It's Time to Travel and that's My Travel Packing List Essentials!

Each of us having our favorite things to do. 

For myself, I love to travel and my friends like to date me for short trips too! My next trip would be in May, July and October.

In addition, for a travel and food blogger like me, we always need to keep ourselves updated with gadgets and accessories that are convenient back and forth. There's always a new tools to pick up especially for girls.

As a preparation before flying off, it is a norms to buy something for myself - Skincare, tops, phone camera gadgets (if any)

Now, what are the items that I will bring and where do I shop?

I hardly go to the mall now a days, dislike the hot weather and traffic which sometimes takes hours back and forth. Therefore, online would be the best!

There are two main websites that I normally check and always enjoy shopping with Zalora and Lazada, while one for various fashion range and beauty products, Lazada would be offering almost all kind of items from personal, home appliances and even photography accessories!

Okay, back to my travel packing list - Skincare!

I dislike troubling myself by filling empty small bottles with my existing skincare products, therefore, travel packs' skincare would be my first selection! Found Laneige, a Korean skincare brand having a few types of travel packs and with the availability of Lazada Voucher, it's always a good treat to buy at a cheaper rate whenever possible!

Travel Packing List - Camera / Phone Camera Accessories

Over the years, I owned 5 selfie sticks and recently found myself a convenient one that could use as a tripod that is convenient to travel with, especially for solo traveler, one of the best so far.

The price stated might be cheap, but with Lazada Voucher Code, we could save even more! Boy, I do enjoy shopping with Lazada. I could spend hours for online shopping!

The more we buy, the more we could save when there's a discount. 10%? 20%?

Travel Packing List - New Tops and Dresses

Zalora offers worthy price and quality fashion items and I see that it is convenient to buy with them. It takes only three working days to arrive in Kota Kinabalu.

Checked with ShopCoupons, they having Zalora Promo Code as well!

I would love to take photos with fashionable outfits that will suits a place/ theme. Say like, Thailand - casual with short pants and Hawaiian inspired attires would look perfectly fine in frame. 

Or maybe a Classic Parisian theme when travel to England.

Travel Packing List - Disposable Panties

When I travel for a week, certainly I bring along disposable panties and usual panties to avoid some unpleasant odor of non dry event. It's all depends on how is the itinerary would be and how long we staying at one hotel.

Travel Packing List - Bags 

Normally I will bring two to three types of bags - Backpack, Sling bag and shopping bag! Just to ease my headache and backpack will be a good idea to put anything and made our helpful whenever possible.

 I guess that's all for my travel packing list essentials. ;)

By the way, here's a travel packing checklist that might be useful to you!

Source

By the way, don't forget to bring some medicine for emergency too!We don't want to have diarrhea while traveling right?

Happy Traveling!

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Cheap Stay in KK - Tune Hotel 1Borneo Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Did you noticed that Tune Hotel has changed their logo? In fact, as short as four letter "TUNE" are widely seen at their hotels at various cities.

While Tune Hotel changed their logo, they also revamped the interior design and changed their previous room service concept.

Last Saturday, I have the opportunity to stay overnight at Tune Hotel 1Borneo Kota Kinabalu before heading to Tuaran on the next day.

With the affordable price from as low as RM75.00, we could enjoy all the hotel facilities available. Featuring with space-efficient, their streamlined rooms are also focus on high-quality basics, such as 5-star beds and powerful hot showers. In addition, the hotel also provides housekeeping services, toiletries, electronic keycard access into rooms, extensive CCTV systems, and 24-hour security, and all are the same throughout all the hotels branches.

To be specific, Tune Hotel 1Borneo Kota Kinabalu located few minutes away from the main entrance of 1Borneo Hypermall. The hotel located near to Government Administration Office, Hospital Likas and non the less, well known universities and colleges such as UMS, UITM and Politeknik.

Do you know that UMS is open for the public for an insight tour especially at their private beach and the pink mosque with a minimum entrance fee.

Not to worry about having a boring stay at the hotel, being one of the comfortable hotel at 1Borneo area or UMS area, we could travel for approximately 15 minutes for hiking at the famous Bukit Botak and Bukit Janggut!

Within 30 minutes, we could enjoy the beautiful sunset view of Sabah at Sabandar (Tuaran) or 15 minutes to Tanjung Lipat for an evening sunset view and chilling with coconut drinks.

Being greet by friendly reception would immediately warm us once we reach the hotel.

During normal traffic hours, it takes about 20 minutes distance from Kota Kinabalu International Airport to the hotel shall be RM13.00 with Grab service. I always appreciate Grab to drive me from one place to another when I am not driving.

 

Chilling at the lobby would be a nice thing to do, while some may enjoy their time with the high speed internet available, both at the lobby and room.

That's my room for the night!

Comfortable bouncy bed that made my sleep feeling effortless and no aching bone on the next day. Bright lighting that certainly I like the most!

Besides normal hotel stay for one or two days, Tune Hotel 1Borneo Kota Kinabalu also offers special room rates for long term guests as well with inclusive of house keeping service. Foreign students might enjoy staying here while they can enjoy the ample space for them to study while using the high speed internet.

Tune Hotel 1Borneo offers few types of room and one of them is family room for 4 adults and a child.

