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We finally found a beach!! But we had to get a bus to this beach, anyway after the long walk across town we finally get to the bus station and begin the gruelling task of actually looking for the right bus amongst the millions of busses parked up, obviously we were the main attraction as we had a massive audience, I mean that is how it always is at the station right! Anyway after looking like two total idiots walking past the same people and obviously looking lost, we got some much needed help, and stood at the appropriate place. It was crazy as there was a million and one busses and we had no idea what we were doing, for all we knew the 'help' that was given would send us onto a bus and we would end up at the other side of the country, but that was not the case, we hopped on a mini bus that was not far from falling apart and we were off to the sea side, we were like two kids, so excited, when we got there it was like a bloody dream come true, and yes it was really beautiful, but it was dead, no one was around at all, so we had some very expensive lunch at the only restaurant open and then gingerly headed to the beach to get some rays. There was this tiny island in the middle of nowhere so we decided to swim to it, but when we were half way there we decided against it as the water got really dark and I got scared and we ran (well tried to anyway) back to shore. So off we went to find a spot to hide in the sun, ten minutes into frying ourselves, it was way too hot, so I went and joined Darren in the water, when I was ankle deep I noticed loads of jelly fish and of course I became a screaming child and was glued to the spot….so no bloody wonder no one was at the beach as one its so hot that within ten minutes I was already feeling too burnt, and then the sea is infested with scary jelly fish….we headed back home. As we were leaving though three other western girls were sun bathing and rubbing oil all over them….we saw them the next day walking around like three lobsters and looking very sorry for themselves! That will teach them.
Kota Kinabalu like I said before is the capitol of Sabah, and is so much more modern that the other cities we went to, thank god. We are actually really enjoying it here and the little guest house we staying in is lovely, minus the horrible Chinese man, he is just gross. The shopping is great and if I had the money I could go mad. I know I mention this allot but I don't care, we are so sick of not eating properly, it is so depressing and is the hardest thing about travelling, honestly when it comes time to eat, we both want to cry with frustration. The amount of money wasted on ordering food and having to leave it because it is foul is unreal. But the other day we found a restaurant and ordered some much needed food that came with fresh salad and gravy and so on, I tell u my first bite was heaven, I had tears of joy because it was so good and I honestly was so excited that I wanted to take pictures and start complementing the waitress, I held back though and tried to calm myself.
The Malaysians have a serious problem with spitting, they spit all over the place and everyone including woman and children do it, it is honestly the most disgusting thing I have ever seen, to the point where I want to throw up, there are even signs saying 'NO SPITTING', in a lift for gods sake, and one thing that will stick in my memory box forever is the stink of sewage everywhere we go and its not only in Malaysia its all over Asia, but please open drains for gods sake is just not the way forward, and they arent small either they are great big things that you have to walk over and not only that we then have to sit next to them while we eat our food! The other day I nearly fell in one and I was in such a panic because can you just imagine.
We have not done that much while here, but it is lovely walking along the sea front and the city watching the day to day lives of people. We have been to the cinema a few times and got lost in the huge shopping malls on more than one occasion and the one day we went to get our hair cut, they sat us down at the mirrors and asked if we wanted a wash, we did, so they proceeded to put the shampoo in our hair and squirt water on to lather it, all the while sitting in front of the mirror, it was very strange, anyway we hold back the giggles and tried to relax, the head massage was so beautiful though and we slowly started drifting off to sleep, until of course I though his fingers went through my skull, the guy was really going at it and even had his mouth screwed up through the sheer concentration. Darren looked like he was in no pain at all! Typical right. so after the 'wash' we went to take the shampoo off…going back to the mirror was worrying as he had turned my hair into a mass of bird nests…great, it took half an hour to brush it out and never mind the pain of pulling my hair in the process…luckily though I had a trim and it turned out ok. But I did walk around with a headache for a little while and had the image of a few fingers poking out my head.
I have to share this funny with you, we were in the queue for some drinks and popcorn at the cinema, in front of us were a group of boys who honestly thought they were so 'cool', one of them in particular made us laugh so hard because he thought he was the dogs gonads and his body language oozed attitude, his hair was all gelled up and he had some policeman ray bans on (indoors of course) and had the skinny jeans on that are pulled down to show his underwear right, but what made it beyond funny was the fact that he was not wearing boxers, oh no he was wearing y front briefs and you could see everything, it was so hilarious, honestly if he wasn't standing there thinking he was gods gift it probably would not have been funny but he was trying to be all gangster and then he shows his teeny tiny.
It has been lovely here in Malaysia and we will go home with some great experiences and memories but we are defiantly ready for the next leg of our adventure. We are heading to the Philippines and very much looking forward to meeting some family and of course I have been told that the smallest monkey in the world lives there so I am very excited, please don't blame me if one decides to hide out in my bag and I accidentally leave it there.
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