Farm Visitor Number 1

Had our first visitor to our farm. A good friend in his early fifties. He is trying to escape the hustle and bustle of city life. Came with him wife, most probably trying to bring back some romance in their life. They were with us for 7 days.

We started off by acquiring a car. We called lots of the so called cheaper rental that offers low rental rates. All of them do not have an immediate car for us. Most of them are privateers and have only a single vehicle for rental. We finally found Kinabalu Car rental, spoke with Miss Tan, who offer us a good rental and even deliver the car to us. The car a Proton Saga 1,300 Auto is a sufficient performer, it even surprised me. The is very new and it sufficient to even traveled through the Kimanis bypass.

Once we took delivery of the car, and checked out of the hotel, we proceed to Signal Hill. This used to be an observatory point. It offers a magnificent view of Kota Kinabalu and it's surrounding. We can see the whole city and some adjacent island. There is also the Atkinson Clock Tower nearby.

 Second stop is the Jesselton Wharf. Kota Kinabalu was called Jesselton during the colonial days. This wharf was refurbished and is now called Jesselton Point. This is the wharf where you can take the ferries to the surrounding islands and even to Labuan. The islands attraction include Tunku Abdul Raham Park, Gaya Island, Sapi Island, Manukan Island, Suluk Island and Mamutik Island. This is the ticketing counter and on the walls there are the historical pictures of Jesselton. You can spend some time to look through the historical pictures.

This is where you board the ferries. Hives of activities during the morning and evening. During night time, the place is crowded by dinners or people out for a drink.
There is another famous island, made popular by the show, Survivor Island. It's called Pulau Tiga. You can go to this island by making your way to Kuala Penyuh, and take a ferry there.

We then proceed to visit a Durian farm in Mengbankut. It's a small town near Beaufort. The durians is bearing fruits and maybe 3 months latter we can come again for a durian feast. The durians are of the clone Red Prawn.

We stopped by a hanging bridge just for our guess to have a feel of crossing a hanging bridge. Crossing the hanging bridge is easy if you walk with the rhythm.

Our guest has has the opportunity of testing out various machinery and to live out his childhood again. We have ploughing machine, chainsaw, grass cutter and lots of hand tools. As usual all good things has to come to an end. It's time for our guest to go home after staying seven days with us. We all had a great time and off we send them to the Tung Mah Express bus station. Their flight home is in the late evening.