~~♥ ♥smile ♥ ♥ ~~: Travel 2 - SABAH [Part 1: the Preparation]

actually, this is not my 2nd vacation in dec....it supposed to be as 3rd bcoz my 2nd trip was I went to Acheh, Indonesia. ngeeee. nvm, i dont think there is someone who's gonna read my blog.

Guys, on this post, i'll solely write the preparation of my trip to Sabah...huhuhu. As this, i would say my 1st experience going to somewhere that me and my friend dont have any idea what Sabah looks like.

HOW IT STARTED?
it was initiated by my fren, Jannah where she invited me to do short vacation as she had a few days left for her annual leave and at that moment, the dates which she mentioned, I WAS TOTALLY FINE. at first, we were cracking our brains out to where the hell we were going to. A few places were listed such as Pulau Perhentian, Bali, Sabah...etc. I dont know when, but both of agreed to go to SABAH for 4 days and 3 nights!!!! huhuhu.

THE BUDGET
since we picked Sabah, of course we needed a flight to go there right?? so...here comes the budget. As for me, i was clearly told her that my budget will be less than RM1000 and she also told me she had the same budget as mine. after checking the flight ticket, obviously AirAsia is the most affordable for our budget. Heck, MAS took double the cost. If i have more money, i'll choose MAS. ngeeee.

As for the accommodation, I discussed a lot with Kak Gee as she came from Sabah and she helped me a lot by suggesting where we should go and the interesting places there. As we only have 4 Days, okay...literally 3 Days because the 4th Day, we had flight on 11.05 am, so it quite restricted number of places that we can visit. We only went to Kota Kinabalu and Kundasang. Then we picked:
Kota Kinabalu, Promenade Service Apartment - 1 Day HERE
[RM 108/night]
Kundasang, Kinabalu Pine Resort- 2 Days HERE <--totally recommended!!!
[RM230/night x 2 nights = RM 460]

since Malaysia is known as unfriendly public transport but Kuala Lumpur, we needed a rental car. For this one, I have to search a lot to get the best rate. Thankfully, I got one which i could rent Perodua Viva Elite for RM90/day. to be honest, i was quite worried because i read many posts said that they had tyre puncture when they traveled to Kundasang and the person who rent the car was not responding to them, etc. ALHAMDULILLAH, the person whom i dealt with was AWESOME!!! the car was in great shape. i know her from Mudah.my
cant retrieve the website but you can comment here to have her number. her name is Liza. ahhh, i also have the business card which you can go to HERE

so, the budget will be:
Flight ticket (return) = RM 425
Accommodation = [RM 108 + 460] / 2 = RM 284
Rental Car = [RM 90 x 3] / 2 = RM 135
TOTAL = RM 844/ person

THE ITINERARY
both me and jannah decided to spent one day at Kota Kinabalu and 2 days at Kundasang. Our plan was will be like this