Gayana Eco Resort, Kota Kinabalu (P.1)

Continue my Gayana eco resort tour.. after done with the MERC.. we planned to have our lunch.. but we took our own sweet time along the way coz we were mesmerized by the beauty of the resort.

All photos here.. less talking..

(Suddenly noticed I got lots of nice pic that should be up on my article for the BC Blogger award.. But I was totally in a rush.. I don't have much time in KK that time.. and I got like few hours to submit the article... *sigh*.. what has been done is done.. Now only can depends on your support.. ^_^)








Love the clear water..




They building more chalets..








We are still around the MERC area..




My last stay here, this bridge was still under construction and no MERC that time..




We are heading to the resort area..




Good bye MERC.. ^_^




Beautiful chalets..
















Sometimes I think to stay here worth the money.. But you can always go for day tour to this island.. 10-15 minutes from KK town... duh!

If you wanted to know the prices for this resort, do click the link : Gayana Eco Resort


To be continue..

Tasik Titiwangsa, KL

We pay a short visit to Tasik Titiwangsa Yesterday.. Hubby going for an outstation again.. and he wanted to bring us out..

Don't really have an idea where to go.. we actually planned wanted to do some cycling at Tasik Titiwangsa, but we haven't bought our bike yet.. ;-p

So we just pay a visit.. like 2pm!! Damn hot.... -_-




This was my very 1st time visiting Tasik Titiwangsa (Ya I think so.. ).. Just heard about the name and finally step my foot here..

Saw a racing car track..




Err... for small racing control car ya.. ;-p




Very interesting (at least for us.. coz we love play cars..) I never know they have such facility.




Another racing car.. Fast!! and they were so good on doing the drifting and they so good with the track.. it's like some1 was realy driving the car.. ^_^




I mean how can they see the road... ~.@




So many fans was watching and the big boy with their own car.. So fun to see..




and.. just look at their tools.. Oh man.. this must be a very expensive hobbies.. but it's worth.. ^_^




Under the hot sun.. we continue our walk and found a play ground... I mean the most biggest play ground I ever seen!!!




My boy was the most excited person that moment.. it's a heaven for him.. no other human except us.. unfortunately it was a hot day and all the iron bar (What so ever... ) are hot.. so he only can have a look at it and admire..












Too big.. I think if you don't look after your kids during 'peak time'.. kids can lost 1.. ~.@




We did not walk further.. just went to the lake area.. Not on this photo.. this was a man-made lake I guess..




Thank you for the trees.. It's cozy and windy..




There was lot's of small2 area in this lake garden for you to choose and hang out.




Reached the Big lake.. Definitely awesome for me.. The water was quite clear.. I can see some water plants inside.. and fishes too..




Trying to captured the gorgeous clear water but my camera cannot do that.. -_-.. Must have special lens for that..

To be continue..

Weird Star fish.. planting coral.. (MERC, KK)

Now we are out from the 'blue room'.. ^_^




This area was a place where you can touch some of the selected underwater creatures..




Example this blue starfish.. It was straight at first.. when I hold it in my palm.. it start to shrink like that.. (layu.. ;-p)...

My first time touching a real live star fish.. LOL...




Another weird looking star fish.. The skin feels very thick and rough.. I don't know why I felt like touching a Dinosaur's skin that time.. ;-p




It's supposed to be fun.. but it was a 1st time experience for my boy.. and he felt awkward with all the creatures.. So he just peeking.. LOL..

But he got friendly later on after seeing me and my mom having fun touching all the creatures.. ^_^




I am not sure what I am trying to show here.. but definitely there was a 'Sea cucumber' too.. Ohh man... I surrender with that 1.. don't dare to touch that particular living creature.. ~.@




So geramm... to watch the beautiful fishes inside..




Another type of starfish.. awesome or not.. The skin was rough too..




The top side of the starfish..

Where can we find such an opportunity to see and touch all this creatures?? Non other than at the MERC Gayana eco resort in Kota Kinabalu.. ^_^




Guess what is this?? 1 of the MERC project is to replanting the corals in the sea.. and they loves to let the community to experience it by having this activity..

Planting the Corals yourself..




1 thing you should know.. Yes there is a fee for doing so.. RM15 only. It will comes with a certificate.

Photo above is showing my Coral number.. Me, my mom and son definitely will do this.. it's a once in a life time experience.. ^_^v




They will prepared all the cement base to plant the coral. You just have to choose the best shape of Coral you want.

This was also my 1st time getting personal with the Corals... I totally did not know that a live Corals actually can move (Not like walking 1 place to another la.. It's like you can feel their skin alive..) and they produce slimy mucus...




We are ready.. What are they gonna do with this? They will keep this inside the sea water aquarium for about couple of weeks, until the cement base is hard enough.. later they will dive in to the sea and placed where it belongs.




This is my sweet heart.. I hope it will grows well and become the most pretty Coral and becomes the fishes play ground.

1 more exciting thing.. You can ADOPT the Coral. Not that you can bring them home.. ah- ah- No..

You have to register to adopt them.. and the staff will update you by email on the details such as the size and with photos every 4 months. It's not free of coz.. The charge will be RM100 per year.

You can ask the staff for more info.




By completing the task.. we were awarded with a certificate.. got it on the spot.. They take your photo on the spot.. (So.. don't forget to look nice.. ;-p, Jangan macam mummy... adui sabar ja lah.. minyak2 bah muka -_-)..

I put 'Cjgotravel.com' on my certificate.. ^_^




A table of souvenirs.. I bought something for my boy.. He fell in love with the clams picture on the Tshirt.. Price RM40.




That's the end of my story about the MERC.. Here are some photos of the surrounding..




The jetty for MERC.

More info about MERC click here.

Wait... wait... wait... it's not the end of my Gayana story yet.. I am going to show a lot of photos for this Island next..

I believe lot's of you never been here quite sometimes.. Yes.. There was some upgrades on the Island..

See you soon.. ^_^

Marine Ecology Research Center at Gayana Island (KK)

Reached the Marine Ecology Research Center (MERC) at Gayana eco Resort.. The staff guided us to a room for an introduction for the whole tour.




It's a small theater.. only 3 of us conquered the place..




By watching the video.. I get to know some history about our own Marine creatures.. What are MERC plans to protect them and some awareness.. it's an eye opener for me..

The video was about 10-15 minutes..




Next we were guided to another room..




Called MERC display room... I have been here.. even Martha Stewart recently visited here.. Kamu ada?? ;-p ;-p




Showing some of the underwater creatures.. My camera doesn't give a nice capture here... Siapa yang ada DSLR tu maybe boleh lah.. ~.@




Hello Nemo.. ^_^




1 kind of Coral..




Few species of the giant clam produced by the MERC..




I must be imagining thing... Macam lain2 ja ni.. ;-p..




Wait till you see in real life... amazing..




Err.. I got goosebumps when looking at this.. geli.. ;-p




Ha!! Mr. Urchin... ^_^ (1 of the species I guess).




(Sorry lah.. mcm 'temberang' tu muka di sini.. ~.@.. LOL). This are the biggest clam ever found here in KK/Sabah.. Sudah lupus.. tinggal the shell buat kenangan.. -_-.

But MERC are still doing lot's of projects to produce more giant clams in future (Some successful samples.. all the clams picture above).




Lastly.. picture of the sea creatures..

Next will be close and personal with the sea creatures.. outside the room... ^_^