The next morning we had our breakfast at "Makan Restaurant" and menu served would be Malaysian breakfast with toasts and cereals.

Besides visiting the surrounding area for interesting sighting, other attractions that can easily reachable within 30 minutes would be our Stadium Likas, the Jesselton Point Jetty where we can go to nearby islands, Kiansom Waterfall and Mari-Mari Cultural Village.

For seafood lovers, there are few recommended seafood restaurants namely Gayang Seafood Restaurant and Salut Seafood Restaurant which nearer to the hotel.

However, if we would like to have a quiet stay without leaving the area, we could always go for a movie at the cinema (GSC) inside the hypermall and it just 5 minutes by foot!

Sabah is always happening and if you are planning to visit Kota Kinabalu, we will always welcome you here! ;)

Booking :
Tune Hotel Kota Kinabalu

Facebook :
Tune Hotel Kota Kinabalu

  
Location : 
Unit No. G-803, 1Borneo Hypermall, Jalan Sulaman, 88450 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Contact No. :
088-447680 / 088-447880

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Sushi and Ramen by Sushi Tei, Suria Sabah Shopping Mall

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. 
Serve No Pork.

It's always a good choice to have Japanese cuisine as dinner. 

It's been years that Sushi Tei has been around in Kota Kinabalu and always maintain their quality to serve their customers.

Freshness in every bite!

Japanese food would be one of my comfort food. :)

Facebook :
Sushi Tei Sabah

Location :
Lot G-68, Ground Floor, 1, Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens, 88000 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

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Sabah : Day Trip V.2 - Kundasang / Ranau & Mesilau - The Mt. Kinabalu & Little New Zealand to be!

Sabah, Malaysia

I always say that scenery in Sabah is always catchy. "The Land Below the Wind", a state that is not advance, and yet not laid back, it is just nice. 

It was quite sometimes that I have not been visiting Kundasang area, while experiencing that cold breezy air and appreciate the wonders of  our Mt. Kinabalu.

- Desa Dairy Farm -

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First stop - Nabalu Kundasang

It takes about 1 and half hour from Kota Kinabalu City to reach Kundasang area and one of the best spot to have a good photo of Mt. Kinabalu while buying some snacks and some local delish at Nabalu Kundasang.

In fact, fruits and vegetable are fresh and also can be found in Kota Kinabalu City.

- Nabalu Kundasang -

A short visiting before we headed to Kinabalu Pine Resort for lunch. Lunch was delicious with local fried noodles as our choice.

- View from Kinabalu Pine Resort -

The perfect view to experience Mt. Kinabalu scene with near distance. But, the cloud covered the mountain slightly in the afternoon.

One of the best time is to see from 6.30am! Need to stay overnight to see the view next morning.

- View from Kinabalu Pine Resort's Restaurant -

- View at Kinabalu Pine Resort -

- View from Kinabalu Pine Resort -

- Nabalu Kundasang - 

Vegetables selling at RM10.00 for any three selection.

- Desa Dairy Farm -

- Desa Dairy Farm - 

With 199 hectares in size of farm, while most cows are Holstein Friesian cows imported from New Zealand, the highest milk producers of all cattle breeds.

Desa is always close to our heart since age of 7, where sponsored milk by Desa was given to our primary school. They always say - "We grow with Desa milk!" (我们喝着Desa 牛奶长大的)

- Desa Dairy Farm - 

Mesilau located 100km away from Kota Kinabalu City. The air is cold and we encouraged friends and family to wear sweater of thick clothes when we headed there.

- Desa Dairy Farm - 

With good publicity of Desa by the locals and tourist with "Little New Zealand of Malaysia", Desa provide a range of product from milk, gelato, yogurt, pizza and more. Some of the specialties only can be tasted here at Mesilau.

As for milk and yogurt, we can purchase from supermarket from our neighbor hood.

The rain started to fall after our visiting to Desa, while on the way back to Kota Kinabalu, we did passed by Kinabalu Park while I was having my nap, therefore no photos available to show here!

For my journey in video form, do check out HERE to watch more!

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CNY Series : Chinese New Year Buffet by Le Meridien KK

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. 
Serve No Pork

Chinese New Year is all about available CNY package for dine in. Here we are with Reunion Buffet, Lunar Lunch Buffet and Auspicious Dinner Buffet by Le Meridien KK.

Non the less, the Prosperity Salmon Yee Sang is available too!

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐞𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐠 (Dine-in or takeaway available from 22/1 to 19/2/2019)
RM98.00 nett (small), RM128.00 nett (medium), RM168.00 nett (large).

𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐭 (04/2/2019)
RM138.00 nett per adult.

𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐭 (05/2/2019)
RM108.00 nett per adult.

𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐭 (05/2 & 06/2/2019)
RM138.00 nett per adult.

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩 𝐆𝐨𝐡 𝐌𝐞𝐢 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐭 (19/2/2019)
RM138.00 nett per adult.

𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐭 08/2-24/2/2019 (every Fri,Sat & Sun)
RM 138.00 nett per adult.

That's all by Le Meridien KK.

 Facebook : Le Meridien Kota Kinabalu

Reservations : +6088 322 238

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