GOASIAPLUS November 2016

Road Trippin’ Around Sabah
From top: The
jetty at Esplanade
Sidek, the wet
buttered prawns,
the many fruits
sold at Kota
Merudu
The Town of Kudat
This sleepy town by the sea is pretty
small but the seafood sold at Esplanade
Sidek is a must-try and the price is a
fraction of what is sold in KK. We dined at
the humble Kasilasa Floating Restaurant
where the seafood price is based on
weight.
Choose between the variety of ways
of cooking like sweet or sour, battered
fried and our favourite butter sauce.
The beautiful part of the town is that
mosques, temples and churches are
located close to each other signifying
a sort of unified township despite the
practicing of different religions.
“This sleepy town by
the sea is pretty small
but the seafood sold at
Esplanade Sidek is a
must-try”
If you are driving up to Kudat yourself,
make sure to have enough petrol as the
last town to have a major petrol station
is Kota Belud. The next stop to pump
gas is at the last town of Kudat which is
roughly 130km away.
1Stop
2
by the many stalls on the side
of the highway just before entering
Kota Merudu where they sell fire
roasted sweet corn on the cob and
fruits like bananas and rambutans.
3The Kota Belud township is home to
sprawling paddy fields and mountain
ranges in the distance so do not doze
off and miss the chance to view the
mountainous countryside of Sabah.
4
Note that longhouse
accommodations are pretty basic
with no fan, a simple mattress and
mosquito net over it to deflect
from those pesky buzzers.
Our rough expenditure
KK & Kudat | 4 days & 3 nights for 2 people
Accommodations - RM505
Car rental – RM710
Petrol – RM80
Return flights – RM490
Seafood - RM110
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