Kota Kinabalu Itinerary

Our Kota Kinabalu trip was an unplanned one. I was supposed to go to India a year back but was cancelled for several reasons. This is the result of the re-booked tickets. We booked the flight prior to me leaving for Australia last March 2011 and since this KK trip is still 8 months away, we just left it that way without planning anything.

A month before the trip, we started to panic. We didn't have anything prepared. I did my usual cramming and thank God, everything was alright. Hotels, tours and activities -- All set! I want to share with you guys our 6-day itinerary. 6 days might seem too long but we wanted to make this one a vacation rather than a tour.. there's a huge difference running around and enjoying the place leisurely.

Some facts about Kota Kinabalu or KK:
* Formerly known as Jesselton
* Capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia
* Also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah

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Tjapukai Aborginal, Woolworths and Taste of China | Cairns, Australia

After our Scenic Kuranda tour, we walked towards the Tjapukai grounds. It was a few minutes past 2 in the afternoon and we were early for their afternoon show that starts around 230.

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Cairns Australia: Australia's Boracay

Last day in Melbourne, on the way to the airport

We booked an evening flight from Melbourne to Cairns. As we set the car GPS to head to the airport, rain continuously poured in the Melbourne highway. We had to dropby the nearest gasoline station to fill up our tank as we would be returning it to Avis. They would be charging us the fuel needed to fill the tank + service charges and other stuff if we didn't fill up the tank.

Full Tank Please!

Tiger Airways Terminal

How to go to T4 - Tiger Airways Terminal in Melbourne

From the Tullamarine Freeway (main entrance to Melbourne Airport):

• Enter the airport precinct from Airport Drive (main entrance road to Melbourne Airport off Tullamarine Freeway).
• Turn left at Centre Road.
• 20 metres on, turn right into Depot Drive.
• Turn right onto Service Road.

Tiger Airways Terminal in Melbourne

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London Bridge / London Arch - Great Ocean Road Australia Attractions

Great Ocean Road in Victoria Australia is home to some of the most amazing natural landscapes. It's a place where you can experience God's creation. London Arch or London Bridge as some call it, is one of the many tourist attractions along the Great Ocean Road. This is also part of the Port Campbell National Park.

I'm sure you're familiar with the song/ nursery rhyme London Bridge is falling down.

London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.

Well, the London Bridge didn't actually fall but this London Bridge in Port Campbell (Great Ocean Road), Victoria Australia did fall! The whole coast is eroding about 2cm/year.

The arch was known as London Bridge because of its similarity to its namesake.

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Punthill the Stanton Serviced Apartment - Melbourne, Australia

From the Phillip Island Chocolate Factory, we went straight to our serviced apartment for our Melbourne overnight -- Punthill The Stanton along St. Kilda road in Victoria, Melbourne.

It was a long but fun 3 hour drive as we were playing the game '20 questions'. If our official game in our Bicol trip last year was Doodle Jump (iPhone game), '20 questions' would be the official game for this trip. The epic 'planner' was the hardest one to guess which was clocked at more than an hour before it was guessed, right before we reached St. Kilda road!

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