Summaries 2019 Travel Trip

Jot sebelum lupa:

• January - Kedah & Perak 
(Gunung Baling self plan hike & roadtrip!)

• February - Pahang 
(Spontaneous CNY Kuala Gandah trip with a CS friend)
*decided 6 hours before I hop on the car, haha

• March - Hokkaido
(My 3rd time in Japan to explore my 3rd region :D)

• April - Songkhla
(again I only decided to hop on the bus to Hat Yai right after work #lainmacamtahunni)

• June - Sarawak
(squeeze in my replacement leave, went to Kuching for Santubong hike & Bako trekking)

Sambung kerja, to be continue~ zZzzzZzz

Summaries 2018 Travel Trip

Haha setelah lebih setahun baru nak post kat blog ni, just to update & keep track my last trips (helo Nash dah 7 bulan nii, motiff?). Mujur akhir tahun lepas aku rajin buat summary ni, so cut & paste je lah hehe.

Lepas aku cakap nak hibernate from travel (look at my previous post, haha) semakin menjadi-jadi pula rezeki nak travel tu ewah *maybe I should start chant aku taknak kahwin perhaps it will turn out the opposites lulz

Hibernate

After I came back from my last trip, I feel like I need a long break from travelling. I like to keep things moderate, you know like buying expensive latte, it would not be special or taste good anymore if I consume it every day (as much as I loveee coffee), I like to enjoy it when I am really relax (or really stress, lol), you know when I think I deserve it, so I'm gonna stick to my nescafe regularly as my daily coffee intake (huh what kind of perumpamaan is this? lol, nyway get what I mean~~)

The thing that I always want is something that I cannot buy with money, so I guess I have to continue walking @travelling & I don't want to make travelling like a competition/race, I want to do it for me & sharing experience/help others. I am thinking, which place did make me really happy? I think Nepal is the best place so far where I was away from any connection for a week, minggle with orang kampung & live a simple life. But.. I don't want to repeat same place in a mean time (if banyak duit tak pe lah kot, huhu). Next 3 places I can think of for now, 

1) Go to a place where I can have similar Nepal experience

2) Seeing animal always makes me happy. Perhaps an animal sanctuary or island full with cute animals.

3) Similar to No.2, but more specific, I want to hug a big group of Alpacas! (Chile sounds very ambitious to me, maybe 1 day, or other country that have Alpacas farm, haha)


We'll see. For now, it's time for me to rest & reflects.

Trip to Europe (Netherlands, Germany, Czech, Austria) - 17 Days Trip

Hamburg, Germany

Eh when I look back at my Trip to New Zealand entry, lebih kurang je, beza 3 hari je huhu, patutlah rasa penat semacam.. atas kekangan masa dan cuti so terpaksalah buat apa yang mampu. I hop from 1 place (or country?) to another, actually malas nak mengaku buat Europe Trip within 17 days, but I decided to “ JUST DO IT" because it's the right time & right place where flight tix was a good catch! For return trip (Amsterdam) I booked masa Traveloka tengah buat Europe promo, tolak tambah cost dia lebih kurang je harga flight pegi NZ haritu (logically flight duration almost twice longer) flew with Etihad & booked 2 months before, ada meal+30kg luggage & in flight entertainment (haha penumpang AirAsia tegar yg berasa amat bersyukur,lol) so it's a pretty good deal!

Dan yang paling penting semua kawan kat Europe (samada yang kenal masa travel & kawan Msian) tengah ada di rumah! Kalau lambattt sikit diorang tengah travel ke mana-mana, so no excuse for me to not to go now.


INITIAL PREP

my "little" homework

Macam biasa haha my life is a joke *tetiba* I was contemplating, I was having a personal issue when I bought this flight ticket, it was very spontaneous without doing any proper kira-kira sebab aku terfikir life aku ni dok berjaga-jaga macam mana pun, dok macam tu jugak, ending yang sama jugak, why don't just risk it on this 1, at least aku memang akan berada di bumi europe.

So, I was struggling to get up from bed to make sure to at least prepare something for the trip. 2 weeks before, like it or not I have to scold myself to make sure at least I plan for my accommodation, transportation AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING Europe is soooo hugeee & I have sooo little time, I have to at least decide WHICH PLACE I WANTED TO VISIT in Europe (?)

Arrow showing my bus route

So first of all I have to understand Europe map, what's doable or not. Err..to be honest I never bother to study about Europe before sebab masih rasa belum ready walaupun dah bertahun-tahun fikir nak pergi, hehe.

