I had always wanted to go to Hong Kong for as long as I could remember. Having watched so many Hong Kong-produced movies since I was a kid, Hong Kong had entwined in my head as something of a fairy tale city, and a trip to it would definitely be a dream come true. My trip to Hong Kong was very much a last-minute plan. I was sitting in front of my PC while sipping over a hot self-brewed coffee…
Sukau had always been one of the places in Sabah that I had always wanted to go back to, probably because I had some of the fondest memories of it especially when I was still based in Sandakan about 15 years ago. The idea of finally going back to Sukau came up to me in a flash while driving from Lahad Datu to Sandakan, thinking that I had at least a couple of spare days that I could spend somewhere…
I had always wanted to visit the Borobudur temple. I remember reading about it from somewhere, probably an in-flight magazine or a text book from my school years, and I remember how I got awed by the picture of mysterious stupas that sit timelessly atop a complex structure. It was exactly the reason why I flew into Jogja for. So after spending half a day wandering off the temple complex of Prambanan, I returned to the hotel to pack up…