CNY Break

Had a great 1 week back at home in KK. Nothing much mainly resting, eating and playing cards with family.....hhmmmm. After being "away" since 1992 I kinda feel like a tourist back in my hometown.

There are a couple of new things at home.....there is Warisan Square which is kinda nice with all the branded shops, 2 hotels (Radisson and Mercure no less) and some other smaller shops...having said that it is still like 50% empty, so in time to come should be quite a nice shopping place and it is just across the road from Center Point.

Jesselton Point.....this is the new attraction (to me at least) by the port/jetty where you hop-on to a speed boat to get to the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park...i.e. the islands about 10 to 20 minutes away. There are restaurants and stalls along the jetty/port and also a futsal stadium there. Quite a nice place I must say.....nice benches facing the sea, a nice jetty to stroll along and enuff lights to keep the anti-khalwat squad out of action.

Atmosphere.....this is the name of the revolving restaurant on the 18th Floor of the Menara Tun Mustapha (previously known as Yayasan Sabah building) the glass column which you won't miss when you go to Sabah. High class contemporarily-decorated restaurant....the price also 5 star restaurant price but quite nice (but didn't have a chance to eat there yet). They also offer yacht and helicopter option to whisk you from downtown jetty to the restaurant. oooohhhh so James Bondyyyyy.

KK Adventure park.....according to the brochure is a 1st of its kind in Sabah. You get some high ropes, flying fox, low ropes, dirt bike and dirt buggie track, reverse bungy etc etc activities along a nice beach.

For those who prefers DIY accommodation aka short term rental while in KK can contact my mom. She is retired and is currently running some short term rental thingy with 3 locations to choose:-

Grace Ville, Sutera Harbour - right opposite Sutera Harbour Resort. It is a duplex condominium, fully furnished, 3 bedrooms with ASTRO minus room service etc etc. Charges around RM300-plus per night depending on number of pax. (Actually don't know the exact price but think is about that) Call if yo need to rent (Cecilia - 012-833 5505).

Marina Court - right next to Center Point and Api-Api Center and next to the sea....right smack downtown....you won't get any closer to town than this.... :) also fully furnished, 2 or 3 bedrooms with ASTRO.

Melinsung Summer Bay - about 45 mins drive from city center. A quiet "holiday resort" ("Holiday Resort" b'cos it is basically a lot of apartments along a nice stretch of beach......fine sand and clean beach.....almost empty except for occupants of the apartments and they aren't that many.....really) with a nice beach, quiet surrounding, public transport available but kinda quiet at night and not much happening activity at night. You will need a car to go to the nearest "nice restaurants". 7-Eleven and some shops are available just outside the entrance to the resort. Fully furnished but no ASTRO.

So there you have it......a chipmunk revisiting his hometown......and for the 1st time the trip to and fro on AirAsia is on time, smooth and pleasant. Except they couldn't careless if we got wet or not......there were no umbrellas when we arrived back in KL and it started to drizzle......but hey KK has a new airport......LCCT Airport to be exact.......well a small little wow slipped my mouth when I arrived....pretty impressive and I hope it is of better quality then Langkawi Airport (I think the same guy built them)???