Visitation to The Pithcher Plant & Wild Orchid Garden

This garden is situated at before the entrance to the 10th Mile Padawan town, Kuching. From Kuching, is about 30 minutes of car drive. I went there with a few of my friends just before we head home from Padawan district.



This garden was constructed in the middle of 2001, and for local we have to pay RM2 to enter, and for tourist is RM10. By the time we’re there, it almost reaches its closing time 4pm. Quickly, we went in to look around.



Very proud to say that at Sarawak there are rich variety of pitcher plants or Nepenthes (scientific name). According to what I know, there are more than 27 types of pitcher plant species been recorded in the island of Borneo. At the garden here, besides pitcher plants, we also see a collection of wild orchid. Well, these wild orchids are really beautiful and enchanting, but I’m not a big fan of flowers. I just take as many photos as I can. A number of these wild orchids to be found here are like Aerides, Arundina, Calanthe, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, and Vandas.



One thing should keep in mind is that when you visit this garden, remember to put some insect repellence. I’m been bitten by hundreds mosquito. Scary~~~

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 chicken and port meat, I op for the mixed one. I don’t know what they put inside the noodles, but it really tasted good :)











Kota Kinabalu waterfront unlike Kuching waterfront where just serve some light food like french fried, teh tarik, or bugger. Here they have a lot tourist, the Kinabalu waterfront are build on top of the seaside, it has breeze constantly blowing, and the sound where the sea water hit the shore. Big screen projector to watch football, very good looking tourist, and locals. Nice cars parked outside the waterfront, some more we had to pay when enter the waterfront.









“Wan Wan Restaurant” is another restaurant which is famous for its unique fish made noodles, fish balls, and their home made chili. The Chili is damn hot and spicy, I can’t take spicy food, but again I don’t know what they put inside the chili, even a person like me would like to take this spicy chili. The main course is this very big bowl of fish soup, in the soup are fish made noodles, fish balls, and fresh fish meat. You can’t take away the chili, if you’ve finish yours, you can request for more.











My last day at Kota Kinabalu, just few hours before I board my plane back Kuching. I went to this “Jia Siang Restaurant”, most of the workers here are Philippines, but they can speck simple Malays. The famous dish here is the meat balls soup serves with soya noodles. And the soup goes well with their homemade chili, here unlike “Wan Wan Restaurant” the chili is for sales. I like the meat balls, it taste great.

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 some photos and places I’ve visited when I was at KK, good night my dear reader ;)


There’s not free wifi at KIA, but I still update my blog, have a lot of pending post.


yeah, is almost time for me to board. Double check my flight number and time, while doing nothing at the airport, I start to daydreaming on having those delicious seafood at KK, wow, the prawns, the fried squid, the fish. I’m hungry…


after 1 1/2 hour I reach KK, the line that I always get after I touchdown “Sir, you can’t take photo here.” :(


This is Terminal 2, is for the low cost airline AirAsia


Kedai Kopi Fook Yuan,


it was 12.20am, Fook Yuan coffee shop close very late. There is still parent bring their children out at this time for supper.


My supper, hot milo.


and the famous bread, is serve with butter and jam


I like this nasik lemak, the portion is little, perfect for supper.