I'm glad I have few friends who are very helpful when I was planning for my trip. I avoid France & Italy this time because.. hurmm I am not a fan of city & typical tourist area, I have friends that live out from the touristy area but kinda too far.. & I don't have enough time for this trip.

ROUTE

So finally I decided my routes a week before I flew *wink wink* 

• Netherlands [Utrecht, Hoon]  -->  (3 days)

• Germany [Hamburg, Berlin]  -->  (5 days)

• Czech Republic [Prague]  -->  (4 days)

• Austria [Innsbruck]  -->  (3 days)

• Netherlands [Liesse]  -->  (1 day)

*Back to Netherlands since I am taking return Amsterdam flight

I know some people will say "CALM DOWN WOMEN" but haha well I have reasons why I go to each of this city/country aaaand I dunno when will I be back to Europe. 

TRANSPORTATION

Bus is my second home in Europe hahaha I use Flixbus when I travel from 1 country to another.

After I done my research, taking bus is way cheaper than taking the train.

My Bus Routes:

• Amsterdam -> Hamburg (6 hours) *

• Hamburg -> Berlin (3 hours)*

• Berlin -> Prague (5 hours)*

• Prague -> Munich (6 hours)* +  [transit] Munich -> Innsbruck (2 hours)

• Innsbruck -> Munich (2 hours) +  [transit] Munich -> Utrecht  (11 hours) *

* wuhooo!! somehow I survived that 13 hours bus ride from Innsbruck (Austria) to Utrecht (Netherlands) & straight wentto Keukenhof for the WHOLEDAY #joycried #wonderwomenme

Tips: I bought InterFlix pass for 99€ (approximately RM500), I can choose 5 different destination with a flat rate of 20€ each, which I find is very cost effective;

(1) I can save a lot on my accommodation taking midnight bus

(2) Most midnight bus cost more expensive (30€-40€) compare to day time bus.

Those in  * I use my InterFlix pass

I took 7 bus ride in total! The other 2 were a short distance (2 hours each way) which only cost me 8€/each so I bought them individually without using my InterFlix pass.

Fyi, ni first time pakai FlixBus, so aku agak sceptic sebenarnya, 99 euro bukan murah woi woiii~ tapi memang the cheapest option. Tiket bas ni semua settle before fly supaya tak pening kepala dah sampai sana & I went during Easter week, so a bit worried if tiket bas habis. But once I download FlixBus app, I loveee it! I can track down all my bus schedule!

Dalam apps dia macam ni

Oh how to use InterFlix pass? Once you purchase that 99€ pass, you will received 5 different codes for you to use when purchase the bus ticket. But you have to wait for 48 hours before they activate it. A bit confusing sebab there is no e-mail that indicate code kau dah di activatekan ke belum, so kena lah try & error lepas 48 hours tu. Fuhh sisturr takut jugak memula, tapi Alhamdulillah, all transactions gone smooth.

How much did I save? *drum rolls* After I sum up all 5 bus destinations, I save approximately about 50€ for ticket bus & 4 nights accommodation worth of +-60€ ! (Dah RM550 jimat tu! Yay!)

ACCOMMODATIONS

• Netherlands (2 nights)

- Thanks to Wouter & Guusje (I met them during my Cambodia Trip 3 years ago!) for letting me stayover in their lovely apartment & how funny, it was the last weekend they staying there & about to move to different places a week later ':D *btw Wouter ni macam Jim Carey, kerja aku gelak gelak dan gelak, adeee je nak membahan haha crack! 

• Hamburg, Germany (2 nights)

- Farah's place! My Malaysian friend tengah buat Master in Hamburg. It was a very nice apartment & neighbourhood less than 1 km walk to the lake <3 Thank you masak kan dinner & bawak jalan-jalan too! Danke Schön!

Kitorang randomly take picture depan rumah orang haha!

• Berlin, Germany (2 nights)

- Corner Hostel [14€/nite + 3€] - the cheapest & safest hostel I found in Berlin, buuut it's damn 4 km away from the city. Kenapa ada plus 3€ kat situ, itu untuk bedsheet, tapi tak masuk akal backpackers nak bawak bedsheet sendiri, lepas tu kalau dah check out tak boleh lepak kat hall, whatevs~ BUT the good part, hostel was comfy & the pantry was not bad (Ohh the free coffee was good too!).

