Info for All Participants

Dear all,

Kindly click here --> http://www.sendspace.com/file/og55hw to download all necessary info for your trip preparation.

These files are provided to us by Skyland Adventure and Mountain Torq

Files Content (compressed in a WinZip file)

1. Climbing Note & Preparation
2. Mountain Torq - FAQ
3. Mountain Torq - Pre-Trip Preparation & Trail Map
4. Mountain Torq - Via Ferrata
5. Mountain Torq - Product List
6. Padas White Water Rafting Itinerary
7. KK Climb + Via Ferrata (Low's Peak's Circuit) Itinerary
   

Recce - Borneo Backpackers

Pros

• 100% backpackers-styled accommodation
• Located right smack in the city
• Easily accessible to attractions like Filipino Market, Night Market, the Waterfront, shops, banks, etc
• Suitable location for pick-up by agent for our rafting and climbing activities
• Generally clean and cosy
• Suggested rooms to book by Borneo Backpackers (first night deposit of RM 650 needed, if for 26 pax say yes):
• 1 Large Dorm (10 beds) - female
• 1 Medium Dorm (6 beds) - female
• 1 Large Dorm (10 beds) - male
  
• Free airport transfers (for arrival only) can be arranged
• RM 25 per pax, per night x 3 nights = RM 75.00 per pax
  

 Cons

• Common bathroom - limited available so there's definitely a need for waking up early to bath, to avoid 'congestion'
• It's backpackers-styled, meaning... it cannot be compared to Tune Hotels (or any hotels for that matter) and the such in terms of room deco, etc
  

 Some pictures for your viewing and judgement...

 

Lounge / Sitting / TV Area

Two Full Kitchens

 

Example of the 10-bed Dorm  - Air Conditioned

 

Bathroom + Toilet Facilities

Accommodation Confirmation Required

Dear all,

Mayz had actually went to the extent of dropping by at Borneo Backpackers for a visit and this her post will be self explanatory.
*disclaimer from Mayz: this is strictly my opinion only
Before we proceed, we would like all of you to know that based on Mayz’s information as well as other information that we had collected, we have decided that the best accommodation will be, Borneo Backpackers.

However, please do allow me to say this. As organizers for this trip, we believe that it is our duty to make the trip easier, more fun and hassle free as you would not have to be worried about thinking or searching for a place to stay. Nonetheless, you are free to make your own decisions of where you would like to stay, for instance, friends / relatives place, your own preferred hotel, your own better rates hotel or even your more luxurious hotel as this is not a compulsory selection. You are free to decide on your own.

Our only request is that upon your selection, we are to meet at the rendezvous point at a designated time, which is Borneo Backpackers area, as the people from Skyland will be picking us up from there.

Finally, for those who are interested to accept this accommodation, please do email me at jesmond_cyk@hotmail.com and I shall have the rest of the arrangements made. Please do email me by 31st January 2010 as there would be neither email reminders nor persuasive messages to take this deal. Hence, I urge all of you to email me at the instant that you have made your decision. Instructions for payments will be forward to you upon having your confirmation.

I hope that this do not sound too harsh, if it does, I do apologize but as we have a large group of 26 people, I believe that certain arrangements will have to be done immediately.

Remember, we are only trying to make this trip easier and better for all of us.

Thank you and see all of you soonies for our training sessions!

Updates

• Deposit has been made to our agent, Alan of Skyland Adventure (Borneo) Sdn Bhd
• Total number of participants, as of 19th January 2010, are 26 pax - 16 females & 10 males
  
• Mount KK + Via Ferrata: 26 participants
• Padas White Water Rafting: 25 participants
• Flight Tickets: Everyone has booked their flight tickets. Please remember to make your own arrangements to fly-in to KK on June 17th, and fly out on June 21st.

I'll be in KK for work from 20th - 21st January.
Will try to drop by at Borneo Backpackers and Tune Hotels to see for myself the room conditions and facilities there. May also meet up with Alan to further discuss on arrangements with regards to our trip if my schedule permits. 
May or may not have internet access so if there's anything urgent, please text or call me. TQ!

