We had a fun and relaxing time having a short getaway from the hectic city lifestyle to stay in the rural, quiet and cooling resort at Kundasang. The place was packed with visitors from all over the place as Kundasang is a popular getaway place for Sabahans and tourists. Luckily we managed to secure a standard room earlier at the Zen Garden Resort.
We took off at about 9am on Saturday from KK and we stopped over at Tamparuli for breakfast before we took an onward journey to Kundasang which is about 2 hours drive(depending on traffic.)
We reached Zen Garden at about 12:30pm as the traffic was quite heavy that morning and there is a minor road block on that day as they were clearing the land slide affected area, hence creating traffic jam for about 30 mins.
Pics taken at Zen Garden Resort:
Forgotten to take a pic of the room we stayed but managed to get it from the website....(nice or not?)
We were so tired after the drive and once we got settled down in our room, we took a short 'Siesta' to relax a bit. By the time we woke up, it was about 3:30pm, and the first stop on our itinerary was to the Kundasang War Memorial and Gardens -a memorial to remember the 2,428 Australian and British prisoners who died during the WW2 at the Sandakan POW Camp, and the casualties of the 3 infamous forced death marches i.e. Sandakan-Ranau Death March from Sandakan to Ranau. On top of that, it is also a tribute to the many locals who risked their lives while releasing the prisoners of war.
Pics taken at the Kundasang War Memorial:
The Memorial is made up of four beautiful gardens - the Australian Garden, the English Garden, the Borneo Garden and the Contemplation Garden and Pool - to represent the different nationalities. With its towering pine trees and blooming roses, a walk in the gardens is reminiscent to that of a stroll in a quaint English garden. The scent of roses lingers in the air and the serene atmosphere makes the Kundasang War Memorial an ideal place to contemplate and remember the heroes of the war. Visitors can also opt to view a brief video on the history of the Sandakan Death March, which we didn't, cos we were too busy snapping away (with my camera of course) 
He said this is a wishing toad so he placed a 20 cents coin in the toad's mouth and made 2 wishes...wonder if it really helps hehheheheh
Have you been wondering why there's only pic of me when i said us? Well...someone said he's too fat to be in the pic so none of him....ended up he's my private photographer for the whole trip....how nice...:P
We left this memorial at 5:oopm and headed towards the nearby vegetable and fruits stalls. We didn't manage to buy anything from there but we enjoyed having a stroll and looking at all those exotic fruits sold there. (refer to my previous blog : Fruits galore for pics of the fruits)
Headed back to the resort at 6pm for dinner and an early rest for us to end the day.
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