Beg or borrow an old bike inner tube and cut off a circle of rubber, these make excellent make shift sink plugs which always seem to be missing when you want to wash your socks. Irene
Kota Kinabalu
Known fondly as KK as by the locals, Kota Kinabalu is the capital city of the state of Sabah. This ethnically diverse city is set against a backdrop of lush green tropical hills and faces the luminescent emerald green waters of the South China Sea. KK is the gateway to Kinabalu National Park and Mt Kinabalu and the beach and diving resorts located to the north of the city.
When to go...
Sabah is a tropical country, it is either hot from March through to November or hot and humid late November through to early March, which is the wet season. Cities tend to have higher temperatures than the jungle and river communities as they tend to soak up the passive heat. Even if you are intending an adventure to up river communities, it is recommended that you book a hotel with air conditioning in the cities. It is commonly believed that in the wet season it rains constantly. This is not true, instead the humidity tends to build up during the day and late afternoon/early evening there is a cloud burst or a spectacular thunderstorm which cools everything down again. You have never seen rain until you see a Borneo rain.
Mt Kinabalu
If climbing Mt Kinabalu during the wet season you should remember the authorities may close the mountain in bad weather because of flash floods.
