Family Trip to Nexus Karambunai, Kota Kinabalu

It was a glorious 4 days of lazy days and catching up with members of the Repin family. The weather did well during the period of stay and there were enough activities to pusue that caters for the young and old. We can do plenty of lung exercises at the Karaoke lounge or play tennis and even horse riding; not to mention the water activities. The kids enjoyed themselves on the beach and in the water being pounded upon by walls of waves which could be rather strong on occassions. What else can one do at a Resort , except laze around and eating around. We just did that !

The Waterfront - Kota Kinabalu

I had visited Kota Kinabalu ( KK ) many times in the past but none can compare to my latest trip to this capital city of Sabah aka "land below the wind". This time I spent 3 free and easy days with no meetings and appointments. The waterfront has changed quite a bit. Its cleaner, more organised with multi-stories apartment buildings inter-spaced with shopping complexes facing the sea and nearby islands. Very pleasant indeed. Amongst the shop that my other half and I spent some time was Starbucks and the Times bookshop. ( In fact between us, we bought 3 books altogether and gobbled them up before our flight to Kuala Lumpur and home) Immediately by the sea are the normal neat row of eating shops and stalls being active in the late afternoons and evenings. Seafood dishes are the norm and there are some decent outlets here. The waterfront has indeed been transformed since I last visited, to give KK that special place for cities in Malaysia which has an excellent waterfront ! ( unlike Malacca which used to have a cool waterfront in the sixties but gave it all up in the name of progress in the mid-eighties onwards. They called it progress ! I called it sad)

The Best Fish Head Curry !

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It is a long story but to make it short, the scene was in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia on 10th September 2007. Being an ardent fan and mad about Indian food, I had the opportunity to be invited to Krishna's Fish Head Curry restaurant and the owner himself picked me up from my hotel. Upon arriving at his restaurant, I noticed most tables were already occupied. The scene was busy....yes all were busy eating and chatting and the smell of curry was really inviting. Mr Krishna seemed to know everyone and he shook hands with most of his customers, They must be his regulars. So, I had fish head curry and rice and some greens....and my oh my, it was the best fish head curry I ever tasted. It was so good that I had to tapau some for my better half at the hotel and guess what ? It came in a nice box as shown in the picture above. To me, it is innovation to come up with a box like that ! Thanks Mr Krishna, for the experience of real fish head curry !