It was a sad kind of day for me leaving Apo Island for Kota Kinabalu, but we know that we have to move on regardless!!! The new friends we made were all reluctant to see us leave and when we were checking out, it was so sweet of them to make up stories like there is a malfunction of the pumpboat engine and no transfer is available over to the mainland for another 2-3 days!!!
KK is just a quick stop over for us enroute to Mabul. HPR has a couple of special eating places he wanted to show off to me especially his stingray man. HPR loves Ikan Panggang - stingray fish marinated in a spicy paste wrapped in banana leaf and grilled over charcoal.... nom nom nom!!
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| Grilled Stingrays - nom nom nom |
When in KK we did a few errands and in our spare time, we walked till we dropped!!! The 2nd day we had a day trip over to Mamutik Island for some snorkelling. It was a fun day even though the underwater life was nothing short of fantastic. It makes you appreciate Apo more and at the same time, we are getting closer to Sipadan, so we know we will get our snorkelling fix there to make up for all the other so called crappy places.Managed to catch up with a very long time friend and wife who suggested we have crabs for dinner. HPR was not overly excited as he said eating crabs is crap - waste of time and not much meat and HPR was still hoping to have second round grilled stingrays.
When TCH picked us up, I mentioned we would rather have an assortment of local cuisine and mentioned stingrays and they took us to a foodcourt. Being locals in KK for more than 30 years now, it was one of the best eating spots which served at least 50 different kinds of local hawker food. We were in food paradise. I am glad to report that grilled stringrays were available here too and we ordered one to share amongst 3 of us and one solely for HPR himself!!! We over indulged ... but it was good food and worth all the uncomfortableness afterwards!!! lol
When TCH picked us up, I mentioned we would rather have an assortment of local cuisine and mentioned stingrays and they took us to a foodcourt. Being locals in KK for more than 30 years now, it was one of the best eating spots which served at least 50 different kinds of local hawker food. We were in food paradise. I am glad to report that grilled stringrays were available here too and we ordered one to share amongst 3 of us and one solely for HPR himself!!! We over indulged ... but it was good food and worth all the uncomfortableness afterwards!!! lol
For seafood lovers, KK has plenty to offer, fresh and prices are relatively cheap to compared to other parts of the world.
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| TCH and some of the local KK food |
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