Midnight bus trip from KK to Sandakan

VVIP seat of mine (Sunday bus trip went back to KK)

I recently went back to Sandakan last weekend (as you can read on my newly previous entry about how I finished the handmade bag for my contest's prize). I took the late bus trip on 8pm last Friday right after my office hour which I got a product training that day.

A cool product training day last Friday

The night trip was okay on the beginning. But as we reached the hill road after Tamparuli, the bus stopped right in the middle of the gloomy road of the forest! Seems like no one there except cars droves by. That was about 9.30pm something. We stopped there for almost 30mins for nothing. It's just we heard a tire explosion but non of ours. Then the air-cond of the bus went warmer and warmer.

Maybe because the place aren't safe enough for us to stop there, so the driver decided to continue more further until nowhere. I tell you what, I was extremely exhausted after took the tahan mabuk pills. I woke few times when I felt uncomfortable with my seat. Lenguh punggung. The guy sat next to me also moved a lot maybe because of the same problem. Geez!

Took this on my trip back to KK from Sandakan on that Sunday early morning.

Then, suddenly the bus stop again after few moments I've lost the track (slept). We was at somewhere around Ranau area whereby I saw a roof of a closed restaurant. I can't barely move my head and not even my eyes to look around. They switched off the air-cond few times but I still can snore peacefully.

My slept was totally warm and nice that night right until the guy next to me shook my shoulder and said; "Ui, bangun! Tukar bas kita! (Hey, wake up! We're gonna change bus)" then I was 50% awake and grabbed my stuffs and walked like zombie to the exchanged bus.

The Nowhere forest. Took on the Sunday early morning trip.

I looked at the watch, it was about 11.40pm and we were still in a middle of Ranau forest?! Slowly, my head began to woke up to 70% and start replying mom and his messages. Four hours and half has gone and we're still nowhere?! KK to Sandakan only took about 6 hours! Hm...

So, we're already in the exchanged bus and patiently continue our journey and I also continue my sleep. We reached Sandakan sharp 5.07am and I reached home 30 minutes after.

Phew!

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Midnight bus trip from KK to Sandakan

VVIP seat of mine (Sunday bus trip went back to KK)

I recently went back to Sandakan last weekend (as you can read on my newly previous entry about how I finished the handmade bag for my contest's prize). I took the late bus trip on 8pm last Friday right after my office hour which I got a product training that day.

A cool product training day last Friday

The night trip was okay on the beginning. But as we reached the hill road after Tamparuli, the bus stopped right in the middle of the gloomy road of the forest! Seems like no one there except cars droves by. That was about 9.30pm something. We stopped there for almost 30mins for nothing. It's just we heard a tire explosion but non of ours. Then the air-cond of the bus went warmer and warmer.

Maybe because the place aren't safe enough for us to stop there, so the driver decided to continue more further until nowhere. I tell you what, I was extremely exhausted after took the tahan mabuk pills. I woke few times when I felt uncomfortable with my seat. Lenguh punggung. The guy sat next to me also moved a lot maybe because of the same problem. Geez!

Took this on my trip back to KK from Sandakan on that Sunday early morning.

Then, suddenly the bus stop again after few moments I've lost the track (slept). We was at somewhere around Ranau area whereby I saw a roof of a closed restaurant. I can't barely move my head and not even my eyes to look around. They switched off the air-cond few times but I still can snore peacefully.

My slept was totally warm and nice that night right until the guy next to me shook my shoulder and said; "Ui, bangun! Tukar bas kita! (Hey, wake up! We're gonna change bus)" then I was 50% awake and grabbed my stuffs and walked like zombie to the exchanged bus.

The Nowhere forest. Took on the Sunday early morning trip.

I looked at the watch, it was about 11.40pm and we were still in a middle of Ranau forest?! Slowly, my head began to woke up to 70% and start replying mom and his messages. Four hours and half has gone and we're still nowhere?! KK to Sandakan only took about 6 hours! Hm...

