As seen on my previous post, I was in Kota Kinabalu two weeks ago to get my Open Water Divers' license. The trip is an early-planned belatedly-used birthday present that's half sponsored by Matt and possibly my favourite holiday in a long time!
I felt like I was able to appreciate the place a lot more compared to the many other times I was here as I walked and wandered around the city this time. There were fat pigeons! We saw one that was as big as a chicken on a roof of the building next to our hotel!
I just love sunsets!
Another part of the waterfront where locals and tourists hung out, and kids practiced skateboarding. Lovely!
Fishermen boats? I actually see this in front of my office window everyday as my office is right beside the jetty.
Our hotel is clean, comfortable and has strong warm water. It's really near a lot of malls, bars, restaurants, even a walkable distance from the jetty! They also offer us a free simple breakfast as shown in the picture above, making it a good place to stay if you're on a budget. I'd probably only complain about the thin hard pillows.
It was raining a lot on the second day onwards. I even had a dive skill test session in the rain which wasn't the most comfortable day as the waves were a little too strong. It also affected the visibility quite a bit.
While waiting for the rain to stop on our last day there, I happened to meet an old friend from university in the mall! What a coincidence! Borneo felt a little smaller at that point in time. Such luck to have met him too! He gave us a ride to the newer mall nearby, Imago as Oceanus was quite dead and it was raining too heavily to walk over.
And that concludes my very enjoyable trip to our neighbouring state's capital city. I really love KK and don't mind to live there just to be near the sea, sand, and islands. It has a good balance of nature and city. Now I feel I must come back every year as it's near and not expensive.
 Next up, food we ate in KK! Ate pretty pricey seafood dinners but they were so fresh! Totally worth the try!
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