So, after talking abt the climbing trip for over a thousand times, finally my gang and I hv made it to the Kota Kinabalu on last Friday.

Well, en route to the Mesilau Resort where we're going to stay for a night, we saw that the sky is a bit cloudy when we started to enter the mountains area. When the weather start to get chilly, WL who is sitting besides the driver, ask us if the "thing" in front us is just cloud or smth else. We said that it's just cloud, but after the 2nd look ...... OMG ...... a GIANT mountain appears in front of us. The very 1st time, I saw the Mt Kinabalu with my own eyes. Even though we're only manage to get a glimpse of the peak (thanks to the thick clouds), but the impact is so huge . If really looks like a GIANT if to compare to the mountains that surrounded it.

I did a last minute packing, and end up forgetting to bring my jacket, raincoat, umbrella . The weather is chilly when we pull over at Kundasang Village, didn't expect it to be so ..... thought I might hv some sun bath there .

End up, it is just the beginning of the bad weather, which lasted till the day when we left.

The climbers hv to put on their jacket at the very 1st beginning of the Mesilau trail. The rains started, and no sign of getting any smaller ..... I wishes my gang the best of luck, and jump on to the van that drive me to the Kinabalu Park. I didn't spend much time there, as the wind is blowing strong and rains on and off, headed to my new stay after visiting the Kinabalu Conservation Centre and the Botanical Garden. Whole evening and night, strong wind blowing and rains on and off ..... worry abt my gang.

Mt Kinabalu elude from the climbers. Weather is too bad and the stream on the cliff prove to be life threatening to the climbers, the rangers just couldn't allow for the climb to the peak. And my fellow brave gang can only mark their steps until Laban Rata, merely 800m from the peak .

And I, wrap myself under the blanket for the good 24 hours, and finish off my books .... my whole memory abt the trip, is cold, cold, cold .

But I appreciate the experience. How nature show it's power . And we, the tiny creature can only pray and walk away quietly .

I'll see you again, Mt Kinabalu ..... hopefully the whole body of you next round .