13th feb- woke up kinda late.. was meant to wake up at 5 and leave at 5.30 as flight was at 7 so hv to reach there at 6.15.... woke up at 5.45 instead...coz i turn off my alarm when it rang as i was so sleepy.. u see, i slept at 4..... so yea.. and dad's alarm did not ring.... very rush but reached airport in time..... reached kk at 9.30... then checked into hotel... stayed in hotel watching tv... typical me.. it's an expensive hotel ok.. so u gta enjoy the facilities! e.g. tv! and... slept as well due to lack of sleep the night before.. in the evening, went and sort out my mountain climbing trip... mum and dad didn't want to climb mount kinabalu so i had to climb alone.... booked my place at gunting lagadan... no heaters, 30 bucks a night.... after the bookings, the unprepared me had to buy some warm clothings.. the only warm thing i brought along was this white hoodie that's quite thin and track pants.... i mean.. how cold can it be?? it's malaysia!!!! bought another jacket that's pretty cool- reversible and bought another track pants.... at night, went for seafood dinner at portview restaurat... prawns was just awesome!! and they had this culture show but couldn't really see it properly as we were sitting at the corner.
14th feb- Happy Valentines Day!!!! more like... Happy dying-climbing-up-the-mountain Day for me.. haha! had buffet for breakkie at 6 and left for mt.kinabalu at 7 smth.. apparently it was a 2 hr plus drive to the foot of the mountain.... so yea.. reached there at 10... was planning to find a group of ppl so can share same guide.... cheaper marrr.. split the guiding fees... but for my mom, it was more like i need a companion.. orelse so lonely one person...hahaha!! but yea.. i think we arrived kinda late... no one to share a guide....later on there was this american dude, jesse, who wanted to share a guide.. so not that bad... 35 bucks each.. guide name was molonius tinggal... come to think about it, they don't earn much as a guide.. i mean, two days accompanying us to climb up mount.kinabalu and only get 70 bucks or maybe less since part of it will go to the company whatsoever.....
anyway...... the climb up was EXHAUSTING!!! it was a 6km climb to laban rata resthouse....it was hot coz i was wearing track pants(silly me!) and my backpack was HEAVY!!!!! and the american is tall so he climbs way faster.. and i was behind all the time trying to catch up... mind you it's not easy since it's uphill and full of rocks and the stairs didn't help much as the gaps are huge!!! and the air gets thinner as u go up.... i kinda envy those who got to rest.... in the end, i asked the guy to go ahead as i was slowing him down.. the guide stayed behind to look after me... i think he got kinda annoyed with me asking how long more after every hundred metres or so...reached laban rata resthouse after 4.5++ hrs of climbing.... so torturing! at times i was thinking whether it wld be worth it.. i mean, it's just a sunrise afterall.. u can go to any other mountains that's way smaller and still get to see the sunrise.... i was wondering whether snorkelling wld hv bn better.. hehehe... anyway, sat at laban rata for an hour or so enjoying the view.. it was very peaceful... they had a restaurant... i think food's not that cheap coz a can of 100 plus cost 4 bucks!!!
at 4 smth, climbed to gunting lagadan hut.... the walk up felt long and i was tired.... stupid rocks and stairs again... GRRRR!!! the place was ermm..... really really basic... toilets, baths, a kitchen with stoves and dishes and a sink, and rooms.. that's all.... each room has two double decker beds.. shared a room with the american and two ozzies... showered and took a nap till 6... woke up to have my cup noodles.. no way i'm going all the way down and back up just to hv my dinner.. it wld kill me and i wld be hungry after i come back up again.... besides, had to reduce the weight of my bag.... dinner was GOOD as i was in time for the sunset!!! the view was breath-taking.... mann!! it was the most beautiful sunset i ever seen as i was above the clouds.... it was just gorgeous!! sunset dinner on valentines day..... how romantic ... hahaha! i don't need to mention who with or it will just spoil everything and it won't be romantic anymore.. lolx! as if i know what romantic is anyway.. pfft! but.. just check out the view below... it's better to see it in real life.... it's not as impressive in photos coz i'm not a good photographer.... but still... it's nice..right??
eye level to the clouds
getting dark...
happy with my maggi noodles and sunset dinner.
