My Labuan & KK Story (day 1)

Finally, here comes my KK Story.

On someday in 2010, a group of 5 girls decided to go on a trip to Labuan and Sabah. Since we have a friend who studies in Labuan back then, we decided to pay her a visit at the so-claimed-pathetic-and-boring university. So we bought flight tickets from KL-Labuan, KK-Sandakan, Sandakan-KK, KK-KL at just RM45 including taxes. Anyway, the booking was made in Oct 2010 while we were expected to depart in May 2011.

After much anticipation, we ended up flying with just 2 members while others couldnt make it. One of them will be working as an intern in KK so she will only join us after work. Anyway, it's good that she's there in KK, because, we'll get free accommodation! Yeah!

Well, we got ourselves a morning flight to Labuan. Only one flight per day from KL-Labuan. Once the plane touches down, it'll take passengers from Labuan-KL right away. That happens everyday. So, we start off with McDonald's breakfast that morning. *Yawn*

 From the pitch dark sky, then dawn, then sunrise! We were there at LCCT. *Yawn* It was pretty awesome! Woohooo.

 Fly...let's fly with me...we witnessed it all from the cotton-candy-cloud view, to sea-view then landing! Woohoo. We flew more than 2 hours from KL-Labuan. We slept for 2 hours in the plane. Not comfortable but there aint anything else to do. :'(

We flew in AK5176! Thanks Captain!!

Due to the reason that the internship duration was forwarded, our friend in labuan has left her university to prepare herself in KK. So immediately after we touched down, we took a cab from the airport to the jetty terminal to catch the last ferry ticket to KK. Taxi fare from airport to terminal jetty was RM12.50. Last ferry to KK is at 1 pm daily. Ferry from Labuan to KK was RM34 each. Each ticket is registered with the passenger's name just like bus tickets in the TBS. ^^

The first thing to do in Labuan was to get duty-free products! Woohoo.
Where to get? According to my friend, the best will be the on opposite Terminal Jetty. From the terminal, look for Sykt Tai Seng, it's a corner shop; around 100m from the jetty and it is visible from the jetty. They sell liquor, cosmetics, cigar, fragrances and other duty free products.

We bought some liquor and chocolates. Please be reminded that duty free liquor permitted upon exit is only 1 litre. I am not a fan of strong liquor, so I bought 1 litre of Bailey's Irish Cream at RM55 and chocolates. 300g Daim was only RM13.50 (normal price is around 39.90-43.90).

 Hungry!!! Let's eat!
This is a very Sarawak dish. But was found in Labuan. I guess, good food is not limited by geographical borders. Haha. Anyway, it tasted awful.

 We were disappointed with the Laksa, but the Kolo Mee was much better.

3 hours later, we reached Jesselton Point, KK, Sabah. Woohoo? Not so soon. We were lost of direction, do not know where to go. Our friend who said will provide accommodation was occupied with her landlord problems.

We spent our time dealing with her landlord that day. Anyway, if you need cheap backpacker-style accommodation in KK town area, Lavender Lodge is a good choice.

We thought of renting a car to loaf around KK, but it is not advisable as the car rental expenses is not economical friendly. According to source, it costs RM100 a day for a kancil. O.o

end of day 1: miserable

for more of My Borneo Story: Labuan & KK (Day 1), KK (Day 2), KK (Day 3), Sandakan (Day 4)