• Czech Republic (3 nights)

- Sokolska Youth Hostel [9€/nite] - ooohh my favourite hostel for this trip & huuge kitchen love it! I even extend for 1 more nights! Oh btw I met a Czech friend that I met in Taiwan a year ago, just so happen she's in Prague! (how I wish my jodoh story is more like this, lulz)

Jana bring me to the best ice cream shop in Prague, Ricotta cheese & fig flavor ice cream, yums!

• Austria (3 days)

- CS Theresa - last minute found my host! Cute studio with alps view <3 She even put a lil chocolate on my bed as a welcome gift & invite me for tea with her neighbour, Thomas!

Triple 'T'! Tea with Theresa & Thomas!

ZE EXPERIENCES

My initial perceptions before I went, I feel like all city in Europe looks the same to me, until I get myself there only I realise, hey every city/country have their individual attractions!

Netherlands

Thanks to my very very helpful Dutch friends Wouter & Guusje <3, I experience a lot's of things here, the cute canals, cute building, appreciates how the old skool windmill functions, drink tea at the park, cool cafe boat, went to little town & neighbourhood, family dinner, picnic & flowersss. Rasa macam balik kampung, they temankan me like 24 hrs & siap bagi ole-ole *cried* 

Hamburg

Visiting another friend (haha Thanks Farah! Paling banyak tolong <3) A major port city, it's interesting that I went to the old under the sea tunnel that was build in 1911! A day before I left, it was snowing & everything turns white!

from this

to this on the next day!

Berlin

A place where WWII happened, I'm glad I join free walking tour to every city that I visited & this is the best one! The next day I even extend my visit to the Holocaust Sachsenhausen concentration camp, such an educational experience.

Berlin Wall

Sachenhausen concertration camp

Prague

My first impression when I was here, rasa seperti di dalam dunia Shrek! haha! Lot's of cute romantic building with some medieval architecture. They actually called Prague a little Paris! I was torn to decide whether to watch orchestra or ballet, I decided to watch the Swan Lake ballet, and I love it~! Most of the time I rest & enjoy prague slowly. 

Inssbruck

Aahhh finally mountains! I wish I was here for a week. It's a city surrounded by the alps! and everything are just by walking distance! I love this place! Went to the Nordkette's peak by cable car.

Oh ya when I was in Europe I somehow miss the less touristy simple life in Nepal, reliable safety in Japan & how everyone in Australia call me 'love' without even feel paranoid of tourist scams. Europe is beautiful & unique, tapi just kena sentiasa berjaga-jaga a bit, be aware of scams & pick pockets & sometimes you accidentally walk to dodgy area, sampai aku paranoid yang taknak mintak tolong strangers lah (so not me when travel, lol) sooo perhaps I'll blog some tips bila rajin nanti, haha~

WOW panjangnya post ni! OKlah BYEee~

Summaries 2017 Travel Trip

2018 I don't know where I'm heading. I have rough ideas in mind, but rasa demoralise sangat to plan, why Nash? How can a person affected my life so much? I guess that "optimistic Nash" have to take a break for a while, hope she'll be back soon, I miss her.

Anyways, before I forgot & becoming more negative/rebellious & ungrateful (lulz), let me list down all of my 2017 trips first. I did pretty good last year. 5 countries, 10 trips in total within 12 months.


• January - Singapore 
(by train during long CNY holiday)

• February - Negeri Sembilan
(Gunung Dato' hike & Kuala Pilah stops)

• February - Taiwan
(explore a bit of the East Coast this time, Hualien & Taipei 2nd time)

• May - Negeri Sembilan & Melaka
(roadtrip Gemas > Melaka)

• May - Terengganu
(Pulau Kapas & Kuala Terengganu)

• August - New Zealand
(1/3 of North & South)

• September - Taiping & Penang
(by bus visit my kampung & few friends before I start my new job)

• October - Jakarta
(weekend short trip + business trip)

• December - Vietnam
(Saigon, Nha Trang: Birthday trip)

• December -  Pahang
(New Year eve trip: Sungai Lembing, Cherating, Kuantan)


Every time I travel, it helps me cure some sadness & I like the idea when I am travelling I am always positive & will push myself to go outside, do something, Nash! Perhaps I should plan more Major trip this year, beyond Asia perhaps. We'll see.

