A holiday closer to home...

A trip to Kota Kinabalu this time. Below are the events in chronological order.


0700hrs: Reached Kuala Lurah, a long queue already.
0800hrs: Arrived at the Brunei checkpoint.
0810hrs: Passed Brunei checkpoint.
0820hrs: Passed both checkpoints.
0830hrs: Reached Limbang Town and exchange some cash to Malaysian Ringgit.
0930hrs: Reached Kastam Pandaruan, went inside a ferry to Temburong.
0940hrs: Reached Pos Kawalan Immigresen Puni (the old blue wooden building). Service here was a bit slow especially when registering the vehicles.
1010hrs: Arrived at Pos Kawalan Labu.
1015hrs: Reached Lawas, about to go to the Ferry, here the constructions was evident.
1023hrs: Entered the Trusan Lawas ferry. Scary experience since the ferry was rather small.
1035hrs: Stamped our passports at Pos Kawalan Lawas (alongside the shop).
1045hrs: Left Lawas after a short toilet break.
1102hrs: Reached Merapuk junction and passed Lawas town.
1127hrs: Another checkpoint, our last, border between Sarawak (Merapuk) and Sabah (Sindumin). We came to know Malaysian passports holders do not need to stamp their passports here, quite obviously since they are on the same country!
11.46hrs: Reached Pekan Sipitang. Stopped alongside the kedai and had our packed and home cooked lunch. Enjoyed our lunch and it didnt cost us a thing.
12.20hrs: Departed Sipitang with a full stomachs.
1300hrs: Arrived at Beufort, it was raining but no worries we had good wipers!
1344hrs: Reached Simpang Ke Pekan Papar.
1415hrs: It was now double lane road leading up to Kota Kinabalu.
1450hrs: Reached destination! We checked in at Le Meridien Kota Kinabalu.


Total mileage clocked on our car from home in Sengkurong: 310km.


Below some of the pictures taken along the way.

The long queue at 0700hrs. We didnt expect it would be this long considering it was still early December but what do we know!

We reached Immigresen at 0800hrs after queueing for one hour.


Reached Pandaruan Ferry in Limbang, waiting to board the ferry to bring us over to Temburong on the other side of the river.

Welcoming sign board at Temburong District.

Sipitang town where we had our lunch.

One of the roundabout at Beaufort.

Another road sign at Kinarut.

We almost reached Papar and Kota Kinabalu

The double lane round leading up to Kota Kinabalu. Look at the street lights.

We passed Kota Kinabalu International Airport.

Reached Kota Kinabalu. These buildings are the famous Marina Apartments where most Brunei stayed in Kota Kinabalu. Beside it was Promenade Hotel. Infront of it was the used to be the gerai which no longer there (been demolished!)

Reached destination, our Hotel Le Meridien.

More updates coming soon!