Kota Kinabalu Day 3 | 12 February 2008

Day 3.. Lalalala, we were all pretty excited!!!
Our breakfast prepared by our cook, Marie and Jedidiah! Thanks to both of you....



We gathered at Kinabalu Park again to "check-in" our bags for the porters. It was not FOC, but RM8 for 1kg. They will help us to carry up and down, to and fro from Laban Rata. Some of our friends with strong solid muscles decided to carry their own bags.. check out their body after tat. Ehe..



We looked like ah ma and ah pek with tongkats. Haha.. Anyway, we will begin our climbing soon!



This rainy weather was so inconvenience for us to climb! Lolz, stop raining ler.. I don't wish to look like penguin during the whole trip.



We were all wet due to the rain and midst! And, we looked like half dead fish..



The beauty of the jungle....



Hungry Hungry.. biscuits to regain energy! Bottles of Livita and Red Bull for stamina! Thanks to the people who created this. Breathing and any further movement becomes increasingly difficult. This was torturing and yet we have to move on!



Ready to continue the journey??? Btw, the guy standing in the middle is our Chairman of this trip! He is Calvin Chong!



Finally, we reached Laban Rata bout 3pm, 6 hours of climbing under the rain. Laban Rata is approximately 3300m (10,800 ft). I had not got any beautiful pics along the journey due to the rain. :( I missed the surroundings that features a huge variety of flora, and is one of the world’s most important biological sites.

We had our lunch + early dinner at Laban Rata hut. It was approximately 12 degrees and real freaking cold. Not much appetite to eat as the tiredness is more than the hunger.



Look at the killing price at Laban Rata... I can easily get this Tiger biscuits for only RM1 at Jusco or Carefour! *faint*
The reason of killing prices is because since there are no roads, the supplies for the Laban Rata hut are carried by porters, who bring up to 30 kilograms of supplies on their backs.



Tired but still can smile.. haha.



Yea, he was one of the strong solid muscular guy that carried his own bag that weigh near 10kg up the mountain!



Yeah, this was the fried rice that worth RM15!!!!!!! Tasteless and .....





Mushroom soup that cost RM15 as well....



Finally our day 3 ended at this restaurant.
I was totally restless to take any more pics!