Kota Kinabalu

July 21 12:44pm
Hi Everyone,
"I loved the diversity of the city and the huge wet market." That's how our friend Jamie Fritsch described the center of Kota Kinabalu. It's true. You feel like you are in China and India at the same time. The women in their saris are just so colorful. I'll try to get some photos of them. But here are just a few photos to get you oriented to Kota Kinabalu. We have lots of boat work to do and the best "natural attractions" are inland, so I think we might miss them. The mall has Starbucks and Body Shop but the upscale shops of Hong Kong or Makati. Our friends Bob and Audrey, from Subic Bay, are here for a too short long weekend. They went off with Randal to do boat stuff today. I just don't feel great enough. So I'm having a quiet day catching up on some email and watching the Sox lose their 3rd game to LA.

We will probably be here for another 2 weeks. Of course that's what we said about Subic. But we have to be done to make it to Indonesia to meet the Indonesia Rally in the beginning of September. Randal and Bob were looking at possible routes this morning. Bob and Audrey have their own growing business in Subic so just hanging out here is a relaxing vacation for them.

http://www.sabahtourism.com/en/home/ is a site for Sabah which is the specific area of East Malaysia where we are now. Malaysia is two islands in the South China Sea. East Malaysia is on the north tip of Borneo.

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