15th feb- woke up at 1.45am.... cldnt really sleep the night before... was waking up every hour... i can't really sleep if there's ppl snoring.... 2.45...started the climb up the mountain to reach the peak... approx. 2.1 km to the peak from the resthouse.... towards the peak, i really had difficulty in breathing... had to stop and catch my breath after every 10 steps or so.. it's that bad... probably coz i'm not fit enough..i was really really tired and cln't really walk straight.... and the guide didn't let me take my time and rest.... think it's coz jesse is way way in front.. and as a guide, i think he's meant to keep an eye on both of us...... if i rested, it wldn't be so torturing... i really don't see the rush to go up there so fast coz sunrise is only at 6.. have like heaps of time...jesse was way way ahead of me... meaning he was freezing up there way before me..haha! i didn't kno that we wld be climbing all the way to the top, to the very highest peak.. i thought will be just one of the lower ones and see the sunrise from there... wld kinda hv the same effects coz we are already so high up.. few metres won't hv much diff... anywayz... i reached the peak at 5.20.. it was freezing up there... really really freezing cold!!!! and guess what? sunset is arnd 6.. meaning i had to freeze my butt of for another 40 mins.... but heck i'm proud of myself!! i climbed the highest mountain in south east asia!!!!!!!!!!!! sunrise was just as good as the sunset.. well, maybe a bit better coz there's that feeling of success... too bad the photos weren't as nice as sunset.... coz i didn't kno how to use the camera function.....
on my right.... yay!! i see some light!!! the sun's rising!!!
on my left.. the moon is still up... a more nicely taken picture.... with pinkish cotton candy clouds.. can u see it??
interesting cloud shape... it looks like a....... dog? i dno.. hehehe.. use ur imaginations...
i'm above the clouds!! WOOT!!!! haha!
walking down.....
look... the sun is popping out!!
the walk back down to laban rata was tiring.. i slipped a couple of times and my toes hurt coz of downhill... ankle was bruised as well... but still had to walk down..was going quite slow... reached laban rata at 8.20 something..... they had free breakfast there.. i didn't know that!!!! shldnt have brought so much food then!! they have koko crunch, cornflakes, mee goreng, nasi goreng, toast, eggs, tea, coffee, milk..... cldn't eat much tho.. damn!!! bought a can of 100 plus for my journey back to timpohon gate and two plasters for my bruise on my ankle.... at 9.. we started walking back down... we were going pretty fast and this time i could keep up coz it was downhill... hehehehe.. but later, our legs were hurting, esp the knees.... ouch!!!! i really wished i could just fly down or something.... we reached at 11.15am...the last 50m perhaps was another flight of stairs... but it was going up!!! so legs weren't as painful as going down but still...tiring... mom and dad was there already.. according to them, we were one of the earliest... woottt!!! go us!!!
where's my bag? the guide is carrying it... no wonder i cld keep up.. haha!
after the climb, got back to the kinabalu park and got my cert.. had to pay 10 ringgit for it but i def want it!! all the way up there.. it's a big accomplishment for me!! no training somemore.. hehehe.. apparently ppl do train or get themselves fit first before climbing.. i told my dad i did't know it was that tough.. and he said :"u think what? climb one tree hill or bukit gasing is it?" haha! well, i actually thought it was just like that.. but hehehe. i underestimated the power of the MOUNTAIN.. not hill... ishh.. silly me! gunung, bukan bukit! hahahahaa!! anyways... when got back to the hotel, i showered then sleep... mom and dad went and buy those dry seafood... at night, had western food at those restaurant house place called gunters.. the lamb was SOOOOOOO yummy!!!
16th feb- day to go back... woke up in the morning and body was aching like hell.. i couldn't walk properly.. it hurts a lot especially when i walk down any stairs.... went to the pool and swim for a lil.. can't even swim!!!! omg! after that, had buffet for breakkie again.. then walked around the pool and snapped photos.... hehehe.. dolphin photos!!!!!!!
woah! i think this is the longest post ever!!!! longer than my bday one.. hehehe.. well, it's 4 days combined into one.. hehehehe.... and then so many pictures.. the most pictures in one entry.... ok, time for me to sleep now.. it's 2.25am over here.. i'm kinda awake but nd to sleep so i won't get jet lag....bye!!
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