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Kota Belud District Kota Belud is the hometown of the Bajau ‘cowboys’ who are Sabah’s very own horsemen. This Sabahan native group is famed for rearing and handling of horses. The quaint and lively little town affectionately addressed by the locals as KB is also home to Sabah’s most vibrant and illustrious weekly ‘tamu’ market. The word ‘tamu’ means “meeting place”; up to this day it is very much a place where traders from the surrounding areas come together both for trading purposes and to discuss the latest events.
Visitors of the Kota Belud district will find many of Sabah’s handicrafts here, muddled up with betel nut stalls, vegetables, dried and fresh fish, sarongs, pots and pans, and Taiwan-made electrical items.
How To go There The best day for a visit to the Kota Belud tamu is on Sunday. Kota Belud is only a little over an hour’s drive away from Kota Kinabalu. Visitors can either take a bus, rent a taxi, or rent a car/motorbike for a visit to Kota Belud.
Information regarding the public transportations to Kota Belud district is as follows:
Tamu Besar Kota Belud gives visitors the golden opportunity to immerse themselves in Kota Belud’s immensely diverse culture. Moreover, visitors should seize this grand occasion to stockpile on home wares and food produce as vendors, farmers, and fishermen will have their best merchandizes to offer here. The 2-day Tamu Besar Grand event showcases Sabah’s biggest open-air market as well as the unique customs and traditions of the Bajau community. Throughout this event, the native people will come out donning their respective traditional costumes.
The annual Tamu Besar is also the place to be if you want to witness the much-lauded West Coast Bajau horsemanship. Throughout this event, the younger generation of Bajau gentlemen will get in touch with their age-old heritage as horsemen of the east. There will also be a parade of ponies dressed in gorgeously ornate costumes as well as an exuberant display of riding skills by the Bajau horsemen.
Other than the usual trade activities, there are other interesting activities such as displays of farm produce and animals. Be sure to hone your haggling skills as a preparation to visit the Tamu Besar Kota Belud –you will need it!
22nd Mt. Kinabalu International Climbathon 2008
This event has made its reputation as "The World''s Toughest Mountain Race". A true challenge to the spirit of human endurance, this race involves running up and down Mt. Kinabalu (4095.2 m), where the total distance is 21km for all men, women and men categories. The average climber takes 2 days to climb the mountain but participants of the race can make it in less than 3 hours. The Climbathon is part of the Buff® Sky Runners® World Series circuit for the sixth consecutive year and is one of the two races in the circuit held outside Europe. Buff® Sky Runner® World Series is regulated and coordinated by the European-based Federation for Sport at Altitude (FSA).
Guide For Sarawak Tourist
What are the new on Borneo Tourism web log.There are guide here for tourist to know about Sarawak. Grab on for your information before visit to Sarawak Malaysia. Yeah it nice right.I'm in Borneo Tourism web log will try give the latest info and description of the place to visit. Here a few guide in adobe reader format for you to download.Just click to download it will open to new window to download.
Sarawak Within Paradise Brochure
Kuching Guide Booklet
Sarawak Malaysia's New Travel Frontier (Southern Region)
Hope this guide is useful for you to know about Sarawak.
City Mosque Kota Kinabalu It was Built on a 2.47 acres site at the Likas bay, the Kota Kinabalu City Mosque is exemplary of the Islamic contemporary architecture.The great view located near the sea, this majestic white mosque boasts similar features to the Nabawi Mosque in Medina. This floating mosque has a prayer hall which houses three madrasahs and accommodates from 9, 000 to 12, 000 people at a time. By far the largest mosque in Kota Kinabalu, the Kota Kinabalu City Mosque is even possibly the most beautiful one in Malaysia – the man-made lagoon which surrounds it gives a serenely gorgeous and dramatic look to the mosque on a full moon night.
The Kota Kinabalu City Mosque is open for public visits daily except Fridays from 8am to 5pm. There are no fees charged on visitors.
How to get there The Kota Kinabalu City Mosque is located about 3 kilometers from Kota Kinabalu City (10 - 15 minutes drive away).
Means of transportation and tariffs
a) Transportation = Bus ( No.5A, direction to UMS) Fare (one way)= RM1.50 per person Departure point = Bus station in front of Wawasan Plaza and Communicate with the bus driver or conductor for the drop off point. Return Point = From bus drop off point Remark = 6.30am - 8.00pm
b) Transportation = Taxi Fare (one way)= RM 12 -15 per taxi Departure point = Any Taxi
Atkinson Clock Tower Kota Kinabalu
One of the most enduring landmarks in Kota Kinabalu, it stands prominently on a bluff along Signal Hill Road adjacent to the old Police Station. Built in 1903, this all-wood, no-nails structure was built in memory of Francis George Atkinson - the popular first District Officer of Jesselton during the British North Borneo Chartered Company Administration, who had succumbed to a tropical disease at the young age of 28.