Ayoyo blogspot why your text color no change when I edit, don't want type anything dah lahhh pffft~

Trip to New Zealand (a lil' bit North & a lil' bit South) - 20 Days Trip

Oh my, I have been procrastinating to jot down my travel notes for many many months! 3 trips to update for 2017;

Taiwan, New Zealand, & Jakarta (and other mini trips around Malaysia hurmm.. #siscuba la habiskan tahun ni eh)

Why New Zealand? Since... this year is my final year berumur 20-an, I think it's about time to go a bit further & stretch a bit my travel allocation (I have rules in doing my travel budget; RM2000 for outside South East Asia, & within RM500-RM1000 if around South East Asia & yes these all including flight ticket).

Oh well, I'm too lazy to jot down my actual amount how much I spend for this trip, but approximately for 3 weeks trip I did around RM4500 & yep that is including the flight cost & family's souvenirs shopping, hehe.

Travel dates 4th August 2017 - 23rd August 2017

*as usual, I purposely pick day 4 for flying since it's my lucky number, hiks

Oh yea I quit my job again after working with previous agency for about 2 years++, to find better opportunity & a break for myself too, so I take this advantage to make a loOong trip. Wish I can do longer, but only that date have a good return flight price, in the same time I'm quite worried in term of financial, orang kata NZ ni semua mahal, walaupun aku dah penah pi Ausie for few times, hahaha tapi memang betul, NZ ni semuanya mahal T_T & all this while I have been dreaming to go NZ tempted looking at the 2.8 currency, time aku nak pegi ni lah currency jadi 3.25 hahaha terima kasih lah nasibbb~

*interesting story, during that period I was busy going for a job interview (the interview was 4 stages iv, phew~) & the 4th interview was a voice call with the country manager & I had it when I was on my way to the airport, haha (& yes I finally get the good news few days before I end my NZ trip, Alhamdulillah~)

Ohh & again, the workload was craaazy before my last day working, I only prepare my travel research & booking within 2 weeks time before flying & setelah berpening kepala, I've finally decided the route & I divided this trip into 2 phase:
(Flight took +- 13 hours included 1 hour transit in Gold Coast, so touch down Auckland on the 5th Aug)

(5 - 14th Aug 2017)

NORTH New Zealand :  Auckland > Rotorua > Taupo > Palmerston North > Wellington

Transportation: Trip me & Aina, we rented a car for a 1 week roadtrip

Wellington > Christchurch => Took domestic Flight (Jetstar 29$)

(15 - 23th Aug 2017): Solo Trip :

SOUTH New Zealand :  Christchurch > Akaroa > Lake Tekapo > Mt. Cook Village > Christchurch > Auckland

Transportation: My solo trip, I bought a 10-hours-Intercity Bus pass (85$) to travel around South

Christchurch > Auckland => Took domestic Flight (Jetstar 35$)

*btw on my 2nd last day I took the earliest flight 6.30 am from Christchurch to Auckland, stay 1 more night in Auckland before fly to KL. Haha I know pelik why waste money stay 1 more night dekat city kan? Because I want to catch Jetstar's good price domestic flight, if the next day the price was double!

Accomodation

I try my best to stretch my budget as cheap as possible, I got a headache figuring out how to spend as less as I can for 18 nights. So I manage to do, 11 nights at hostels, 5 nights Couchsurfing & 2 nights at the airport, hehe. 

Kenapa tak buat semua hari Couchsurfing? boleh save budget kan? Ok 1 thing to consider, if you plan to do CS in NZ, you have to type many many many request mail & the chance is pretty low, sebab apa? Sebab kat NZ ni banyak sangat traveler, I met few other CS while traveling & they say these thing are common. I was lucky when I was in Wellington actually, it was a very intersting incident, I am rarely lucky, but I was just trying my luck 1 night before I reach Wellington I got a host! She just re-activated her CS after so long & just so happen I text her! Her house is on the hill & it so beautiful 😍 Second reason why more stay in hostel is because CS is fun way to learn more bout local culture, but since it's quite a short trip & can be very tiring, so sometimes I just need my own space to rest & sleep & not talk to anyone once I reach my bed 😉

Summarised to my accomodation:

• Auckland (1 night) 

- CS Caroline (I sleep at a student apartment 😄)

• Rotorua (1 night) 

- Crash Palace Hostel [18.50nzd/nite]

• Toupo (2 nights) 

- Tiki Lodge [18.50nzd/nite] (I looove this lodge, a comfy bungalow & the kitchen is hugee. The owner even give us a ride to take our car  during day we were looking for place to stay)

• Palmerston North (2 nights) 

- CS Emma (Asian student house, so cool I met student from China, Vietnam, Japan & Korea!)

