Day 42 - Orangutan

MOGLEY - Meet Mogley. He is 7 years old. He lives @ Lok Kawi Wildlife Park in Sabah. He is currently eating his reward for entertaining all us tourists.

Apparently, Sabah, Borneo (where Kota Kinabalu is located) is "Orangutan Country", which explains all the orangutan stuffed toys and other orangutan-themed souvenir items. So naturally, we went to the zoo.

I took this photo during the "Wild Borneo" show at the zoo. It was fun, but too short, in my opinion. The orangutan was featured for maybe only 15 minutes and the rest of the animals featured were birds (and a snake, which I'm not too interested in). Still, I had a nice time at the zoo. I discovered recently that I like going to the zoo.

Day 41 - Purple at the Pond

This morning I took a walk around and the hotel and found this on the pond between the hotel building and the beach. I suppose I could've chosen my other shots of the hotel itself or more beach pictures as photo of they day, but I was quite happy to spot this perfectly bloomed flower.

Day 40 - Sunset on the Beach

Sometimes I think that there is no better view than a sunset on a beach.

And then I see a sunset somewhere else and think that that view's just as good. Well, wherever it is, sunsets are always beautiful.

I took this one near the Sunset Bar & Grill of Nexus Hotel, where we stayed at for our second night in Kota Kinabalu. The beach is awesome (6-miles!) and the resort is huge and amazing. I definitely wouldn't mind going back.

Day 39 - Sweetness Overload

My mom and I arrived at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia today for a 4-day vacation. My dad was supposed to come with us but he got sick. Actually, my mom is also sick, and I almost went alone, but luckily she felt better in the afternoon and was able to come.

We saw this store at the airport as soon as we cleared Immigration and got our baggage. It sold all sorts of sweets and teddy bears and fake flowers. I don't really know why a store like this is at an airport. Maybe it's for those impromptu airport chase scenes in romantic movies? Hmm... now there's an idea for a story, right there! :)

See my Multiply for more pictures re this trip: Kota Kinabalu 1