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All the flora and fauna at Mesilau, Kundasan. Sabah, Borneo




The pine trees leave which I took in the early morning on the place I stayed, love how the morning dew on the leave, they look like crystal balls.

A very tiny snail crawling inside the flower bud







Morning Glory











Gigantic spider!!!




Mesilau Kundasan, the Kiram's Village home stay, Sabah





Kiram's Village home stay, my family and I stayed here for one night. Its was around 1500 above sea level. The owner plants a lot of flowers, and it makes me feel that i'm not in Malaysia. Very difficult to experience cozy weather in hot Malaysia.











The mount Kinabalu, and we stayed just next to the mount.






Poring Hot Spring at Ranau Sabah, Borneo with Wilson Chin


I visited this place back in 2011, and that time the suspension bridge (top) are still operating, and after 3 years the bridge was replace by a new concrete bridge.



The weather are hot here at Ranau. We rented this lodge type, there there are private place with tubes and wash room. they connected the hot sprint water by tab, and we can mix the amount of hot water we want.



This place will be the source of the hot water came from, strong sulfur smell here....

141104 Cute Squirrel at Kinabalu Park, Pondok Timpohon, Sabah Borneo

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This is the Kinabalu Park, the starting point to climb the mount Kinabalu, this place is called Timpohom lodge. And surprisingly a lot of squirrels running around asking for food.

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They are all over the trees...
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They are so cute then we feed then crackers, they use their two tiny hands holding the food, and stuff into their tiny mouth. And are not afraid of human at all :O
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The Borneo Explorer Wilson Chin (me)

141104 Mount Kinabalu view at Nabalu Town, Borneo.

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On the way to Mt.Kinabalu park and Poring Hot Spring, a brief stop at Nabalu is recommended. It is located about 90 minutes drive from Kota kinabalu.
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They sell all kinds of souvenir here, you will notice it right in from of the entrance to the village.
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One of the waterfall at mount Kinabalu...
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The Borneo Explorer, Wilson Chin (me) and the Kinabalu mount at the back.

141104 Breakfast at Tuaran, Sabah. The famous Tuaran Noodles :D

On our way to Kinabalu Park, we passed by the Tuaran town. Tuaran is a town as well as a district located in West Coast Division, in the northwest of Sabah, East Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The famous dishes here will be the tuaran noodles. They just put simple barbecue pork, and fried egg, but it taste really good.
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