• Wellington (4 nights) 

*I purposely park myself a bit longer in Welly to rest & plan for my 2nd half trip

- Night 1 - Lodge in the City [15nzd/nite] - it's cheap but DO NOT STAY at this dodgy hostel!

- Night 2 - CS Ceedee (Thank you Ceedee for saving my lifeee, even though I have to do your house chores 😂)

- Night 3 - sleep at airport, hehe. Suprisingly it's ok to sleep. I slept infront of BMW display car & it was really comfy 😂

• Christchurch (2 nights)

- Night 2 - Kiwi House Hostel [20nzd/nite] (funny this hostel full with Japanese student, lol. It's bloody 2km away from the city because it was 8$ cheaper from the rest of hostel 😂 *yes I walked back & forth to the city with my 10kg backpack haha)

• Lake Tekapo (1 night)

- Lakefront Lodge [35nzd/nite] (not many options here, so slightly expensive, but oh my 1 of my fav backpackers place, it is right infront of the lake!)

• Mount Cook Village (3 nights) 

- Mt. Cook Lodge & Hostel [35nzd/nite] (I purpose splurge by staying longer here, since it's my final stops, I looove this lodge kitchen too 😍)

• Christchurch (1 night) 

- sleep at airport again, hehe, this time many people sleep at airport, I reward myself a cuppa chai latte before sleep 😴

• Auckland (1 night)

- Nomad Backpackers [18nzd/nite] (It's clean, due to miss communication during booking, they gave me free laundry, yay!)

As you can see, everything in South are slightly (or double) expensive, right? But it was worth the trip because the view was amazing, I think South is such a magical moment & sceneries to me :)

Oh my panjangnya ini entry, I need to make part 2 for the itinerary where did I go 🙊 Till then!

WIP 2017 trip

Haha I think orang gila jer plan pegi NZ sendiri 2 minggu sebelum flight, hahaha kamon Nash kalau Taiwan pun boleh plan 3 hari je, apalagi 2 minggu (terpaksa lah optimistik). Sebok bekerja , cari kerja dan raya-raya & tetiba tarikh last day keje kena extend pulak, jadinya masih bekerja sehari sebelum flight,uh. Kenapa pattern kehidupan I selalu begini ekk

This will be hadiah trip for my 30th year :-) Walaupun umur sudah agak lewat, tapi ni first time nak buat long trip roadtrip, tapi takpelah ikut phase sendiri. Plan 1st half trip punya costing ni pun dah buat kepala rasa adoidoi, my 2nd half trip tak tahu lah, mohon sempat & cukup budget. It's not easy to travel cheap okay, but somehow I enjoying the process :-)

First half 2017

Hahaha

Aku rasa lepas ni aku update blog ni setahun 2 kali je kot , lol

Bencilah... I suppose to update my online portfolio (like foreverrr) but I decided to procrastinate that & type this blog instead~~~

Bestnya tido~ haha

Kenapa hidup ini penuh dengan asyik menunggu, I hate

Pastu tak habis-habis tengok bebola pelangi dekat screen berpusing-pusing, kat office ke, kat rumah ke, sama~


Anyway just wanted to keep in note my trip for this 1st half year;

• Jan (CNY) Singapore by train

• Feb (24th) Taiwan (Taipei & Hualien)

• May (14th) Gemas & Melaka (hahaha ni pegi kenduri je, sajalah masukkan cv #mudahterhibur)

• May (18th) Terengganu (Pulau Kapas & Kuala Terengganu) *my last trip to Terengganu was 7 years ago, wow just imagine

*emmm tak boleh upload gambar dari laptop ni boring lahhh my laptop is a vegetable hahah


Wow what happen on March & April? time flies so fast, maybe was so busy working (& snoozing) hahah. But yeah theres this 1 period office work macam orang gila for 2 months.

