Although Malaysia does not have the same reputation as its neighbouring countries, it is certainly worth getting to know and touring. You can find everything from wonderful beaches and islands (not very touristy), primary forest, jungle, nature in its purest form, cultural mix and a modern mega city like Kuala Lumpur.
It is dawn and we arrive in Kota Kinabalu, take a taxi to the airport and buy plane tickets to our next destination, Singapore.
The café where we have breakfast does not have good wifi so we cannot book accommodation in Singapore. In the plane instead of sleeping we are more than awake.
Relaxing morning on the beach. Today is a day of cleaning the beach.
Mabul beach
We had breakfast and changed the room bags.
We got up early and since it's seven o'clock we only found a Muslim café open where we had breakfast. At 7:30 we are in the office of the Scuba to take the boat tickets and lodging in Pulau Mabul in the Celebes Sea, a small island of cerulean waters, surrounded by reefs and with white sand beaches.
We have breakfast, get our backpacks and go to the Orangutan Rehabilition Center. It is part of the Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve.
Orphaned and injured orangutans arrive at Sepilok to be rehabilitated and returned to their environment. They are fed twice a day, which is when you are most likely to see them.
We woke up with some tremendous shoelaces. We find it difficult to get to the restaurant for breakfast but it is worth it to have a terrace overlooking Mount Kinabalu. We visit the botanical garden of the Park. It is quite good, there are carnivorous plants. It is a small walk in the middle of the jungle.
At times we manage to sleep, we get up before two o'clock in the morning, we have coffee, tea, bread, rice and noodles for breakfast, we have to get our strength back.
Ready to start
Early in the morning, today we start the ascent of Mount Kinabalu and we are very excited.
Escaleras trekking Monte Kinabalu
We get up and have breakfast, 1 scrambled egg, two slices of bread, tea or coffee. We take a walk through the day market, stalls of meat, fish, vegetables, fruit ... A man repairs shoes by hand.
Kota Kinabalu Port
