Kota - Kinabalu ITINERARY

Day 1
0630 hrs SM Mega Mall – wait for Philtranco bus

0700 hrs Depart for Clark, Angeles City
0930 hrs Arrives at Clark Intenational Airport
1140 hrs ETD Asia Air to Kota-Kinabalu
1335 hrs Arrive Kota - Kinabalu Stay overnight

Day 2
0900 hrs Take Public bus to Mt. Kinabalu Park
1200 hrs Arrive Kinabalu Park,Check-in/Register

Day 3
0600 hrs Wake up Call Take breakfast
0800 hrs Travel to Timpohon Gate (Jump off)
0830 hrs Start trek
1600 hrs Arrive Laban Rata. RON

Day 4
0200 hrs. Assault Summit
0530 hrs. Arrive Summit

0700 hrs. Start Descent to Laban Rata
1200 hrs. Start Descent to Tempohon Gate

1600 hrs. Arrive Kinabalu Admin, Get Certificates
1700 hrs. Depart for Kota Kinabalu
1800 hrs. Arrive Kota Kinabalu

Day 5
0800 hrs. Roam around Kota Kinabalu
1405 hrs. ETD Asia Air for Clark
1605 hrs. Arrive Clark

ESTIMATED EXPENSES
RINGGIT PESO
RM 1 = 15.00
Mt. Kinabalu Park Expenses
Guide Fee (7-8 climbers) 80.00 1,200.00
Entrance fee 3.00 45.00
Climb Fee 100.00 1,500.00
Park Accmd'n (Hostel) 12.00 180.00
Laban Rata Accmd'n. 34.00 510.00
Insurance 3.50 52.50
Climb Certification Fee 10.00 150.00
Sub - Total -
3,637.50

Bus Fare (Manila -Clark - Manila) 600.00
Air Asia Fare (Clark-KK-Clark) 2 way 2,894.00
Travel Tax 1,620.00
Terminal Fee 350.00
Airport-Hotel-Airport (Taxi) 200.00
Overnight at KK - Dormitory Type/est. 2nights 400.00
Bus Fare KK-Kinabalu Park -Vice versa 700.00
Sub – Total 6,764.00

Estimated Expenses w/o Food P 10,401.50

The year started to kickoff in Kinabalu, Malaysia. So this time around we're not in Kuala Lumpur but on the other half of Malaysia which is Sabah, near to Borneo and Brunei. We all wanted to conquer Mt Kinabalu (13,435 ft), the highest mountain in southeast Asia and so we did. From Clark, we arrived in Sabah then took a cab to the Mt Kinabalu park to confirm our reservation, and there we've met Dan from Montana, Ann and Tom ( dutch couple), Thomas from Germany, we were in one group led by Marcilius, our Malaysian mountain guide. It was "raining" during our orientation, this was the day before our climb. Thank God for a very nice weather! By the time we woke up, it was very foggy, we thought that its gonna rain but it didnt, we took the Timpohon trail ( the easy trail ),we started to climb in the morning then arrived in Laban Rata in the afternoon. Laban Rata is a hut where we all stayed. Food, beverages, hot showers,and heated rooms are all in this hut, this is 2-4 hour trek away from the summit. We woke up at around 1AM then started to pack for the summit, we all left the hut at around 2AM, then we reached the summit at around 4-5AM, it was still dark and everyone was freezing, I couldn't even press the camera's shot button because my hands felt so numb. Everyone was busy taking pictures when the light came up and was amazed with the granite rock around us. Then the day we left the mountain, it rained! You see how lucky we are!!! Then we took white water rafting somewhere in sabah as a side trip, it was so extreme that even an 8 year old kid can come and paddle, hahaha! Here comes our Brunei trip, we only have few time to think on how can we go there for just a daytrip. Mam Cele and Bob didnt come because they think that it would be impossible to come back to Sabah on the same day, but Lem and I took that risk. From Sabah, there are lots of ways on how to go to Brunei, the easiest way is to take a flight straight from Sabah to Brunei, which is impossible because its too expensive...so we took the hard way..we have to come up with a plan on how can we budget our time for 2 ferry rides and 1 bus ride to go Brunei. Thats one ferry ride from Sabah to Labuan, then Labuan Island to Muara of Brunei, then bus from Muara Brunei to Bandar Seri, Brunei. As a result, we only have 45 minutes to roam around on Bandar Seri Brunei and have to come back to the Muara port to catch the last trip going back to Sabah, but we missed the bus going back to Muara port,so we took other bus going somewhere near to the port then take a cab from where its going to drop us. And from the drop point, there were no taxi!, we're going to be late, if we cant catch the last ferry boat going back to Malaysia, we're going to miss our flight back to the Philippines. Good thing that there's a good samaritan who was willing to give us a ride to the port. Then we took the ferry going back to Labuan, and from there, we had another problem, we can't find a money changer!! All we have are Brunei dollars...all the shops was already closed. Plus, we can't find any taxi thats gonna bring us to Labuan airport, we have to catch our flight from Labuan to Sabah, after searching for money changers, we met another good samaritan who gave us a free ride going to the airport (whew! what a relief!).Finally, we're on the airport, and it was just like a 15 minute ride from Labuan to Sabah. Then the day after, we went back to Pinas.

