Date: 1 July,
2013 (Monday)
Sabah Museum
Sabah Museum is located at Bukit Istana Lama. Walking from the lodge took us
30mins. The complex contains the main museum, gardens, a zoo, a 2-phased heritage village and the
Islamic Civilization Museum. Entrance fee is RM2 for adult and free for
students (with uniforms or student ID).
The main building also houses the Art
Gallery and the building itself is located on top of the hill. So u need to
walk to get to other exhibition center. For us, we went to the (outside) café first
due to thirst and saw the cultural village next to it. Turned out, this was the
1st phase on the village. The place was run down and no one was around
for a tour or any briefing. The traditional houses were built by its native and
u can wonder around in and out the area but honestly, it’s pretty creepy for us
to go in. it was dark and abandoned.
After that, we walked back to the main
building. Once u stepped in, ure welcomed by the huge skeletons of a whale.
This largest Bryde Whale ever found in Asia beached itself near the shallow
water of Gaya Island back in December 2006. No photos here as photography is
not allowed in the main building.
Once we’re done with our stroll in the
museum, we walked down the hill towards the Islamic Civilization Museum. It’s
pretty close, just a 5mins walk. In the museum, there are a lot of artifacts and
replicas of the swords during the Prophet’s time. Again, no photographing allowed.
Last stop before going back is the 2nd
phase of the cultural village. We were hoping that the 2nd village will
be more maintained but boy, we’re wrong. Well, the houses are newer but it is as
empty as the 1st village. What a disappointment. Well, I guess it’ll
be livelier during school holidays where more people will flock in to the
museum complex.
Among all, I think a visit in the main
building was the best.
We left the museum complex around 4.00pm (can't believe we spent more than 2 hours there!). The walk back to the Lodge felt faster this time. picked up our bags and headed to the airport at 5.00pm. Note: Please expect VERY EXPENSIVE taxi ride if u ask the reception to call. We paid RM30!! I bet u can get cheaper rate if u stop the taxi ur self outside.
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By the time we reached the airport, the check in counters were packed. Typical of AirAsia, there is no designated counters for specific destination. Everybody queue to the same counter. What's worst is that in our line, few groups faced excess baggage problem. Come on people, don't pack 2 big bags to check in if ure travelling with 5 adults and expect it'll be under 25kg! Don't be a cheapskate and cause problem to others!!! It took us 1 hour to drop our bags.
Had our expensive @ airport dinner and went in. Faced my 1st time flight delay with Airasia (from 8.10pm to 8.45pm) and safely reached LCCT at 11.15pm.
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