Fish Market at Kota Kinabalu Sabah

This is Day#2 on my Sabah trip, and today we will be going to Kinabalu Park which is about 90KM from Kota Kinabalu town. And tonight we are going to have steamboat as dinner.


This is how the fish market looks like

Wake up at 6am, and reach the fish market before 7am. I seldom go to the fish market, don't like it there. Kerry is a big fan of seafood, so he's excited when we're there. He bought a lot of fish, clams, crab, squids, and prawns.

Is a busy market, and one thing that surprise me is that a lot of small kids are working here as well.

Pity when seeing kids working at the fish market here, they should be in school studying not here working.

I can't stand the fish smell, so I opt to wait outside the fish market, while my parent continue seafood shopping.

Basket of fish keep on loading into the market, it looks very scary on the amount of fishes they have here. And this is just a small part of it, as there is more still in the fishing boat.

What will happen to the ecosystem in the sea if they keep on catching this amount of fish? It worries me...

The fisherman must have work the whole night, and only can rest when reach shore.

Dinner @ Gaya Seafood Restaurant

First Day at Kota Kinabalu was fantastic, and we went for a place called Gaya Seafood restaurant for dinner. When at Sabah, my brother keep on reminding us that we the seafood is a must have in our menu.



It was a huge restaurant, and just beside the restaurant is a building specially for gambling slot machines.



L-R: Jason, Ah Hee, Kerry, Mum and Dad.



I don’t like seafood, only ate a little bit. So I ate almost 80% of the bean curd.



And ate most of the vegetable as well, and I’m slowly learning to become a vegetarian now.



We had this delicious fried rice instead of normal white rice. I didn’t eat the shell food, it looks discussing.



My brother keep on asking me to try the lobster, so I had one.
Overall our total bill came out not more than RM150, and this is not what we expected. It should be more than that, but hey, Sabah is loaded with seafood.

My brother was happy about that, but next time I would prefer we all go for vegetarian.

Cheers,
Wilson
Don’t like seafood…

Visitation to the Aquarium and Marine Museum of University Sabah

Click here for the recap of the previous story when I reach Sabah.
That evening, after finish shopping at Center Point Shopping Mall, we went to the University of Sabah. It is situated just near the One Borneo Shopping Center Sabah.
The University of Sabah.


Check out the beach just on the back of the University of Sabah.


Back at Sarawak, we also have University of Sarawak. And at the back of the university is just trees.

Behind the university, there is a beautiful beach, and an Institute of Biomarine. While next to it, is an Aquarium & Marine Museum which belongs to the university of Sabah.



Inside the museum, they have a few big fish tank, inside the tank they have...Hard Corals, spiny lobster, Remora fish, and more :)



They build a large model of a diver going up the water surface, they really did a great job on the surrounding view, there are fish, shark, stingray, and more.


Both of my younger brother, Kerry and Jason

We seldom get to see large scale underwater aquarium, so we're excited, and took a lot of photos. Check out my video below on my aquarium trip :)



Wilson
Love underwater animal

Road Trip from Limbang to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah :)

06.08AM, from Limbang we have to by pass Brunei, the Temburong District to reach Sabah. And we stop at the immigration to have our passport stamps for arrival into Brunei.

07.04AM, reached Lawas the most eastern district of Sarawak. Where we have our breakfast at the Yong Siang Restaurant. My parent and I had kolo noodles as breakfast, the taste….2 out of 5

08.08AM, reached Spitang a small town at Lawas, and this is the bridge that link Sarawak and Sabah together.

08.54AM, train track. Yep, we reached Beaufort, a small town at Sabah. And the train station still operates until today, and this might be the only running train station which is still running at East Malaysia.

09.43AM, the track seems to be linking the Beaufort town and the Kota Kinabalu town. Cause we’ve been driving for almost an hour, and still can see the train tracks along the road.