Borneo Backpackers - Under Consideration

FYI, may consider Borneo Backpackers for our accommodation should they be able to give us a good price seeing our group size.

Pros:

• Affordable - still pretty much within the budget
  
• Located right smack in the KK city - no need to spend unnecessarily on taxi fares
  
• Nearer to airport - should have free airport transfer (that's what it's stated on the website)
  
• Easy pick-up area for activities - preferred pick-up location by agents
• Inclusive of continental breakfast
  

Cons:

• Common bathroom - don't know how many's available... inquiring, awaiting feedback

Payment Breakdown

• Mount KK (via Mesilau, end at Timpohon) + Via Ferrata (Low's Peak's Circuit) = RM 999.00

• Padas White Water Rafting = RM 180.00

• Hotel = should be ~ RM 59 (to be confirmed, may change venue too)
  

Note that, what you've transferred to me is only 70% payment of the package price.
Balance to be collected at a later date.
I will issue 'receipts' after this whole payment thingy is done...
Will be as transparent as possible.

I believe all have booked their own flight tickets... Those who have not, please do so asap!

For those who have yet to transfer me the required money, you have until tomorrow to do so.
Please and thank you :)

Cheers!

Travel Costs

To the fellowship of the climb,

Well, hate to break this to you but there will be additional costs on top of the payment that you have made or will make. Here are some of them that might wanna start saving for (the ones I can think of for now, more like a checklist).

1) Transfers (cab fares, bus fares) within the city, from the airport as the 1k that we have paid for is from the city right up till the end of the climb
2) Food and accommodation within the city (tentatively tune hotel)
3) Flight tickets
4) Equipment and gears (jacket, shoes, glove, headlamp)

One advice for sure, please do not underestimate the cold. We will have to get really thick warm jacket, good gloves (not gardening or skytrex gloves) and proper shoes. We will work on a checklist as we go on.

For now, I would say that we are good to go. So gear up, people!

Broga Hill Expedition

Dear all KK Hikers,

Upcoming this sunday (17th) will be our 1st assessment outing to Broga hills, Semenyih...
we shall meet up at BHP, Taman Connaught by 4 a.m....

pls arrange ur own transport, car pool if u have to as those who fail to turn up will be penalised RM10 as discussed during our first meeting... hehehe

- all proceeds from penalties will be an incentive/subsidy for all of us in Sabah... (pls comment on this particular rule as we have bout 24-26 ppl... 1 or 2 foreigner, 3 or 4 outstationer who might not make it)

Regards,
Gun

Amount Due

Please make necessary payment / online transfer to my account.
Will collect 70% first... balance, to be advised and collected at a later date. 

Deadline: Friday, 15th January 2010
Bank Type: Hong Leong Bank
Account Name: Lim May Szin
Account #: 003-50-18108-8

Online Transfer: Print screen payment page & e-mail me as proof of transfer
Cash: Put cash in individually named & sealed envelope (exact amount please)


p/s: Sorry for bombarding your mailboxes with e-mails and blog posts... I can be very naggy unfortunately :(

