Fish tanks at a seafood restaurant in Kota Kinabalu: Pick your meal!
mmm dinner
mmm sharky-looking dinner
Giant prawns
err...yum?
View of Mout Kinabalu from the road from KK
The lodges were expensive - but exquisite
Malaysian peoples: we shared a guide
Waterfall at the start of the hike
Our first view of the top (with Ian and Leon)
Polly in Borneo!
Wind-knarled trees
Porters carry food & supplies up to the overnight lodges
Malaysian Ground Squirrel
On the steep climb up
Rocky trail
Above the clouds...
Clouds blowing in
More steep - but you can see the peak
Amazing sky
Pollly and the “Donkeys Ears”, which are near the peak
Kate above the clouds
Clouds rolling in
gnarly forest
Arriving at the overnight accomodation
Volleyball above the clouds, anyone?
Tired Polly & Kinabalu sunset
My awesome balaclava, heading to bed
2:30am, heading out!
Everyone complained about the ropes, but I thought they were the most fun part
On the way up...
I took at least 50 photos that look like this. Climbing up by moonlight was magical- but not very photogenic
Polly at the summit at sunrise
Climbers and the Mount Kinabalu Shortcake
At the top of South-East Asia!
Coming down: the shadow is the mountain peak