New Year's Trip to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Happy happy new year 2008, everyone! Been a bit lag in posting because i just got back from my trip to Kota Kinabalu. Long drive from Brunei...tiring but good fun! Just a brief summary on the trip. Took about 8hrs to get there, there was a bit of a queue at both immigrations and the ferries respectively but otherwise, it was a good drive with relatively nice overcast cloudy weather.

KK really has changed in recent years. While its always been a nice haven for resort enthusiasts, island trekkers and scuba divers, its also now also an alternative venue to shop and enjoy the ambience of its waterfront bars, restaurants and pubs not to mention the variety of seafood restaurants. Visited shopping centres like Centrepoint, Warisan Square, etc but i wont go into detail on those since shopping centres are basically the same everywhere.hehe. I didnt shop much at all there. Just basically went there to relax, eat and of course party for the new year :)

I took the time out to go visit the Gaya Open air market in the city. This market only opens on Sundays so might be good to plan a trip around that day to just have a feel for the hustle and bustle of a sunday market. Also took some time to enjoy the local delicacies available there. One example is the beef noodles (pictured on the left).

Random Gaya Market Pics

New Year's Eve. Main reason to come to KK was to have the countdown here. Met up with some riends and headed over to one of the local clubs here. Was surprised at how crowded it was. The band was good and i had a great time partying down to the wee hours of the morning while ushering in the new year of 2008. A good start to the new year. Hope the rest of the year will be great as well. One thing i'm not looking forward to, is the lack of sleep before heading back to Brunei.