Bilit Rainforest Lodge to Mt Kinabalu

We took the water taxi to our coach and then drove for 3 hours with a couple of stops to a fish foot massage. The fish were pretty heavy on the massage as you could feel their teeth scraping away. In fact they actually drew blood on one of our group!
Adjacent to the fish foot massage was a small market where Mags was able to purchase a very nice basket to add to her collection.
From there it was a short drive to the Sabah Tea Estate where we had an enjoyable lunch followed by a very “interesting” tour of the tea processing factory, guided by a rather eccentric man who treated us all like delinquent 5 year olds.
We weren’t allowed to take photos in the processing factory. Given the age of the machinery it seemed more likely that antique dealers would be interested in the gear than trying to protect any secret processing process. Some lucky members of the party managed to escape the tour through exit doors along the way.
We then drove on to our overnight stop at the Kinabalu Pine Resort, which on a clear day gives views of the 4,095m high Mt Kinabalu, unfortunately it was very hazy on our arrival.
Our drive again passed through a lot of palm oil plantations.
Before dinner we went off in search of a walk but were defeated by a lack of footpaths along a very busy road. We did go past a few plant stalls selling a variety of succulents.Read more