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  1. A Day of Firsts – Arriving in Kota Kinabalu

    Blog: Flying Coach - 14 July 2011

    Drugs are bad, mmkay? In Malaysia, drugs are really bad. Possession of illegal drugs can get you executed. I wondered why the Malaysians are so against drugs, but having been here for a bit, I quickly figured it out. It seems that whoever created the traffic patterns and road layout here in Kota Kinabalu was [...]

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  2. Photo of the Week: Sunrise from Mt Kinabalu, Borneo

    Blog: The Travel Project - 24 April 2011

    Amazing images from the summit of My Kinabalu during the sunrise in Borneo

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  3. Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

    Blog: velvet escape's blog - 9 June 2010

    The floating villages of Gaya Island, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Read the accompanying post: ‘Plane Views: Kota Kinabalu‘ See other Velvet moments: Zanzibar, Tanzania Lago Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile Pompeii, Italy Bora Bora, French Polynesia Serengeti, Tanzania Sacred Water Temple, Bali, Indonesia Masaai Mara, Kenya Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina Valle de la Luna, Chile Positano, Italy [...]

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  4. Mamutik Island

    Blog: Hi and Thank You - 8 April 2010

    We arrived in Kota Kinabalu from the jungle, and had just two things on our mind; laundry, and beach. Before our arrival a nice gentlemen from Holland had mentioned a few islands were very near KK, the largest city in Borneo. In fact, he said a little Island named Mamutik was just a twenty minute [...]

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  5. Plane views: Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

    Blog: velvet escape's blog - 6 April 2010

    Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain between the Himalayas and the Snow Mountains of Papua. This granite massif rises majestically to a height of 4,092m or 13,435ft in the Malaysian state of Sabah, at the northern tip of the island of Borneo. Mt. Kinabalu is a local icon and revered by the indigenous people who [...]

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  6. Great Things to do in Malaysian Borneo

    Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 4 June 2009

    The Legendary Rainforests of Borneo bring to mind images of towering trees, abundant wildlife, raging rivers and memories of the days of the Headhunter, when tribes lived off of the land and had an intimate relationship with nature.

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  7. Malaysia trip

    Blog: Jo Hetland - 19 October 2007

    2 weeks away

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