1. Alfred - RM 1123 (paid RM 1100 on 14/01/10 & RM 30 on 15/01/10)
   
2. Jesmond - RM 1123 (paid RM 1123 on 15/01/10)
   
3. Peter - RM 1123 (paid RM 1123 on 15/01/10)
   
4. Chew Yee - RM 825 (paid RM 825 on 14/01/10)
   
5. Ben Eng - RM 825 + RM 85 (for International Participant) (paid RM 910 on 15/01/10)
   
6. Ming - RM 1123 (paid RM 1123 on 15/01/10)
   
7. Gun - RM 825 (paid RM 825 on 14/01/10)
   
8. Jet Fong - RM 700 (paid on 19/01/10)
9. Cathy - RM 825 (paid RM 825 on 15/01/10)
   
10. Penny - RM 825 (paid RM 825 on 15/01/10)
    
11. Mei Fun - RM 825 (paid RM 825 on 16/01/10)
    
12. Shino -  RM 825 (paid RM 825 on 15/01/10)
    
13. Sherie - RM 825 (paid RM 825 on 15/01/10)
    
14. Winnie - RM 825 (paid RM 825 on 15/01/10)
    
15. Yun Miau - RM 825 (paid RM 825 on 14/01/10)
    
16. Yun Wei - RM 825 (paid RM 825 on 14/01/10)
    
17. Jasmine - RM 825 (paid RM 825 on 16/01/10)
    
18. Wooi Choong - RM 1123 (paid RM 1123 on 15/01/10)
    
19. Kim - RM 1123 (paid RM 1123 on 15/01/10)
    
20. Tanny - RM 825 (paid RM 825 on 14/01/10)
    
21. Shaun - RM 1123 (paid on 19/01/10)
    
22. Mike - RM 1123 (paid on-behalf, by Mayz)
23. Huey Min - RM 825 (paid on 19/01/10)
24. Diddy - RM 825 (paid on 19/01/10)

~ Payment for accommodation, to be adviced and collected later
~ Let's settle stage by stage

Booking of Flight Tickets

Booked (AirAsia)

1. Lam Jet Fong
2. Lee Mei Fun
3. Low Pei Feng (Jasmine)
4. Yeo Huey Min

By Shino (MAS Airlines)

1. Lee Shin Lu (Shino)
2. Eng Kian Boon (Ben)
3. Lee Cheh Lu (Cathy)
4. Lee Wan Lu (Sherie)
5. Lim Shuh Huey (Winnie)
   

By Gun (AirAsia)

1. Gun Chin Yong
2. Tan Mei Yee (Tanny)
3. Choo Chew Yee
4. Lim Yun Miau
5. Lim Yun Wei 

By Jesmond (MAS Airlines)

1. Lim May Szin
2. Alfred Loo Say Hui
3. Chang Yan Keong (Jesmond)
4. Chong Yaw Choong (Peter)
   
5. Foo Ming Teng
6. Low Wooi Choong
7. Phoa Mui Kim
   
8. Shaun Ng Wei Leung
9. Ugenthiran Jayaraman (Mike)
10. Mohd Rusydi B Razali (Diddy)

Self-Booked

1. Lee Chin Lu (Penny) - flying in from Taiwan 

Accommodation, Luggage Storing Fees @ TuneHotels

Called TuneHotels.com...found out that we can actually store our luggage at their facilities (Hotel located right next to 1Borneo Shopping Mall) for RM 2 per luggage per day.
So... RM 113.20 (for 3 nights stay) x 13 rooms (because got extra 1 boy, 1 girl) / 24 pax = ~ RM 62.00.

Pretty good deal, rather than renting the entire room for one night just to store your luggage while we're up spending the night at the mountain?

Also note that each room comes with their own bathroom. Better than staying in a condo with 8 - 12 pax, and only two toilets to use right?

If got any objections, please voice out... via e-mail / msn (mayszin@hotmail.com) or text (012-2659796)...

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Hi Lim May Szin,

 

Thank you for your enquiry.

 

We do have a luggage storage facility that you can use at Tune Hotels.com – 1Borneo, Kota Kinabalu.. We charge RM2 per bag per day. Upon payment, you will be given a luggage tag for you to present when collecting your luggage later.

 

For further enquiry and assistance, you can also reach us at +6(03) 79625888.

 

Operating Hours: Monday to Friday: 9.00 am. – 9.00 pm.

Closed: Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays

 

 

Call Centre Department

Tune Hotels Regional Services Sdn Bhd (736610-U)

Suite 3.02 Plaza Hamodal                       DID : +603 7962 5888

Jalan 13/2                                               Fax : +603 7955 5899

46200 Petaling Jaya

Selangor, Malaysia

www.tunehotels.com

5-STAR SLEEPING EXPERIENCE AT A 1-STAR PRICE

Final Quote & Payment Due

Dear all,

 

Final quote from Alan of www.skylandadventure.com are as follow:

*See http://padaskkvf.blogspot.com/ for itinerary of KK Climb*

For June 17 – 21, 2010

·         Mount KK Climb (via Mesilau) + Via Ferrata (Low’s Peak’s Circuit) – RM 999.00