10.10AM, alright, the beach. We’ve reached the Kota Kinabalu town! Now going to check in and have a rest before we go for shopping.

11.36AM, After our lunch, we checked in at this very unique hotel. Is a bridal but it also have rooms for rent.

11.48AM, finally they found our room key. Checking in…

12.32PM, first stop the Center Point shopping mall at Sabah, crowded with people

01.26PM, I bough a very delicious chicken pancake, and took a picture of my brother Jason. I wanted him to pretend to push the Christmas tree, but he did it very fake :S
That evening, I went to the University of Sabah, and even visited their very own Aqua Marine Museum. Update in my next post.

Wilson
Is a long but happy ride

From Kuching to Miri with Malaysia Airline

Finally I’m back at my home (Kuching) sitting in front of my lovely laptop, and browsing the photos that I took throughout my trip from Kuching to Sabah. I had a wonderful trip with my family to Sabah, and the most important thing is that my parent enjoyed the trip. Haven’t went home for almost two years, I can’t wait to get back home.

I’m having a bit sore throat, hope I’ll get well soon. Note to myself, Have to drink more water. Ok, back to my trip.

I’ll be staying at Miri on my first night, saying with my brothers. That day a heavy down pour, but fortunately I manage to get to the airport on time, despite I have to work on that day.




Air Asia plane taking off


This is MAS Airline taking off, it moved too fast, so didn't manage to take the plane took off shoot.

It was raining that day, when the plane is speeding on the track for taking off, and it leads a trail at the back and I think it is very astonishing. If my car can get that effect, that will be super cool.


Kuching town was surround by mounts, the mount was covered by mist. Breathtaking scene up in the sky.

My plane arrives at the airport on time, two thumbs up to Malaysia Airline. I like the view on top in the air. I can see most of the Kuching city, and if I look hard enough, I even can see my own house.


Now where is my home???


I got a chocolate as present, is good to take a plane during Christmas eve :)
Tomorrow I’ll be at Limbang, then we will use drive from Limbang all the way to Sabah, then to Kota Kinabalu.

Click here for More Photos on Kuching Airport

Cheers
Wilson
The airport photographer

Visitation to the Gunung Gading Waterfall

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Check out the place that I always wanted to visit.
This is the Gunung Gading National Park, situated near the Lundu Distric, Kuching.



I wanted to see the famous world's largest flower the Rafflesia Flower. But unfortunately, along the way to the waterfall, no giant flower to be seen. A bit disappointed though.



So basically when we visit the park, we can choose either jungle trekking, visit the waterfall, or camp at the site.



For me, I like jungle rather than the beach. I don't like to swim in salt water, more to stream water, cold and refreshing. So let's check out the waterfall at Gading.



Is not as huge like what I had in mind. It just has a small space for us to dive in, and soak.



Its a good place to go during the weekend, way nicer than facing my computer from 9 - 6 everyday. Have a nice weekend guys.

Cheers
Wilson

Sunrise at Buntal, Santubong, Kuching

For photographer lover at Kuching, Buntal is the famous spot for Sunrise photography. And I had the opportunity to follow a few of my buddies to shoot sunrise photos last weekend.

Reached the place around 5.50AM, and it was still dawn. But slowly I can see the sun climbing up, and releasing that powerful sun-ray, shine on us. A very magnificent moment.

Here are some of the photos I took during before and after dawn. Enjoy :)

Cheers,
Wilson



This is Buntal Village, it a fishing village, and have a few seafood restaurant here.


One of the drawback are this place are full of litter. A LOT....


Looks like the sun starts to rise slowly, I'm getting ready my camera, tailor the settings to capture this moment.


A fishing boat, this will make a perfect scene.


Another fishing boat, and the time are now 6.47AM. Within just one hour, the sun have give brightness to all of us.


