EDISI KINABALU 1 (before hiking)

at last, the 1 week program that had been planned was over.. duhh, i'm so sad..today is my 1st day working after the long break..it's not easy to get 5 day leave ok people ( but i manage to get over it)..wutever it is, memories in Kinabalu will always be with me..

the excited part is that, the MARC UTM team arrange everything just three months before the actual date..respect2..so lucky that not many people hiking up Kinabalu on Disember because of the rain season so they are able to book the transportation and accomodation..alhamdulillah..

we departed from KLIA to KK on 28/12 sharp on 9.15pm..it was my first experience on the flight.. jakun nye but able to act calm and cool...haha...the service from the MAS crew was tip top..we were served with i set of menu for dinner.. whether u want a chicken satay with nasi goreng or kari ikan with nasi kandar..of course i chose chiken satay..reach KK on 12 midnight..Fetch by UMS staff and we stay at UMS college that night..

really thanks to MARC UTM for inviting me to join the program..

the next day, around 11pm UMS bus already waiting at the front gate to bring us to Kinabalu Park. The journey took almost 2 hour. have to say, that the view along the jorney was spectacular..i only capture some photo coz i totally forgot to bring my baterry charger for my camera and handphones.. very clever!! so enough capturing photo.. i need to save the baterry for my pictures on top of Kinabalu..in case people dont believe i reach the summit, at least i have prove for that..

we reached kinabalu park and report ourselves there..most of the members, they brought 50L-60L haversack for this journey..are they sure want to bring this heavy stuff hiking up? hello this is Kinabalu, not an ordinary mountain for u to climb..after a little discussion, we agreed to bring only necessaries stuff to the top..only important stuff like toilettries, some cloth for bedtime at mesilau n laban rata, cloth for hiking up summit, hiking shoes, head lamps and some tit bits.. that's all..i packed everything in my other bag (the smaller one) and leave other things there..yeah, my bag become even more lighter..it will be easier for me during hiking tomorrow (easy??)..we'll see

at kinabalu park where u need to report urselve here, keep ur heavy bag here

as we decided to follow Mesilau route the next day, kami dibawa straight to Mesilau and stay there for a night. JOurney takes 30 minutes from timpohon gate..that night, makan besar was held until kami x larat nak makan lg..seems like everybody enjoys themselves so much due to untight schedule and aktiviti bebas..it was fun..really..

tips:

1. please dont forget to bring you camera charger or handphone charger for this trip..lucky, that FB already exist..so i just wait for others to upload their photos and tag my name..hehe

2. during your stuff transfer at timpohon, please make sure u bring all the important stuff, specially the raincoat, headlamp, windbreaker, snow cap for cold weather preparation at Laban Rata and summit..it's really cold ok..even mat saleh also cannot tahan the cold..

3. no need to bring too many food because u paid for everything to be served (i mean if u paid for the whole package at kinabalu park)...only bring some tit bits during ur hiking in case u feel hungry..and please dont forget water!!

wait for my next updates about our hiking..