time. I can’t wait to step my feet at Sabah. 1 1/2 hour later… I’ve reach Kota Kinabalu, Sabah . After I got my luggage, I saw my friend is waiting for me. He bring me to the “Fook Yuen Coffee Shop” one of the famous spot at KK. Here the special item is the homemade bread; the bread is very thick and soft. Most of the time here will be pack with people coming for this bread. I also tried their nasik lemak , not bad. I’ll post up...

Back to Kuching at the Same Day

At the same day, that night my brother drove me to the Miri bus terminal again. And I bought a ticket back to Kuching which cost of RM80, I’m using Biaramas Transport Company , and the last bus to depart Miri to Kuching is 10pm. Estimate it would take around 13 to 14 hours for me to reach Kuching. Bought a ticket to Kuching, RM80. I need to get to Sabah on the 31st, if not I will stay at Miri longer for holiday. The last bus from Biaramas Transport Company is 10.00pm, I board the bus 15 minutes earlier. The bus has very comfortable seats, which can let me have a good night sleep. To get to Kuching, it would need around 13 hours. There are two bus drivers, so they can each take turns to drive along the long journey. Advertisement banner, 128Hotel which cost RM12.80 per night. The bus will stop on each station, for us to rest, pay water bill, eat and drink. I’m now at Batu Niah, just 2 hours away from Miri. Here is very hear to the famous Batu Niah cave, I planned to visit this cave f...