Enjoying the scene with my buddies :)


Last but not least The top photographer. Wilson Chin

Sarawak Inter Cultural 9th Mooncake festival at the Carpenter Street Kuching

I went to this yearly event, the lantern festive at Carpenter Street last week. With just a blink of an eye, this year marks the 9th mooncake festival. I’ve been visiting this place almost every year, and it brings a lot of joy and memory. The foods are delicious, and the number of stalls has been greater.

I saw my friend Kenwy Ho performing at the event, and he also played one of my favorite song The Night Fairy. He is a music professional, who owns three music schools at Kuching. And his main passion is playing the “yang qing” a Chinese musical instrument.
I don’t eat much meat and fried food now adays, so in this trip I bought a few snacks and a cup of drink. But I do enjoy the atmosphere; I took a lot of photos that night together with my friends. And composed it into a short clip, hope you guys like it.

Cheers
Wilson

Wonderful Visit to the Village

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A brother and sister. I took this shoot at a village near to the Borneo Highland, their mum is a dialysis patients, and have a small canteen just beside their home.

Their were in the wooden canteen that time when I visited them. And I also visited their house, I notice something interesting is that there are puppies behind the house. And this is one of them...

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Isn't he adorable. A cute little pup staring at my camera curiously, while I took this magical shoot.

The Burn

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An old lady was burning the soil to fertilizes it for the upcoming planting session.

The rest of the village also do the same, they do not have any fertilizer here, so this is the traditional way for them to do it, passdown from generation.

Visitation to Anna Rais Hot Spring

My trip to the Annah Rais hot spring

Before reading, watch this video.

Is pretty amazing to see this phenomena, but Sarawak is truly a hidden treasure. I have heard of the Annah Rais hot spring before, and this is the first time I visit the place. As I know geographically hot spring exist is because of ………and……….so that the water will …………..! ok, I forgot my geography, and I didn’t get good marks in Science . But in a small land like Kuching, Sarawak we have hot spring here.
More info on Hot Spring here



The Annah Rais Longhouse, and hot spring is situated here, near to the Borneo Highland Kuching. And is one of Sarawak tourist destination, they have home stay, local food, jungle tracking.



Is a medium stream, with calm water rapidly flowing downstream. When I just reach there, I began to look for this hot spot. Couldn’t find it, then there is this area with rocks circulating them. This might be it, immediately I jump into the water.

It was very shallow, and cold. I walk towards the rocks, and just when I reach, I saw bubbles coming out from the water! As this is the first time I encounter this, so I was kind of like a fool, shout to my friends to come over and see this.



I was a bit nerves, slowly put my feet into that area. I can felt the warm water, and then I try to step on the ground. The rocks feels warm when first step on it :)

Slowly I put both of my feel in the same spot, after a few second….hm~~ what is that feeling “ouch!!!!” the rocks is HOT. I nearly get my feet burn, Is very fun to soak yourself here, is a different feeling.

My dear reader, you definitely need to come and experience yourself. That excitement when you feel the hot water under your feet. Cause there are some muddy water, so you can’t see clearly where you are stepping. So every step is an unknown step, but that is where the fun is.



Is a very nice place, very shady, constant wind blows. If you want to stay here, they also have a home stay just at the entrance of the hot spring. For this trip, we didn’t stay long, cause we are quite late when we reach the place. So yep, we plan for a 2nd trip back here. Until then, see ya :)

p/s: better don't go to the hotspring on a hot sunny day :)

Village Kids Playground

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Visited the Dunuk Village 30 min drive from Borneo Highland (map here).

I saw kids gather around at one corner, they are looking at the fish that they caught. I ask them to show me where they get it, and they bring me to their daily playground. The river behind the village.

At first I tough they going to use a pole, or fish net to catch it. All of a sudden, they start to jump into that river o_O" wow~ kids stay in the city will never do this.

Quite happy to see them having fun in that river, catching fish, splashing water at each other, discussing plan to catch fish. I had a wonderful afternoon, can you picture the scene from my photo?