On the third day of our stay in Kota Kinabalu (KK), we decided we wanted to go see the "Harvest Festival" for ourselves and find some delicious food along the way.
So we asked for directions in our hostel, made sure to have the locals pinpoint the place on the map that we were supposed to go to. So we felt pretty confident that we would make our way there, except we were wrong. So wrong.You see, one of the girls that so kindly tried to help us said we should go to Penampang, and Penampang happens to be the name of a fairly big province; so she takes the cellphone I double check where she's pointing to and drop the pin. Pretty straightforward right? I knew very little of the area, so when I saw the pin was right on the name "Penampang" in Google Maps I thought nothing of it, the area looked mountainous, so we asked if the town was a mountain village and they said it was. I got all excited because we were going to visit a town in the middle of the mountains holding a traditional festival, couldn't really get any better for a photography enthusiast. Once everything is ready to go, we head on simply following directions on the downloaded map of the area, I was navigating and I have to say it was like I was doing everything wrong that day. After many missed turns and a stop on the side of the road, I managed to get us back on course. About fifteen minutes later a torrential rain downpoured on us and it forced us to take shelter, we were lucky to find a bus stop with a roof to wait out the rain.
This is the little bus stop that sheltered us for a good while.
Please note how ironic my boyfriend's t-shirt is given the weather circumstances.
Picture by Devin Owen. On the bright side, just look at this view. I was actually scared to take this picture but deemed it safe enough to spend a few seconds to take the photo.
At the end of the day, we did make it to the Harvest Festival but were too tired to stay for long. Here are a few pictures from it:
We were browsing in a sea of food for anything that would calm our hungry bellies.
And we found these delicious pork burgers that were to die for, we had to wait a fair amount of time in line for them though.
It was a very stressful but beautiful day and had we not gotten lost, we would've never seen the sights that will forever be embedded in my mind when I think of Penampang, Sabah.
Lessons:
1. Never go up a mountain on a scooter with two people on a half tank of gas, even if you think you'll find a gas station along the way.
2. Ask for directions as many times as are needed.
3. Enjoy the way, as much as the destination.
Getting lost is an experience that never be forgotten there are nice and there's a grief so that we can study in our lives!
Thank you already share your experience ...
@haufflez , And a great post! 👍
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