24/5/2015
Itinerary of today:
Breakfast @FongIp Cafe (馮業)
Gaya Street Sunday Market
Kota Kinabalu City Mosque
Desa Cattle Dairy Farm
Lunch @Restoran Babytea
Kinabalu Park
Dinner @Welcome Seafood Restaurant (大茄來海鮮餐廳)
Supper @Sin Kee(新記)
It was Sunday today meaning that Gaya Street Sunday Market was on selling wide variety of stuffs from fruits, breads, breakfast to cloths, souvenirs, pets and hand-made soaps. Having breakfast at FongIp Cafe next to the place we stayed, the market was just right behind us.
23/5/2015
Itinerary of today:
Breakfast @FongIp Cafe (馮業)
Jesselton Point
Sapi Island
Mamutik Island
Tea @Fook Yuen Cafe (富源)
Dinner @ Yu Kee (佑記)
Taste Better @Wisma Merdeka
Central Market
Supper @5 star Hainanese Chicken Rice and BBQ
Another day of breakfast in FongIp Cafe. This morning we tried English breakfast and noodles. Again, not bad but not surprising at all. Anyway, both of us were full with the free breakfast offered.
22/5/2015
Itinerary of today:
Breakfast @FongIp Cafe (馮業)
Gaya Street
Breakfast @Wiya Restaurant (味雅雞飯茶餐室)
Sabah Tourism Board
Jesselton Point
Lunch @A Lam Penang Mee restaurant (阿林檳城蝦麵)
Suria Sabah
Graffiti Pillars
Tea @Old Town White Coffee
Signal Hill
Dinner @Welcome Seafood Restaurant (大茄來海鮮餐廳)
Slept straight away the night before and didn't see much of the hotel. The entrance was actually very simply and a bit worn out like tenement building, but the location could say to be one of the best hotels in town.
21/5/2015
As mentioned before, this is kind of an ad hoc trip without planning. So didn't expect much and just read over some of the blogs for references. Our first priority buying a one-way ticket to Sabah was definitely Airasia, cheap yet didn't have the delay problem before.
Flight schedule: (Airasia: HKD458/ person + Malaysia Airlines: free)
1950- 2255 AK238 (Hong Kong to Kota Kinabalu)
1130- 1430 KA1348 (Kota Kinabalu to Hong Kong)
Itinerary of today:
Airport
Taxi to hotel
KK Suites Hotel
Finished work and rushed home to pack my baggage. (Yes! I can pack in half an hour!) Then took the airport bus and got all the way to the airport. Again, after getting the boarding passes, went to Page One to get the complimentary copy of magazines/ newspaper for free using the DBS credit card. This time we had an extra one in Relay for HKD1 using Standard Charter credit card.
Thanks to Expedia having such a wonderful tier of flight ticket promotion, making it possible for these Sabah and the coming London + Amsterdam trips in an extremely great price! The most exhilarating thing was that I didn't need to fly in a row, just made the Sabah one happened in May and the later in December! Come on! That's Christmas time and guess how much they cost in total? HKD4455 /person only with tax and baggage fee included!
2/8/2014
Itinerary of today:
Naiyang Beach Resort
Airport
Breakfast @Subway
Hong Kong
Couldn't said to be the last day as all we did was just woke up, packed and drove to the airport.
The last shot of our ride with driver Lawrence. The parked at the lot we got the car and dropped the key at the Avis counter as it was way too early.
1/8/2014
Itinerary of today:
Breakfast @Sala Phuket Resort and Spa
Tour @Anantara Resort
Villa
Naiyang Beach Resort
Tea @Bann Ra Tree
Phuket FantaSea Show
Decided to wake up naturally in this comfy villa instead. Headed to the restaurant to grab a late breakfast. We didn't have breakfast included in our list of hotels picked throughout our trip as we were expecting local food in Patong area except this one. There was really nothing more to say. The selection of food was incredible and the quality was outstanding. The service was impeccable. Having breakfast in a restaurant facing the beach is truly breathtaking in the morning.
31/7/2014
Itinerary of today:
Breakfast @Coffee Mania
Phuket Dog @Yoshitomo Nara
Patong Beach
Lunch @Banzaan Fresh Market
Big C
Sala Phuket Resort and Spa
Turtle Village
Dinner @The Coffee Club
Supper @Swensens
Woke up early in the morning and we were determined to have local food for breakfast. Drove around Patong area and bumped into this cozy restaurant. Changed our mind and ended up having a western styled breakfast instead. Ordered a set of chicken cheese sandwich (130 bahts) and a set of all day breakfast (190 bahts). Everything was just perfect especially with the freshly made orange juice.
30/7/2014
Itinerary of today:
Breakfast @Kota-Khao-Mun-Kai Restaurant
Phuket Trick-eye Museum
Dinner @Malin Plaza
Massage
Tiger Bar
Our target today was the Phuket Trick-eye Museum. Drove all the way to Kota-Khao-Mun-Kai Restaurant for 2 reasons: browsed on Internet and popped up a recommendation on Open-rice and it was quite close to the tourist spot that we were going to visit. A bit hard to find though. We asked a few locals for the restaurant location and finally there was one who was able to tell us where it was. Hainan chicken rice with iced milk tea only cost 70 bahts. Not very special as people mentioned as a hidden gem though.
