We immediately liked KK. It's lively but not crowded. It was super easy to find vegetarian food. Were we wasting our time in the Philippines? We could have been hanging out here... apparently that was the idea of many fellow Chinese. Being the tail end of Chinese New Year, there were tons of Chinese tourists in town. Later I learned that there are direct flights between KK and several major cities in China.
There is actually little to interest a tourist in KK. Originally a fishing village, KK was first established by the British as the seat of what is Sabah today; then leveled by WWII and rebuilt on reclaimed land along the South China Sea. For some inexplicable reason we liked KK.
We arrived in KK right after sunset and immediately headed to the night market at the waterfront - lively - and ate some very tasty fried noodles.
Many eateries in KK!
The Clock Tower, Jesselton Hotel, and the Old Post Office (now the Tourist Office) are the sole remnants of the Colonial town. Due to post-WWII land reclamation, they are no longer on the waterfront.
Mural.
We walked up to the Signal Hill viewpoint.
That's our hotel room on the left.
We ate at Liew Chai Vegetarian twice; once for dinner, once for breakfast.
Our electric kettle died so we headed over to the mall to buy a new one.
At sunset, the waterfront was
We also ate at the CFC next door to our hotel. They served the best fried noodles so far on this trip. We also treated ourselves to some cold icy refreshments.
The Iceman.
There was a Lion Dance in progress across the street from our hotel as we were leaving to catch a shared taxi/van to Kundasang. Watch the video (2nd below) for some Lion Dance moves you've never seen before. Or click here.
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