So, we're already in the exchanged bus and patiently continue our journey and I also continue my sleep. We reached Sandakan sharp 5.07am and I reached home 30 minutes after.

Phew!

Click to join my contest!

SAVE our Heritage

Tomorrow with be the judge for this last heritage of Kota Kinabalu city. Please pray that we will win to save this heritage.

Read the whole story here.

So if you are free tomorrow morning at 8.30am, please come and support the judicial review at the Kota Kinabalu High Court, next to DBKK...it's the white building with bunga manggar outside its black metal fence. - Richard Nelson Sokial The Sabah Architectural Heritage Blog

All images are sourced from here

 Why does people these days so greedy? Don't they know how to appreciate things of good old days?

Ps: Dear WSB, if you free tomorrow please join the objection and fight them! I can't join because I'm working tomorrow. 

SAVE our Heritage

Tomorrow with be the judge for this last heritage of Kota Kinabalu city. Please pray that we will win to save this heritage.

Read the whole story here.

So if you are free tomorrow morning at 8.30am, please come and support the judicial review at the Kota Kinabalu High Court, next to DBKK...it's the white building with bunga manggar outside its black metal fence. - Richard Nelson Sokial The Sabah Architectural Heritage Blog

All images are sourced from here

 Why does people these days so greedy? Don't they know how to appreciate things of good old days?

Ps: Dear WSB, if you free tomorrow please join the objection and fight them! I can't join because I'm working tomorrow. 

Sandakan - Ranau Road

Caution! This entry contain lot of photos.

Sandakan-Ranau POW Route and still in use for POW tourists

River along the way

Another POW Route point

A small busy road connecting two big cities of West and East Sabah

Kundasang Village of Farmers and vegetables

Beautiful sceneries of Kundasang Village

Small village street art

Clouds among their houses

Fogs along the way

Sinalau Bakas - BBQ Boar. Local meals

Mt. Kinabalu from the far view

The mount getting nearer

The Mt. Kinabalu just at the end of the road?

White line of the Mt. Kinabalu waterfall

Can you see the waterfall clearly?

The waterfall from the far view

Small town of Kundasang Village. One of the best tourist attraction but still under progress. Heavy machines all around the way.

Click this map and see where we are

These photos took by my sister, Tasha while I already fell asleep along our journey with the bus. We was on our way back to Sandakan from Kota Kinabalu city whereby we passed by the Kundasang Village of the Mount Kinabalu.

This is the very main road in Sabah connecting people from west and east of Sabah also the route of Sandakan Ranau POW death marches 50 years ago (but of course they didn't use the main road but use the jungle tracks).

I love Sabah!

Ps: POW - Prisoner of War during the Japanese attack.

Sandakan - Ranau Road

Caution! This entry contain lot of photos.

Sandakan-Ranau POW Route and still in use for POW tourists

River along the way

Another POW Route point

A small busy road connecting two big cities of West and East Sabah

Kundasang Village of Farmers and vegetables

Beautiful sceneries of Kundasang Village

Small village street art

Clouds among their houses

Fogs along the way

Sinalau Bakas - BBQ Boar. Local meals

Mt. Kinabalu from the far view

The mount getting nearer

The Mt. Kinabalu just at the end of the road?

White line of the Mt. Kinabalu waterfall

Can you see the waterfall clearly?

The waterfall from the far view

Small town of Kundasang Village. One of the best tourist attraction but still under progress. Heavy machines all around the way.

Click this map and see where we are

These photos took by my sister, Tasha while I already fell asleep along our journey with the bus. We was on our way back to Sandakan from Kota Kinabalu city whereby we passed by the Kundasang Village of the Mount Kinabalu.

This is the very main road in Sabah connecting people from west and east of Sabah also the route of Sandakan Ranau POW death marches 50 years ago (but of course they didn't use the main road but use the jungle tracks).

I love Sabah!

Ps: POW - Prisoner of War during the Japanese attack.