And something new this year, I am so glad, Ayah finally macam ok I go travel alone, for my Taiwan trip, it was the smoothest & hustle free trip I ever had :-) *before this I have to figure out how to find travel buddy & in same time need my me time when traveling, for this trip I don't really have to worry & it's all good :))

Major trip coming this August, looking forward! but gotta make sure am looking for job first hahaha #contradictingnash

I wish process of finding job is as easy as planning for traveling (which I don't do plan anymore, I just go! haha), renyah lah nak cv lah portfolio lah schedule time for interview lah, why don't a good agency just hired me, I'm a workaholic & a passionate designer, ok! pfftt~

Ok lah, till then, I pledge to only type out my trip after I completed my Portfolio & CV ;-) Boo~

Summaries 2016 Travel Trip

Selamat 2017! Plan travel tahun ni belum lagi, mood dan vision budget tu belum sampai lagi~ hehe

Ni sebenarnya sambungan cut & paste balik je dari post bulan 6 haritu. 

Summaries 2016 Travel Trip

Dalam kesibukan mencari rezeki dan menguruskan emosi dan kehidupan harian dan cubaan tidur yang cukup (lol);  berjaya jugaklah buat 7 trip dalam masa 12 bulan;

• Miri, Sarawak (New Year hol)

• Bangkok, Thailand (Chinese New Year hol)

• Perth, Australia (Labour Day hol)

• Baling, Kedah (a week after Raya)

• Kathmandu, Nepal (Merdeka hol)

• Cameron Highland, Perak (Deepavali but no PH lol)

• Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (Maulidul Rasul & Agong's Bday hol)

Wow nampaknya aku berjaya menggunakan cuti-cuti umum dengan bijak pada tahun 2016 ini, and of course everything done within allocated budget! On the bright side, I manage to grab good price flite tix or find other best alternative to travel in a cheap way. Yosh~! (except for Perth & KK flite tix, but still good price & I travel cheap hehe)

Ok tengok lah macam mana tahun ni, mohon diberi kesihatan, murah rezeki & travel lebih jauh lagi :-)


*Haha New Year eve kali ni dok rumah je 3 hari, boleh pulak demam 3rd day tu, padahal kalau turun naik kapal terbang terus pi keje elok jer..huhuhu maybe cannot stay home too long kot keke~ 

See! rajin kan aku masih datang kerja, padahal batuk tak berenti-renti ni, mujur keje tak banyak, aahh nak balik cepatt laa~

Mencari Kundasang - 5 days whole trip journey

#mencarikundasang

view I captured while did the loOong walking :)

Aku tak pasti trip ni sebenarnya 4 hari ke 5 hari ke atau 6 hari, hahaha!

To summarize the trip; I go to work, after work straight to airport, 5 days later I took eaaarly  flight back to KL & straight to office. hehe~

Penangan annual leave dah negative, so hanya bergantung pada cuti public holiday. Mujur ada long weekend; 2 public holiday (Maulidul Rasul & Bday Sultan Selangor), so dapatlah hadiahkan birthday trip kepada diri sendiri :-)

Tahun lepas sebenarnya aku bercita-cita untuk ke Sapporo region pulak for my 2016's birthday, tapi memandangkan currency yang amat dasyat (last time I went was times 3, now it's times 4! So I decided to choose Kota Kinabalu, Sabah as an alternatives, tempat lain pun mahal dah akhir-akhir tahun ni so kite cuti-cuti mesia sahaje pun oke :)

I decided to grab MAS flight ticket instead of AA, sebab timing-timing macam ni harganya lebih kurang jer, at least MAS dapat in flight entertainment & makan free, horey~!

Day 1 (9/12/16) Friday

• Finish work, walk to Paradigm to fetch 7.30 pm Aerobus to KLIA
• Arrive KLIA 9.15 (uhh I'm late, bad traffic on Friday)
• Flight depart to KK at 10.15 pm
• Arrive KK around 1 am, my friend pick me at airport, yay~!

*masa kat airport KLIA ada kejadian kelakar, aku punyalah panic terlambat sampai airport sebab jalan jem & I'm not familiar with KLIA airport, so tengah blur-blur tu terserempak dengan my Paktam, lalu paktam pun bantulah aku yang panic ni & tetibe dapat duit pocket hahaha lucky me that day.

Day 2 (10/12/16) Saturday

• Breakfast with Azri!
• Took public van to Kundasang & it's me time! =D (+- 2 hours & half journey)
• Reach Kundasang, check in to my Mt. Kinabalu Lodge
• Power nap (tak cukup tido malam tadi bersembang, uhh~)
• Evening walk try to check out Kinabalu Park (which was a stupid idea, on the way back it's already dark :O)
• Eat my vege dinner & sleep early :)

*staff at lodge not really helpful, they are nice people, but maybe diorang ni shy kot, semua soalan tanya mesti dijawab dengan jawapan yang flat dan negatif, hahah I hate this. But I loove this lodge ambiance, very into nature. At nite it full with beautiful moths!

