- There are no bars at the airport in fact there doesn’t seem to be anywhere to get a drink at all. At this stage I’ve been in three airports – Kuala Lumpar, Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan and not a drink to be had.
- Most toilets have signs on the door of the stall to tell you if it’s a seat or a squat.
- Sabah has a population of approximately 3.5 million, most of it is Rainforest and jungle.
- Borneo is home to the smallest elephant, the smallest bear and the biggest tropical tree.
- Malaysia is officially an Islamic country.
- Japan controlled Malaysia (or at least this part of it) during WWII which wasn’t a good time for the locals, then the British took over. They achieved independence in 1963.
- The school day in Sabah is either a morning session which starts around 7am and finishes around 1pm or the afternoon session which starts around 12 and finishes at 6pm. Education is free since just recently and all kids must go to school.
- There’s an O’Briens Irish sandwich bar in Kota Kinabalu airport (fairly small airport) and I saw another in KL.
- UK plugs work here
- There are cycle lanes painted in blue all over the city (KL) but I only saw one person cycling. Mostly motor bikes were using them.
- They’re big into their local fruits and there’s all sorts I’ve never seen before. For the first time I had yellow water melon – just like the regular red water melon but more flavor
- Durian is a popular fruit over here and you see it in the open air stalls along the road. Apparently it’s banned in lots of places including on trains and buses because it’s so smelly!
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