This Clock Tower has the distinction of being the oldest standing structure in the whole of Sabah that survived the destruction of Jesselton town during World War II. Till today, it still serves to keep the city's time.
The Atkinson Clock Tower is managed by the Sabah Museum under its Antiquity and History section.
How to go there?
You can stroll there or take any taxi. From the bottom of Signal Hill Road at Padang Merdeka, turn left to get to the clock site. Or view it from the city
What Is The Best Place In Kota Kinabalu?
Last Week I've received an email from visitor enquires for hints and guide for the place he would get into for 4 days in Sabah. Here I attached an email he mails to me. But regarding on his response mails he didn't remark the place he would tour because Sabah is a biggest city. Hi, since I open your blog travel, there are many things to discover sabah.I plan to visit Sabah by this month. If don’t mind could you help me or suggest which the best place to visit. For your info, I have 4 days to have my tour at sabah.Any tips that you can guide me where to go?
I’m gladsome from the visitor response on my web log. I've received a lot of responses from other regarding this. Well here I’m post one among of them. So the question where is the place? All right here I would listing the interesting place for you or other tourist who planning to travel just for a short day or more in Kota Kinabalu,Sabah
There are 34 interesting place for your tour in Kota Kinabalu,Sabah
Atkinson Clock Tower City Mosque Cres Moment Double Six Monument Gaya Street (Sunday Market) Handicraft Market Jari Jari Body & Mind Relaxation Ka'andaman Traditional Healing Garden Kota Kinabalu Esplanade Kota Kinabalu Wetland Centre Layang-Layang Island Lok Kawi Wildlife Park Menara Tun Mustapha (Sabah Foundation Building) Monsopiad Cultural Village Nexus Golf Resort Karambunai North Borneo Railway Orchid de Villa Petagas War Memorial Puh Toh Tze Temple Sabah Golf & Country Club Sabah State Mosque Sabah State Museum & Heritage Village Sabah State Railway Sightseeing in Kota Kinabalu Signal Hill Observatory Platform St. Michael Church Penampang Sutera Harbour Golf & Country Club Tamu Penampang Tanjung Aru Beach The Coffee Experience Tour at Cap Kuda Coffee Factory The Waterfront Tun Mustapha Gallery Tunku Abdul Rahman Park Water World Theme Park
American Tourists Robbed Cashier Supermarket
Two foreigners, said to be Americans, allegedly stole money from a 22-year-old cashier at a supermarket in Tabuan Jaya,Kuching Sarawak. In the 7.15pm Saturday incident, the victim (cashier) claimed that a white male and female approached her at the counter, telling her that they wanted to exchange their currency for bigger ringgit notes.They said they were curious about the look of the highest denomination of the ringgit.
The cashier said she politely declined to accede to their request, telling them that it was against the rules and regulations of her job to exchange money with customers.The ‘tourists’ however insisted on just having a ‘peek’ at the money.Tired of their insistence and thinking that if she just accommodated them a bit they would go away, the cashier said she opened the cash box and showed it to the couple.The female foreigner grabbed a RM50 note and acted like she was really looking at it.
They then asked to have a look at other notes but the cashier, this time, refused to let them.The ‘tourists’ then pretended to talk to each other, diverting the cashier’s attention.When she ‘came to’, she realised that the tourists have gone and so too were more than RM1,000 from the cash box.The horrified cashier lodged a report at Simpang Tiga police station at 10.30am. The police are investigating.
Located 300 kilometres off the northeast coast of Sabah, Layang Layang is a 14 sq km atoll rising 2,000 metres from the depths of the South China Sea. Its coral reefs are home to a variety of marine inhabitants, from pelagic life such as schooling hammerheads, barracuda and fusiliers to tiny critters such as nudibranchs, flatworms and crustaceans. Layang Layang is an ideal location for a photo shootout contest.
Prizes over 30,000.00 USD are waiting for you
Participants stand a chance to win more than US$30,000 prizes from world class sponsors such as Nikon, Nautica and Oceanic, as well as dive trips to exotic locations. Plus you'll get a chance to meet and chat with world-renowned underwater photographers and competition judges Settimio Ciprianni, Stephen Wong, Kurt Svrcula and Rod Klein. These leading underwater photographers will also give tips on underwater photography throughout the event.
Winning pictures will be published in FiNS Magazine and the FiNS Online Blog. This is a great way for you to gain recognition in the underwater photography community. There are two categories of entry: wide and macro. Participants must have their own underwater digital cameras during the shootout.
There are limited spaces, so register soon! For more information email layang@pop.jaring.my and visit www.layanglayang.com
Get a sample of indigenous art at the Borneo Cultural Festival, which runs from 27th June to 5 July in the City Square Sibu, Sarawak. This signature annual event Sibu entry with a mixture of dance, songs, poems and dramas of different ethnic groups in Borneo.
