Arrival in Kota Kinabalu:
We were pleased to see that our bags arrived and all our belongs we set out from Sydney with were intact!

I was a problem at Sydney airport going through security, had forgotten about the toiletries in the back pack so had to get those out and then my hand bag seemed to be an issue too.  It turned out that I had a screw driver in it, shock horror it was a little brass one that was my grandmothers and had two smaller ones inside it.  It had turned up in a box of stationery from home that i was unpacking at the office and I hadn't wanted to loose track of it so put it in my handbag and then forgot about it!  

The security guy could see my horror at the thought of surrendering it and I explained that it was my grandmothers, he got his supervisor and amazingly they let me through with it!  

Chris hired a sardine can for us to drive to Kudat , just managed to squeeze our bags in the back.  First stop was to get the phone and data cards sorted at the celcom shop, no different than telstra - they were out of prepaid data cards.  Went to the next shopping centre to obtain but found that the data card wouldn't work in Chris's modem so we went back again to see about getting one for the ipad which is a smaller sim.  They are so clever they just punched the sim card to fit the ipad.  Chris was going to use the ipad as a hotspot so the  computer could use it too but that didn't work so we put the sim back into the frame from where it was punched from and inserted it into the iphone which we use as a hotspot for the computer and I pad.  

Technology sorted we phone Alvin the guy that had our sealant paint that was sent from Sydney for repair our diesel tanks.  Alvin couldn't deliver until 7.00pm so we went and visited the Marina.  Blue Moon had suggested we catch up with China Grove, we found the boat but it looked as if the owners were away as it was well locked up.

Visited our usual Indian Cafe for lunch for Roti Telurs and Ice Lemon Tea then onto the supermarket to purchase tea for Sarah from Blue Moon,  she was having withdrawal symptoms from the Boh Earl Grey and Tangerine. Couldn't walk pass the egg tart shop without indulging - its been a year since I was here last whereas Chris  visited end of August but that was Ramadan time so not many places were open.

Decided it would be too late to drive to Kudat so we booked it at Hotel Fulla Hua right beside our favourite South Seas Sanctuary massage centre. Alvin  arrived with the paint which we squashed into the car. Alvin invited us to have dinner with him, we ate an excellent meal at a Chinese place nearby washed down with icy cold tiger beer. 

After farewelling Alvin off just enough time for two hours of pampering for me and one for Chris as he had emails to catch up on.  Needless to say after all that when the heads hit the pillow we went out like a light!