*I met a lovely chinese family from Miri, Sarawak, they drive all the way to Kundasang & heading to KK. Bila diorang dengar aku nak pi Desa Dairy Farm, they share with me all their picture & share me tips what time I should start my trip :)

brunch in KK :)

Ambik van ni, head to Ranau

Dari jalan besar kena hike ke lodge, hahah with my bagpack haha~

Bunga Kecubung I saw like in Medan, Indonesia!

lopak ni lah punca kasut semua pejalan kaki basah!

My favorite hideout place, Aku syak, kucing tu lah tuan lodge ni sebenarnya, haha

disambut dengan baik... hehe

My vegetarian dinner (tapi ada telur) teringat Nepal ;)

Day 3 (11/12/16) Sunday

• From lodge walk to Kinabalu Park to check on public transportation (2km)
• Decided to walk to Kundasang city 9 km haha
• Decided to walk to Desa Dairy Farm, another 5 km
• Balik (another 5 km walk, phew) & ate my KFC kemenangannn wuhoo~
• Head back to lodge by bus (kena paw RM10, cry~)
• Chill at my lodge balcony
• Power nap, eat light dinner, pre packed & sleep around 1230 am

*I had 1 of the best walking experience trip today (24km!), Mount Kinabalu was so generous to me today, it shows up the whole day! how lucky am I today :D

*But I hate dogs along all the way, I mean I love dog, but all this 'jaga' dog so scary want to chase me away, I'm glad I carry my whistle all the time, just in case.

*I met a lovely malay family from KL! With 2 kids, they are very adventurous & happy go lucky family, the wife (Kak Ita? kot) is an interior designer, she shares about her work & travel experience, so best lah :D

*Oh I met Janny from Canada too, she's hiking Mount Kinabalu! I wish met her earlier, such fun girl to hang out with :)

view while walking

que untuk ice cream ni half an hour, really? I could walk another 2 km in half an hour

yeah, I walk, hahah

But amazing view all the way ;-)

Day 4 (12/12/16) Monday

• After breakfast check out from Kinabalu Mt. Lodge

• Share transport with my dorm mate Janny to Kinabalu Park (since I'm carrying my bagpack) 
• Did my 5 hours @ 3 trail trekking: Kiau View Trail > Timpohon Gate > Silau-Silau Trail
• hop on bus straight to KK (2 hours ride; RM20)
• realise it's not exactly in city, it's in Inanam, took public bus to KK (RM4)
• walk to my Referer Backpacker's place
• sleep early

*Before start trekking, went to HQ to ask around & map. 3 kali aku tanya orang HQ selamat ke trekking sorang-sorang kat sini? diorang semua kata ok je, lepas tu hahaha 1st time aku trek/hike no human in this forest! But with map in my hand & just slowly enjoy the forets, I did it! Gila jugak lah rasa tapi the key is niat & bersangka baik, Insyallah ok :) There are 10 trails to explore, I manage to do 3 :D 

*btw exit each trail to jalan tar, a lot's of car will pass by heading to Timpohon lookout point. Ada 1 abang ni masa kat atas dia tegur aku, "dari bawah kau jalan ye, haha kuat", aku pun jawablah "jalan pelan-pelan ok boleh" :) kekeke

*today Mount Kinabalu decided to hide from me..huhuhu dia merajuk aku tak betul-betul panjat dia kot (cost awak tu mahal sangattt) but it's ok, nanti kita jumpa lagi :)

*to take bus to KK from Kinabalu Park, just wait across the Park, bus/van will pass by every hour after 12 noon. If you don't know how, just ask, orang teksi Sabah ni semua sangat generous in helping you with transport information :D

*when I was waiting for the bus, I met a Japanese guy who speaks Sabahan, haha aku confuse jap nak bersembang dengan dia dalam bahasa ape

*when I was in Inanam, I was very blur because bus drop me in the middle of no where. So I decided makan first. Punya blur sampai taktau nak order makan, pakcik tu gelak tanya,"kau ni nak makan apa...?" haha. That kedai pekerja dia macam orang alim-alim, tapi sangat ramah & baik & tunjuk jalan how to take public bus to KK :) 

*interesting my dorm mate all 3 girls from China, they greet me "welcome to China" haha! friendly & nice, but a bit difficult to chat in english.