·         Padas White Water Rafting – RM 180.00

 

Please kindly make 70% payment to the account below latest by Friday, 15^th January 2009 (there's a tight deadline to the validity of the quote that I have to meet)

 

Name: LIM MAY SZIN

Bank Account: HONG LEONG BANK

Account Number: 003-50-18108-8

 

For those who are joining for both activity, payment due à RM 825.00

For those who are joining for only Mount KK Climb + Via Ferrata, payment due à RM 700.00

For those who are joining for only Padas White Water Rafting, payment due à RM 126.00

 

Please give/email me a copy of the payment slip/print screen of your online payment as proof of payment.

 

Flight Tickets

 

I’m booking for the following flight tickets…

 

Fly In @ June 17^th, 2010

Kuala Lumpur LCCT - Kota Kinabalu International Airport
AK5100
Departs: 0650 hrs
Arrival: 0920 hrs
RM 183.00 + RM 6.00 (Airport Tax) = RM 189.00
*earliest flight*

 

Fly Out @ June 21^st, 2010
Kota Kinabalu International Airport - Kuala Lumpur LCCT
AK5113
Departs: 2115 hrs
Arrival: 2345 hrs
RM 73.00 + RM 6.00 (Airport Tax) = RM 79.00
*cheapest & latest flight*

·         For those who do not agree to this arrangement, please proceed to book your own flight tickets.

·         For those who would like ME (Mayz) to book the flight tickets for you (as above only), please e-mail me or text me at 012-2659796.

·         Please kindly make 100% payment to the account below latest by Monday, 18^th January 2009

o    Name: LIM MAY SZIN

o    Bank Account: HONG LEONG BANK

o    Account Number: 003-50-18108-8

o    Amount Due: RM 268.00

o    Send me a copy of the payment slip as proof of payment.

Accommodations

To be advised later… Payment will be collected accordingly.

Final Quote, KK Itinerary Revealed

Package price: RM999-00 nett.

*Package inclusive of 1 night accommodation at Penant Hut, Via Ferrata Low's Peak Circuit Activities, Climbing Permit, 5 x Mountain guide, Climbing insurance, Via Ferrata certificate (for successful climbers only), all listed meals, entrance fee and all listed transfer

Padas White Water Rafting: RM180-00 nett.

woo hoo!! lets go!

~ jesmond


Only 40 Via Ferrata Climbers are allowed per day.
So make it fast people!!
Check your e-mail and pay asap!


~ mayz

Tasks

I believe, eventually, we organizers will need some help with the following...

• Flight Tickets
• Upon confirmation of package (meaning invoice is issued), we'll most prob need certain people to book their own flight tickets. Entirely up to you to choose what time you wanna fly-in and what time you wanna fly-out. Of course, those who's flying together could group up and make the bookings together...
  
  
•  Payment
• Discussed with our main agent - Alan from Skylandadventure.com... He'll need 70% of the full payment so that he can cover the payment that his company need to make to Mountain Torq for the KK Climb.
• Therefore, as soon as invoice is issued, we'll let you know the payable amount, and swift online transfer must be made to either one of the organizers' bank account. Necessary bank account details will be provided when the time comes.
  
  
•  Group Trainings
• To those who agreed to having group trainings... well, your participation is of course of utmost importance. At the same time, we also need someone to take the initiative to organize certain activities... anyone who has any suggestions, please contribute. 
• 1st activity - Broga Hill @ January 17th, 2010. Up for it? Please comment here to confirm participation. 

.... to be updated

Flight Tickets

Flight options as of 10.01.2010

17th June 2010
Kuala Lumpur LCCT - Kota Kinabalu International Airport
AK5104
Departs: 1110 hrs
Arrival: 1340 hrs
RM 123.00 + RM 6.00 (Airport Tax) = RM 129.00
*cheapest earliest flight*

or
 
Kuala Lumpur LCCT - Kota Kinabalu International Airport
AK5100
Departs: 0650 hrs
Arrival: 0920 hrs
RM 183.00 + RM 6.00 (Airport Tax) = RM 189.00
*earliest flight*
*mayz's preferred choice * 

or

Kuala Lumpur LCCT - Kota Kinabalu International Airport
AK5122
Departs: 1020 hrs
Arrival: 1245 hrs
RM 183.00 + RM 6.00 (Airport Tax) = RM 189.00

