Our Mount Kinabalu Climb

I thought I'd share with you some pictures of my recent Mount Kinabalu Climb. Mt. Kinabalu is in Sabah, Sawarak and is the highest peak in South East Asia. My friends were very surprised to hear that there were mountains in Malaysia. When I told then it was the highest in S.E. Asia, most of them said 'Wow, the tallest maintain in Asia?' I had to explain to them that 'no, sweet dears, that would be Everest...'

My dad, husband and I went just after spending Chinese New Year in Kuching, Sarawak with my relatives.

The majority of the climb was in horrible pouring rain, but we managed to take pictures during the rare moments where it was dry.

Us at the beginning of the climb. 'Selamat Mendaki' means 'Happy Mountaineering'.

A beautiful waterfall along the way.

I absolutely adore greenary. Well, nature in general.

My dad and I in the early stages of the climb. It was just starting to rain.

The further up you get, the larger the difference in vegetation.

Lodgings halfway up the climb. I don't know why my husband took a pic of this one rather than the one we stayed in. Ours was tiny compared to this and made this one look positively luxurious.

We woke up at 2:30am the next day so we could reach the summit before sunrise. I reached the summit an hour before sunrise so sat the shivering in the dark for quite a while!

The wait was worth it. Once the sun started coming out, I realised just how spectacular the view was.

I have to say that sadly our most spectacular pictures are terribly blurry, as my husband forgot to take it off manual focus!

My husband, on our descent.

I can't believe I passed all this beautiful scenery in the dark on the way up.

Going back down was great fun.

There were no more pictures after this as it started to rain heavily. So we decided to leg it back to base camp rather than suffer a minute longer getting drenched in the rain!

All in all a really good climb. I'm truly proud of all the natural sights my country has to offer. I've spent my childhood hiking in the rainforest and visiting the beaches and caves, so it was really nice to view a whole different kind of scenery.