*I caught in another uncomfortable incident today, my backpackers place is great! but they have dog as a pet T_T aku takut lah dia jilat aku ke apee, so I decided to bersedih di atas katil (cannot enjoy my hostel lodge area) & tido awal. But next morning, pekerja lodge sediakan breakfast free untuk aku, so rasa sejuk sikit hati ni, hehe.

Breakfast in Kinabalu Lodge & YES I bring my favorite cereal from home! haha

melecet? don't care, keep on going

Kinabalu menyorok, hoho

hujan time balik, thanks to my windbreaker & the forest shades :)

My 2nd hostel, on a bright side, breakfast was simple but enough to makes me happy :-)

Day 5 (13/12/16) Tuesday

• Take my time & enjoy my free breakfast :-)
• Around 10 am walk to jetty, tapao some food for lunch
• Took boat +- 11 am ( 2 islands return tix ; RM 35)
• To Manukan Island (I practically just chill & just berangan here, haha)
• At 1 pm to Mamutik Island (I snorkle & then I sleep at the beach, lol)
• 4pm boat back to city
• Check in other hostel at Borneo Backpackers
• Seafood dinner with Aphik sampai kembung haha
• Did my last minute shopping 
• Kopi with Azri till 1 am hahaha (wei esok flite pagi la gilee)
• Back to my hostel, packing, I slept at hostel's hall hehe

*Island hopping was easy! I didn't plan to go for snorkling at all for this trip, I'm glad my friend suggested & guide me. BTW, I don't know how to swim, pat on my shoulder with help of the life jacket, I able to snorkle alone by myself (alah ada guard, so konfiden cikit,huhuhu) dalam jugak wo~

*Aphik was my long time friend since I was 15! I have not met him for the past 10 years, thanks to fb post update, few hours later we texted & he belanja me makan, kekeke

*I switch my hostel, this place's bed a bit old, but I lovee it~ so homely! & they have 1 friendly cat accompany me ;-) I wish I stayed here longer

Sleep on the sand? why not~

seafood timeee

kehidupan city kejap, hehe

My 3rd hostel! Jelmaan Lulu. Hall was so comfy for sleep!

Bawah hostel ada cafe/bar ni, tak sempat cuba, huhu

Day 6 (14/12/16) Wednesday

• 5.15 Azri pick me up (bertabahlah kawannn) & send me to airport, yay~
• arrive KLIA 9 am, light breakfast
• took Aerobus to Paradigm at 10 am
• 11 am reach Paradigm
• 11.30 am straight back to work, yipey~!

SUMMARIZE ITINERARY OF MY TRIP
1st Day - Hibernate (hehe)
2nd Day - Power Walk to Kundasang
3rd Day - Kinabalu Park Trekking
4th Day - Island hopping

I cover from the mountain area, to the island & to the city! Not bad for a Birthday trip for this year! Ini lah kelebihan berjalan solo, kau no plan & just go with the flow. Kalau sakit, kau yang cari penyakit tu, so nak marah sape pun tak boleh, melainkan maki diri-sendiri, kekeke. 

From mountain to the Sea~ gambar bawah lepak bersama Bossned hahahah

Kawan-kawan & orang local yang ramah, banyak guide & tolong. So do other travellers that I met; that Germany lady who hold my hands while crossing the streets, Janny who offer me to share her ride, strangers who chase out the dogs for me, just to name a few.

Bertabahlah Azri jadi mangsa melayan aduan domba aku selama di KK, haha kelakar pulak dah 3 tahun berturut-turut minggu birthday je jumpa Azri. Bak kate Azri, separuh kehidupan friendship (15 tahun, fuh) padahal orang Penang keje KK, tak penah pulak aku visit dia kat Penang. Bulan May haritu short course dekat Adelaide, konon aku nak ambik kesempatan melawat, tapi memandangkan tiket amatlah mahal, aku pun melencong arah ke Perth haritu, hehehe. Elok lah tu aku melawat Azri tahun ni, dah nak +-6 tahun kot dia keje sini, aku dok postpone dari 5 tahun yang lepas, so rasa ok 1 checklist dah settle yass! Haih mana lagi kawan-kawan lain yang merantau ni, nak ambik kesempatan travel sendiri plz, hehehe.

Beli ni je kbye~

So 2016 agak cemerlang, start my new year with Miri, Sarawak & end my year trip with Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, yayyy~! Till Then!