- Our flight that day is at 7.30 am ,so nak atau x, we should be in KLIA2 around 5 am. From Ipoh, I naik Star Shuttle to KLIA2 with my cousin , Kak Qilah. Bas bertolak jam 11.30 pm dan smpai dalam jam 2.30 am. Bila dah sampai sana, first thing yg kitaorg buat ialah cari tmpat tidur, tak kisahlah tepi kedai, surau (usually dah penuh) atau kerusi (pun penuh jugak).
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| Picture taken before our departure. Smua muka tak cukup tidur. >.< |
- Kami naik flight Malindo Airlines , the journey lebih kurang dlm 1hr 45 min. So technically we arrived at 9.30 am mcm tu. Kitaorg makan KFC dalam airport terminal2 sbb xbyak restoran pun. Sementara tunggu En. Shahril (sewa kereta) sampai, I go and went to Tourism Booth to ask about everything pasal Kundasang, places to go,etc...kena rajin bertanya okey, kalau tak sesat jalan.
- Encik Shahril sampai dlm 11 am mcm tu, so dari situ kitaorg drive sat ke Terminal1 before heading to Kundasang sebab nak bayar extra luggage untuk flight balik ke KL (as I mention before, kalau naik Air Asia kena bayar extra luggage utk check in luggage sebab it is excluded from ticket flight). Fyi, dekat KK ada dua airport terminal which is Terminal1 (for Air Asia flight only) and Terminal2 (other than Air Asia flight,example Malindo Airlines)
- From KK to Kundasang takes around less than 2 hours. Kalau naik kereta Viva atau kancil (better not) , take turn between your friend/family to drive sebab penat weh naik kereta kecik bawak pi jalan berbukit-bukau bagai! And believe me, sepanjang ke Kundasang you will see a lot of 4-wheel drive and treller panjang, plus bila dah sampai ke area Kundasang memang kabus je (mybe sebab musim hujan), so pergi awal pagi okey & hati2 ketika memandu. Pesanan khas dari Dayang Nur Hidayah.
- Jalan ke Kundasang memang straight je. Senang tapi kalau dah terlepas simpang susah sikit nak U-turn sebab jalan kecik dan ada banyak treller lalu.
- We checked-in Ayana Resort. Okey the view memang Subhanallah superb. Kiri kanan semua kawasan pergunungan. Lagi satu, aircond kat sana semulajadi sebab memang iklim sejuk. Citizen pun semua muka ala-ala Stacy dan baik-baik. Sepanjang berada di Kundasang jugak korang akn lihat ada banyak anjing,besar dan tebal bulu2 depa. Jangan terkejut kalau korang singgah mana2 kedai ada 3 ekor anjing besar duduk dalam tu sebab I dah alaminya.
- What you need to know about Kundasang bila jam 5 petang dah start gelap macam maghrib, so xbanyak aktiviti yg boleh buat except berehat di hotel. So that’s why kena bangun awal jam 5.30 am kalau nak sightseeing around Kundasang.6 - 7.30 am is the best time to see Mount Kinabalu, sebab lepas daripada jam 8 pagi, kabus naik & tutup Gunung Kinabalu. Rugilah kan dah sampai Kundasang tapi terlepas tengok Gunung Kinabalu. :/
- So basically our first day dekat Sabah more to going-to-destination instead of sightseeing. Sampai ke Kundasang ktaorg berehat di resort. Yelah dari Ipoh ke KLIA2 then ke KK then ke Kundasang tanpa rehat mencukupi,mestilah letih T.T.
Second day
Our second day starts at 6.30 am. You have to go out earlier okey kat Kundasang to get the best view.
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| View from our resort. Masa ni around 6.30-7.00 am. Cantik kan..sekeliling kami semua kawasan pergunungan. |
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| Yang ni betul2 dekat main entrance resort kami, boleh nampak view gunung Kinabalu. Masa ni almost 7 am,dah nak bergerak. My outfit harini acah2 mcm nak hiking eventhough xpun sebenarnya. :P |
- Our first stop is to Desa Cattle Dairy Farm which took around 30 minutes to go from our resort. Along the way, akan ada satu tanah lapang which is one of the best spot to take picture with Mount Kinabalu. Later I tell you list of places best to take with Mount Kinabalu yea..
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| Here how it looks like. :) |
- Bila dah sampai ke Pekan Kundasang you will be amaze of the scenery around you sebab serius cantik sangat.
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| We arrived at pekan Kundasang. Picture taken at roadside near with roundabout. Mana2 pun pergi dekat area pekan Kundasang,memang ini view dia. You will see clearly Mount Kinabalu, but only before 8 am okey. |
- Jalan ke Desa Cattle Farm agak dalam sedikit dan berbukit. Again I remind not to use small cars okey. :)
- Fees untuk masuk ke Desa Cattle Dairy Farm is just RM5. Murah kan! Dahlah view cantik,memang berbaloi.
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| Dah sampai! |
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| Jalan dalam Desa Cattle tak rata dan berlubang. Drive carefully. |
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| We are on our way to see Lembu ‘New Zealand’ . It’s 8 am already, kabus dah mula naik dan selubungi Gunung Kinabalu. |
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| Tak perlu ke NZ, Kundasang pun ada lembu ‘mat salleh’ :) |
- Dalam Desa Cattle Dairy ada jual fresh milk Ice Cream dengan harga RM4. Murah okey. Kalau dekat Milkcow jual RM8 tau. Selain tu diaorg pun ada jual cenderamata, fridge magnet,yogurt,popcorn,etc..
- For better taste, beli vanilla fresh ice cream and strawberry yogurt and mix both of them together. Seriously sedap, I promise.
- They also provide feeding milk to kid and calf with only RM1 for one bottle. Bagi siapa2 yg xpernah ada pengalaman bela lembu/kambing (mcm sya) should try this.
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| Bagus 4 ekor anak lembu ni beratur untuk tunggu turn minum susu. Dahlah beli satu botol je. |
- Desa Cattle Dairy Farm offers many beautiful places to take picture. Tempat wajib untuk bergambar adalah atas batu besar. Dalam Desa ni ada 3 batu besar which you need to take your own caution bila bergambar sebab kena panjat atas batu tu.
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| Dua batu je yang mampu panjat. >.< |
- After settling at Desa Cattle, we went to Kundasang War Memorial which is actually situtated near with the roundabout. You will find along the way back to Pekan Kundasang.
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| Here it is. Kecik je main entrance tapi dalam dia luas. |
- Kundasang War Memorial is actually a memorial place as a tribute to Australian soldiers who died to protect Kundasang from the colonial (perhaps Japan, forgive me if I’m wrong.)
- Tempat ni ada ciri2 English as if you rasa macam berada di luar negara pulak.
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| Playing Taylor Swift ;You belong with me. |
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| Kalau datang awal pagi boleh nampak view gunung Kinabalu dari sini. |
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| Kundasang Memorial ni ada dua taman ; English Garden & Borneo Garden. Tak boleh main petik mana2 bunga tau sebab diaorg pasang CCTV. |
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| These are all the names of the soldier who died during the war. I gigih lagi baca habis stu dua plag,lepas tu dah malas dah. Nak enjoy the view je. |
