-Part 1- A Self-Challenging Trip to Mount Kinabalu~ Yeah!

After a few weeks of hiking on weekend as training, it was the date! It exerted anxiety on most of us as we are worried that we could not make it to the peak. However, things shouldn't stop just for the worry, but we shall try our best.

8 May 2013 that marked the beginning of our journey, Ai Yin and me was taking the flight from Penang to KL, then only departing to Sabah from KL. I met one of my secondary school friend in LCCT, Chan Joo. She missed the time for checking in luggage, and so have to get another tickets immediately to join her friends. While I was reminding myself of not falling into the trap like this, I saw... Shu Yih? Am I wrong? Oh gosh. From the FB info, they should have departed once we reach. LOL! Actually they made a mistake for the time, should be the flight later, haha! We chit chat a bit. Then Ai Yin and me went for breakfast in MarryBrown. Something that little of you know, I carelessly lost my boarding pass and some of the receipts that I put in the trolley, huhu... That cost me another RM21 to print in the cyber cafe in LCCT. We reached Sabah at about 2.30pm, meeting Shu Yih and Der Jiun again while waiting for the rest. Jok E and the bf reached in a while, communicating with the drivers first. There was a shift in plan for transport, and so we had to wait for the bro-in-law of Jacy, then only started collecting the rest from Tanjung Aru. 4pm, the exact time of departure towards Kinabalu Park HQ. The transfer costs RM58 per person for a return trip.

When we reached there, the sky is already getting dark. After checking in for all my friends, we dropped our luggage at Rock Hostel and getting back to Balsam Buffet Restaurant for dinner.


9 May 2013 We moved from the hostel to the same restaurant again for breakfast. Meanwhile, I settled the fees for mount guide and tranfer to Timpohon Gate. 14 of us need 3 guide that was RM450 in total, and the transfer is RM9 per pax. Part of our luggage were kept at Sutera luggage room, RM10 per piece of luggage. They are very kind, some of us combine the luggages that saved some money. Around 9am, we were ready for the transfer to Timpohon Gate.


And here we reach Timpohon Gate.


Then only the real journey starts. To be continued...