Today’s Photograph : Sword Fish Monument, Kota Kinabalu

Sword Fish Monument at Segama Waterfront, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah mamadou

One Day In Kota Kinabalu

One day in early July 2009, I travelled again to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.  Arrived late afternoon.  After check-in, I saw a beautiful scenery from hotel’s window over looking Pulau Gaya.  The photographs of the scene at dusk and next morning. Happy Eid Fitri 1430Hijriyah mamadou 

Monument Double Six, Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu

In the tragedy which occurs at 3:50pm, Jun 6, 1976, Sabah Air aircraft, Nomad, an Australia made aircraft was fell into the sea on the beach of Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu, and claimed the life of Sabah’s first and fifth Chief Minister Tun Muhammad Fuad Donald Stephens.

Stephens was buried at the Warrior Mausoleum in The State Mosque of Sabah. Stephens was the first Chief Minister and Yang Dipertua Negeri of Sabah buried in the Mosque’s Warrior Mausoleum.

In 1976, Chief Minister of Sabah, Harris Salleh has directed the erection of Monument Double Six at the crashed site.

Monument Double Six located at Sembulan, approximately 10 minutes from Kota Kinabalu city.

Merotai’s Special Bone Soup

Merotai is another settlement and about 30km away from Tawau. Merotai is in Kalabakan district. Economic activites in Merotai are basically agriculture and timber products. Along the way from Tawau to Merotai, you can see thousand hectares of oil palm estates. But towards more inland, there are timber products related industries
The highlight of the visit was to sample ‘special soup’ of Merotai. My friend insisted that I must have a try, if not my visit will meaningless. It is beef’s bone soup.