Sup peeps!
You don't need to be a millionaire to throw a good anniversary for your partner. All you need is RM5000. Kiddingggg joke joke haha!
Jokes aside, proper planning and time is all you need. We've been together for 6 years now and I guess it is time to do something we don't usually do. Forget about fine dining in an expensive restaurant, candle light dinner (eating candles) or giving presents.
So, we've decided to celebrate our anniversary in a local resort known as Kasih Sayang Resort. Normally, we travel to nearby countries. This year, we're looking for a place far away from the city.
Just being away from hectic work schedules, pollution and other negativity for a day is all we need.
"Kasih Sayang" is a Malay word defined as love. It would be a great theme for anyone who wants to celebrate their anniversary here. To those who are reading this using your mobile device, there's like 30 pictures all together in this post so I apologise if it might be laggy for you to load.
Kasih Sayang Resort is located in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. It is easy to navigate your own way there. All you need to do is make your way to Menggatal town and you'll see that there is a road by the name "Kokol".
From Kota Kinabalu International Airport, it is approximately 25KM to Menggatal town. You then need to drive uphill for about 11.5KM. You'll eventually come across Kokol Haven Resort on your way up. Keep going uphill until you find Kasih Sayang Resort.
Kasih Sayang Resort is surrounded with mother nature's tropical forest. Standing at 2400 feet above sea level, Kasih Sayang offers you fresh and cool breeze so you can rejuvenate you body, mind and soul. The temperature here is between 18°C to 23°C.
Kota Kinabalu's city can be seen clearly from up here. Besides that, the view of the sea, sun and mountain will make you feel that you are in heaven. It was on a bustling Saturday noon, packed and ready to go.
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| Super clear view of Mount Kinabalu |
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| The winding road of Kokol Hill |
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| Nature-ish design of the Resort |
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| Le co-writer |
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| Ngeeeekkk |
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| The Gong where you whack to announce your arrival |
The sun was blazing hot but the cold air soothes my skin nicely. If you think the first few pictures were lovely, wait till you see what they did to our room! EPICNESS. I felt like a friggin' VIP. Seriously, like a friggin' star! I've never had roses' petals dazzled all over my bed, my tub, or even on the floor and it smells utterly aromatic.
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| Bed-dazzled with roses' petals |
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| Note: Camera doesn't work well in low light. Sorry :( |
Still think this is nice enough? Wait, I've got better ones. There was a nicely decorated coffee table for two on the balcony. Mix it up with the view and nature's sound, DOPE-NESS. Plus, we have complimentary coffees, tea bags and mineral water. There are robes for us too!
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| DOPE! |
The resort's restaurant is amazing! I could grab a cup of coffee and literally sit there for hours just dazing at the scenery. Breakfast set was good too. Oh, there is a rabbit pen right under the balcony and is viewable. Like, how close can you get to nature right.. Heh!
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| Dem wabbittsss |
Here's what we had for our dinner and night out.. I had uhmm, I think it was sliced lamb with rice and Stephenie had mushroom chicken chop.
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| Night view from the restaurant. Amazingly beautiful. |
I seriously need to get some sleep. It is close to 1 in the morning now sheeeesh. Anyway, if you're planning on making a trip here, check out
Kasih Sayang's Website and make sure you give em' a call for more enquiries or reservations. Thank you Kasih Sayang Resort for the wonderful experience!
As always, be nasty stay happy peeps! Cheers! :)
