I flew from Chicago/San Francisco/Hong Kong to Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah state in Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. Borneo is the third largest island in the world, located north of Australia and south of Vietnam. Kota Kinabalu is named after Mt. Kinabalu, which is the highest mountain in a mountain range just east of the city. KK is on the coast of the South China Sea, with a population of almost a million people. I spent two days in KK, and I was most impressed with its friendliness and its vibrancy. There seemed to be people from all over Asia, everyone going somewhere, doing something. Lots of building going on. Shopping centers everywhere - a "shopping center" in KK is a huge, enclosed, air-conditioned, multi-floor area packed with kiosks. The main street along the sea was filled with open-air markets. At sunset, I walked to the park overlooking the city and watched a family of monkeys playing in the trees.
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