“Gadget boleh dijual beli but not stamina”. That was the most said phrase upon leaving the land below the wind. As I turned back my head before soaring high into the blue sky, leaving behind Kota Kinabalu International Airport, I was determined to make a return to the majestic plateau.
The day was Monday 28th May 2007. Waklah & me left BTHO for Putrajaya KLIA Transit Station beginning our journey with downpours as we approached KLIA & LCCT. We made it just in time for checking in at the Airasia counter. Yeah, thanks to Mr Tony that now “everybody can fly”…hahaha. Attempting a Kinabalu trip 10 years ago was a slaughtering RM2000 with Malaysia Airline, which kept my dreams all these while until today.
The two an a half hours flight was bored stiff with me stucked in the middle seat & the guy by the 
window was like busy with his lecture notes or something. Finally the captain was on the intercom “thank you for flying with us. We are now at 38,000 feet at the speed of 937 km/hr”…oooo man, it felt like a century! Arriving at KKIA around 3.00 p.m. KL time in the scoarching sun was no more different from KL a day ago. Thanks to En. Kadri, a shuttle was arranged to fetch us at the airport & to Trekker’s Lodge.
Our first meal experience in KK was rather cheap. We had our late lunch at Restoran Sri Rahmat. It was unbelievably RM4.50 per head for a plate of white rice, a fresh fried fish & a scoop of vegies, not missing teh ais as well. No way we can hit that price in Yap Kwan Seng. A stroll at the waterfront & at pasar Philipines with fresh vegies & fishes. I trust they are cheap as well. Another cheap meal encounter was during dinner. Two big smoked groupers, four dishes of smoked squids, a few mix vegies, 8 plates of white rice for a mere RM65.00…crazy!
A head-cracking session with our backpacks deciding which to bring & which to be left behind ended our day before our wild adventure tomorrow.
