Gaya Street ~ Sunday Market

Don't know where to go on  Sunday? Why not go for a walk at the Gaya Street, Sunday Market. Maybe you will find something that might interests you

Gaya Street is located in the Kota Kinabalu Central business District has been the centre of business for over a hundred years.
 
Every Sunday morning, the length of Gaya Street is closed off to traffic to make way for the Fair. Shop for anything under shady trees and over-sized umbrellas, like batik sarongs, fruits and flowers, arts and craft, footwear, antiques and souvenirs, cakes, even pets and herbs!.

This is the best place to experience the cross-section of the local population when entire families enjoy a Sunday outing.

The Gaya Street Fair is on every Sunday from 6.30 am to 1.00 pm

KIpandi Butterfly Park

Q: Where can we find butterflies park?

A:  Kipandi Butterfly Park, also one at Poring Hotspring.

The Kipandi Butterfly Park is located at the Kg. Kipandi, Moyog about 36km from Kota Kinabalu city via Penampang-Tambunan road. They can easily reach from Kota Kinabalu by vehicle.  It’s  a great place to relax,  in the mountain air of the Crocker Range.

The Park surrounded by the hills of the Crocker Range and lies at 700m altitude and rich in entomofauna.   It’s a great place to do  photography these beautiful butterflies, native orchids, exotic flowering plants and the amazing insects collection especially the butterflies and beetles.  The Crocker Range is among the best insects diversity in Sabah.  Many rare and endemic species of butterflies and beetles which only can found in this range, especially the family of stag beetles(Lucanidae) like Cyclommatus chewi, Odontolabis katsurai and Odontolabis schenki among the rare and localized species it known only from the mountain forests surrounding Crocker Range and endemic of Sabah.  

Over 100 species of butterflies have been recorded in the park area and many butterflies come into the garden to suck nectar from many flowering shrubs, including the most rare and endemic mountains species butterflies family of Papilionidae especially Graphium procles, Graphium stratiotes and Troides andromache (Borneo Birdwing).

The Entrance

at the mini gallery

many collection of butterflies at the gallery

caterpilar

like batik butterfly, beautiful

beautiful

the dot dot butterfly, as I called it

beautiful orchid

rare species of orchid

lovely, ain't they?

 

One of the many Pitcher plant you can find there

Misai kucing flower

they have cafe too

Opening hours signage

Mari Mari Cultural Village

Mari Mari Cultural Village is another tourist attraction in Sabah. It is located in Kiansom Inanam, a journey takes approximately 30 minutes from Kota Kinabalu.

As you traverse the village, you will find demonstration huts along the tribe houses in which daily activities of old times come into life. For example, the making of blowpipe, starting a fire (from bamboo tree- you will learn the steps of making fire without the help of a lighter), tattoo-making  and its symbolisms) and more!

By the end of your journey into the past, you have been given a setting for you to see, hear, taste and feel the uniqueness of what Sabah truly is. An unforgettable encounter of our Sabahan homeland.

As it was.....As it is.....

Upon your arrival to this village, before entering, you will be given a welcome ceremony. Visit each tribe's traditional house and  do some  in house activities and stopover at demo huts. Later, proceed to cultural performance. You may also leisure around  for photo taking.

Traditional and fusion cuisines will be served  for lunch/ high tea/ dinner before the end of the tour.

Please note * they provide three ( 3) daily scheduled arrivals; Morning, Afternoon & Evening.

The Mari Mari village

You have to go through this hanging bridge,

Registration area

little stream, cold water flow from Kiansom waterfall

demo cooking

wood storage

the staircase

demo of montoku making

one of the traditional house

longhouse of rungus ethnic

fire making

the bajau traditional house

trail to the village

the murut tradisional house

demo of tattoo making

murut dancers

Cultural show

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE

Updating you guys with pictures taken recently on 21 Jan 2012, our guests Mrs Christina Emery and family booked to Island Escapade tour.
It's a sunny day and water visibility is good too. Our guests enjoyed the tour very much.

This is at Mamutik Island.

Mr Emery & son

Mrs Christina & son

nice ya

the BBQ lunch, eat all you can!

signage for deep water

 Thank you Mrs Christina Emery & family for allowing us to take your pictures for our blog. Thank you for your patronage. Hope to see you again next time.

Also, thanking Tour guide, Edwin for the pictures.

PICTURES - KLIAS RIVER CRUISE

Just updating you guys with our pictures. They were taken last Wednesday, 18 Jan 2012 by our tour guide who was on tour that time.

Enjoyed!

Everyday, this tour never failed to accommodate many tourists in one departure

We are family

Wow! many boats - everyone stopping at the same area

Must have a lot of Proboscis Monkeys on that spot!

Buffet Malaysian dinner! Yummy  Yummy

Beautiful river, it seem calm, but remember, a croc is always down there