Mt Kinabalu - Day 3 (Part 2)

After sun has well risen, it didn't take long for us to start our journey down again. Thanks to the cold; otherwise we would have stayed up there way longer.

On the way down, Norm spotted an elderly Japanese lady sketching the scenery before her! Isn't it easier to capture it digitally? :)




Here's one taken of South Peak..



And we passed Donkey's Ears..

I didn't realise how geograpically challenging our hike up was, till the hike down where we could finally 'see' the route.




Panting...


I *still* need slleeeeppp...

We arrived back at Gunting Lagadan before 9am, and packed our things to Laban Rata where hot buffet breakfast spread awaits us. At this point of time, exhaustion kills the appetite but food is a must to continue the continuous hike down to Kinabalu Park. This time, we used the Timpohon route (the shorter one) which took us approximately 4 hours from Laban Rata.


We bade farewell to Laban Rata...


And took one last opportunity to capture the moments above the clouds...