This a trip that i wouldnt forget, this is my first time to get out of the country...thanks to AirAsia, hehehe. On this trip, im with Cindy and Lemuel. From Manila, we went to Clark Pampanga, then Patricia ( my Malaysian friend) picked us up in Kuala Lumpur airport. We were suppose to stay in a dorm type hostel, but we asked Patricia if we can stay on her place ( kakapal ng mukha, hehe). Then she toured us in Genting Highlands, a few hours away from the city, parang Tagaytay meets Fiesta Carnival, hehe kc meron din indoor amusement park for kids. Nag cable car going up to the top of the mountain where Genting is, they say that it is Asia's longest cable car, im not sure if its updated. Cindy was dying to rockclimb there so while we were waiting for her, me and Lem spent our time and money in Casino, hehe, good thing that i won kundi la na ko pang tour sa Singapore. Then one of the thing i cant forget here is the Sky Venture, an indoor sky diving that me and Lem took, click here to see our actual video, unfortunately the schedule for that day is full so we have to set appointment for the next day. After a tiring day in Genting, we all had dinner somewhere in a busy street of Kuala Lumpur. Then we headed to train station going Singapore. Patricia cant come with us because she has to go to work. It was around 10pm when we departed Kuala Lumpur and by the time we woke up at 6am, we're already in Singapore, woohoo! Just so you know, we each have our bed in the train, we wouldnt let ourselves seat and wait on that ride for 9 hours, hehe. I can still remember when there was a passport check in the train, the immigration officer was banging the comfort room door while Cindy's inside because they thought that she's hiding. When we arrived in Singapore, we have our map but we dont know where to go, hehe. We called Cindy's sister's friend to meet us in a MRT station. We had lunch on their place, but they have to leave us because they all have to go to work. The 3 of us went to Suntec city on our own, then spent our day in Sentosa, watched a dophin show, toured in underwater tunnel, watched the musical fountain. After a long day again, its time to go back to the train station to sleep and be awake in Kuala Lumpur, hehe. At least that round trip train ride saved us from paying 2 nights in a hotel. When we arrived in Kuala Lumpur, we went to Batu caves and met Patricia on her workplace, btw she works in HP. Me and Lem went back to Genting to have our Sky Venture while Patricia and Cindy went to go shopping. Then we all gathered in Starbucks in HP building. Then we went to Kuala Lumpur Tower, we were able to get better night shots of the whole city. We had our last tour in the city for it is our last night. I took some shots of Petronas tower. Then we stayed on Patricia's place again, she really was a great help, she took care our accomodations while we were in Malaysia. Then on the next day, on our way to the airport, we dropped by in Putrajaya, this is a place in Malaysia where all their government agencies are located, its a very nice place and very unique structures, the Sultan's place looks like Taj Mahal, only its green. When we were in the airport,me and Cindy had our scene in the immigration that i wouldnt forget too, haha. ( its a long story, cant tell it here)