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21st June 2010
Kota Kinabalu International Airport - Kuala Lumpur LCCT
AK5113
Departs: 2115 hrs
Arrival: 2345 hrs
RM 73.00 + RM 6.00 (Airport Tax) = RM 79.00
*cheapest & latest flight*
*mayz's preferred choice * 

or

Kota Kinabalu International Airport - Kuala Lumpur LCCT
AK5111
Departs: 2005 hrs
Arrival: 2235 hrs
RM 123.00 + RM 6.00 (Airport Tax) = RM 129.00
*after dinner time, next cheapest*
 

Tune Hotels - Update #2

Check-In: 17th June 2010
Check-Out: 19th June 2010
# of nights: 2 nights
# of occupants: 2 pax per room
Price (exclude taxes): RM 23.00 (17/6/2010) + RM 38.00 (18/6/2010) = RM 61.00 per room
Amount Payable = RM 91.26 per room

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Check-In: 20th June 2010
Check-Out: 21st June 2010
# of nights: 1 night
# of occupants: 2 pax per room
Price (exclude taxes): RM 9.99 per room
Amount Payable = RM 21.94 per room

• Aim to proceed with bookings of room by weekend (16 - 17 Jan 2010) or upon confirmation on finalized package deal
• Twin-sharing basis
• Selection of room mates (not too fussy right?)
  

Tune Hotels

Last check at tunehotels.com, for 1 night stay at 1Borneo's Tune Hotels, only RM 36.97 per night per room - queen size bed, enough for 2 pax. Sounds good? It's basic facilities of course :) We'll need about 10 - 11 rooms if all the 21 participants are finalized.

Possible accommodation for Day 1, 2 & 5?

Meaning book 10-11 rooms for June 17, 18 and June 20?

RM 36.97 x 10 rooms x 3 nights = RM  1109.10 for 20 pax

Proposed Details

Date: 17 - 21 June 2010 (Thurs - Mon)
Location: Sabah, Malaysia
Main Activities:

• White water rafting @ Padas
• Climbing @ Mount Kota Kinabalu
• Ascend via Mesilau 
• Descend using Via Ferrata's Low's Peak Circuit
  

Price per Pax: To be confirmed. Hopefully max ~RM 1500 inclusive of self-arranged expenses

Itinerary:

• Day 1 - Arrival, Free & Easy (to be self-arranged)
  
• Day 2 - White water rafting @ Padas  (accommodation self-arranged, wwr package to be quoted by agent Alan from skylandadventure.com)
• Day 3 - Mount KK Climb (Ascend) (to be quoted by agent Alan from skylandadventure.com)
• Day 4 - Mount KK Climb (Descend) (to be quoted by agent Alan from skylandadventure.com)
• Day 5 - Free & Easy, Depart for KL (to be self-arranged)

Participants (any addition or pull-outs, please RSVP by 13 Jan 2010): *updated 10.01.2010*

1. Alfred Loo Say Hui
2. Chang Yan Keong 
3. Choo Chew Yee
   
4. Eng Kian Boon
5. Foo Ming Teng
   
6. Gun Chin Yong
   
7. Lam Jet Fong
   
8. Lee Cheh Lu
   
9. Lee Chin Lu
   
10. Lee Mei Fun
    
11. Lee Shin Lu
12. Lee Wan Lu
13. Lim May Szin
    
14. Lim Shuh Huey
15. Lim Yun Miau
16. Lim Yun Wei 
17. Low Pei Feng
    
18. Low Wooi Choong 
19. Mohd Rusydi B Razali
20. Peter Chong Yaw Choong
    
21. Phoa Mui Kim
    
22. Shaun Ng Wei Leong
    
23. Tan Mei Yee
    
24. Ugenthiran Jayaraman
    
25. Yeo Huey Min

Group Training:

• Suggested activity #1: Broga Hill Hike @ 17th January 2010