Day Six 24/08/03 Sun Last Day at KK
Shangri-La
This day, we checked out at about 8:00am and headed out to a souvenir shop. On the way, the tour guide told us that the absolute must have was a frozen package of about the size of a piece of A4 paper, and almost just as thin, of some sort of seafood. He said it is cooked and supposed to be eaten right after defrosting. The taste was supposed to be the same as Abalone.
When we got there, the shop had a sample out for us to try, and I tried three pieces. At first the taste was somewhat like Abalone, and after a while, it’s more like eating squid. For RM65 a package, I’d rather buy a HKD$25 worth of dried squid strips for about the same amount. In the end, we just bought some Sabah tea, which I have yet to try out.
At the airport, the check-in counters were semi outdoor and there were no air conditioning. The shops were all dark without any lights. There I thought the shops were too cheap to turn on the lights, but it turned out there was a power outage. The computers, conveyer belts, and X-Ray machines were apparently running on backup power.
Rie, Is That You?
The lady at the check-in counter resembled Japanese idol Rie Miyazawa. However, maybe the heat kept her from smiling any.
Ray Charles on Our Plane
Going through the immigration was a breeze compared to the arrival, but it took Stanley almost 20 minutes to get through still. We did some more shopping before we got on the plane, and the plane ride was a lot smoother than the arrival.
We took a taxi home from the airport this time, and it costed us a set rate of $205, which was not bad.
That was our trip to KK.
P.S. The so called “film safe” X-Ray machines at the airport is not at all safe for films. Some of these photos here were from fresh 400ISO negative type film, and they went through airport film safe X-Ray machines for hand carries a total of 3 times. The daylight sky turned seriously magenta, and I had a tough time color correcting them. The 100ISO negative type were better. I suggest hand check instead of X-Ray for all films at all costs.
View street photos of KK here.
Colleagues at the office usually bring back popsicles when they visit Malaysia. Those popsicles are nicely packed in a foam box of A5 length and width and a few inches thick, and survive the trip from Malaysia to Central very well.
Or maybe your fridge is now packed with popsicles, all for YOURSELF?
I didn’t buy any, as I thought they would not last the trip home since they don’t pack any dry ice within the packages.