Day 2 @ Sabah

Day 2.. woke up bout 7 something, feeling cold, but the sky is already bright. After finished up my breakfast, I went out with my sister and took some photos of the Kinabalu Mount, then only we realized how beautiful the surroundings of the hotel is..

After that, we stil have some time, so we walked to the Kundasang War Memorial not too far away from our hotel. The War Memorial was built to remember the 2828 Australian and British prisoners who died during the Second World War at the Sandakan POW Camp also to remember 3 infamous forced death marches from Sandakan to Ranau.

Kundasang War Memorial, Sabah is a fort like memorial that was designed by a local architect J. C. Robinson. It has 4 interlocking but separate gardens to represent the homelands of the warriors who had died. There is an Australian Garden, a formal English garden of roses, a Borneo Garden with wild flowers of Kinabalu, and at the top level is the 'Comtemplation Garden' with a refection pool and pergola.

In the afternoon, the tour guides took us to Poring Hot Spring. Before dipping ourselves into the hot spring tub, we (me) were forced to go for canopy walk not very faraway from the hot spring spot. We need to went for a 8 to 15 minutes jungle trekking from the hot springs before getting up to the canopy walkway.. and although I'm afraid of height, YAHOO~ I'm able to finish the whole journey.. WHEEE~

After canopy walking, we went back to the hot springs spot, get changed and dipped ourselves into the hot spring tubs..

Next stop -- The Filipino Market. The market has a variety of Filipino and local handicrafts are sold in the hundreds of cramped stalls, along winding alleyways which are strung by low-slung curtains of shells, baskets and bags. However, what attracts me the most is their seafood.. there're so much stalls to choose from, and smells so good!

Finally, we got back to our hotel, name The Palace Hotel. The exterior of the builiding looks exactly like a palace.. I didn't take any photo of it, but it can be googled easily.. The hotel lobby looks.. well, modern.. and their hotel rooms are very minimalist.. however, the common bathroom located next to the hotel lounge is mesmerizing! Super Fiery RED

* sis is blending into the whole environment

That night, we took our dinner in Kampung Nelayan Floating Seafood Market. While we were having our dinner, there were also Cultural Dance performed on stage.

To be continued again.. need to prepare for something else for tomorrow XD