Flirted momentarily with climbing The world heritage Kota Kinabalu in Sabah.
Looks like a good adventure with stunning landscapes, exotic flora and fauna and some hard climbing. But it may not be possible in these pandemic ridden times.
Tourism is banned while the Malaysian
Government tries to get the local population vaccinated and the Australian Government is advising against visiting.
Reading through the Wikipedia article I found that there is a small problem with earthquakes. Locals and tourists were killed by landslides during a major quake a few years back.
One tourist group got themselves into another kind of trouble. They were disrespectful towards the mountain. The locals believed the tourists had angered the spirits, precipitating the damaging quake.
Like so many other places on Earth facing climate change, it may soon be “the last chance to see” as many of the local species are adapted to the snow and cold of the heights despite the equatorial location.
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