Day 236 (Wed 28 Feb) - Mount Kinabalu (Sabah, Borneo)

Up early and went to the Park HQ for breakfast.

Flaming expensive although we did have the luxury of eating it with Mount Kinabalu as a backdrop. Looked quite impressive.

At about 8.30am we headed off for a walk through the reserve as we had no intention of climbing the mountain.

Walked through beautiful forests stopping off at a couple of lookouts as we went. Quite cool under the trees although when we did hit a patch of sunlight it soon warmed us up.

At about 12ish we stopped off for a cup of tea and some food at a cafe. From there we headed off round the botanical gardens where we saw some amazing orchids one of which the Rothschild (apparently the most expensive) is so named after the banking family that donate money to protect it.

Walked on again on a new path that followed a little stream passing rockpools as we went. Jo was slightly ahead of Sarb and he shouted at her to stop moving as he'd seen something slither near her. We carefully approached the spot and saw a slim brown snake clinging to the side of some rocks. Quite a pretty creature although we refrained from giving it a pat on the head.

At about 5pm we headed back to the cafe that we had lunch at and sitting on the patio, surrounded by forests and the sunlight warming us, decided we'd have a spot of wine.

Sat drinking red marvelling at the beautiful clouds scudding overhead.

After some hours we wandered off, taking a piccy of the cloud covered mountain, via the Bayu cafe for a little drink before toddling off to our lodgings.