It has been an interesting but exhausting day. Having made a posting on trip advisor to see what others could recommend as of interest in KK (kota kinabalu) I was out of the hostel at 6.45 and striding out towards the Mosque which is 3 miles away. This time of the morning is a joy in any country (providing the sun is out!) And more so here as you know that within 3 hours it will be very hot and very humid. However the consequence was that I was there by just before 8 and nothing was open but a least it gave me time to take photos without the cars obliterating the view. It was very disappointing ..having gazed in wonder at the mosques in Afghanistan ..Turkey .. Iran many years ago this structure is a "carbuncle" to say the least (IMHO!) However up the road was KK museum so after wondering around for an hour I retraced my footsteps and bought a ticket. The main building is quite ugly and you are not allowed to take photos so i walked down to the heritage village which was idyllic (in comparison to the modern equivalent I had passed 5 minutes previously ...see photo) but very well laid out and having seen the real thing when I was on my 1st workaway project a week ago it looked authentic) after an hour or so I went to have a look inside the main building but it was very dull and no mention made of the 'White Rajahs' which I had read about last week and can really recommend. For a quick glimpse at this fascinating but unknown (by me anyway) piece of British colonialism here hopefully is the link to Wikipedia .. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rajahs . ...i finally walked back to the hostel at 1 pm and it was very very hot!
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