Unique KK

I find Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, a very unique city - something quite different from the other cities in Malaysia... making it quite a good place for photography.

Here are some things which caught my atttention... (just hope I didn't look too 'foreign' while taking these).

I find it interesting that many shops hang the state flag outside their shops. Sometimes this is with hanged with the Malaysia flag as well.

One from West Malaysia may be a lil amused to see flags beeing hanged despite it not being any special occasion like Hari Merdeka (National Day).

Thought these public phones booths are new, but I thought they are quite unique - hardly see them back in my hometown or even in KL. These btw were taken at Jesselton Point jetty.

Not far off the jetty is this abandoned building... but rather than looking dull and torn, it has these set of grafittis all around the pillars. Thought they look quite cool, and rather well done!

I also thought it interesting that there were so many sewing booths, all these around the market area... and interestingly, it's all manned by men (have always thought sewing were by ladies, but I guess this is semi tailoring in a way, which is also a man's industry).

Maybe some of you already know this. But for me not seeing the usual newspapers from what we usually read got me quite surprised.

And interestingly, for this particular papers, they come in 2 languages - for the price of 1 (there's a Malay language segment in the English daily).

I saw this big leaf at the Sunday morning market - that is really one huge leaf! But wait, that's not the only big thing I saw though...

Of all, this is the one that is most unique to me... when I first saw it, I couldn't help myself but to just go clicking away, for I've never seen such a big fish in my life before!

Btw, the towkay (big boss) is on the right - see the big smile... what a catch!

It is a really big fish - and a heavy one too!

I really find these interesting, and like I said, quite different from what we usually see back home. And I guess this is what makes Sabah/ KK charming in a way as a holiday destination - as like many, we travel to see things which are different from our usual lives.

Btw, the uniqueness doesn't end there - there's one more to come: the KK wet market!