Сабах |
Staff Сабах is located in the island Borneo northeast. Long since behind this earth the name «the earth below a wind» as it is located below a zone of typhoons has remained. Never-ending sandy beaches are protected from waves by the coral islands framing coast stretched on 1440 km.
By popularity Сабах it is obliged first of all to what here is mountain Kinabalu, the highest mountain of South East Asia (its height of 4101 metre). Excursions to it use huge popularity at tourists. Fans of the wild nature attracts unusually various vegetative and fauna of these mountain areas. The waters washing coast Sabaha, are famous for the transparency and abound with the coral reeves involving here fans of a scuba diving.
Fans of an ascension in mountains and researches of caves can always find here to themselves employment to liking. At such variety of employment on Сабахе one more, not less fascinating, the productive leisure kind has appeared незаслуженно forgotten and removed on a background. It is a question of rest on islands which are scattered along all coast Sabaha and to which small motor boats and boats constantly ply. Therefore the majority of hotels have no own beaches, and visitors of hotels to sunbathe and bathe leave on the nearest (3-5 minutes in a way) or more remote (to a half an hour in road) islands.
Population Сабаха very motley in the ethnic relation, here is lived by representatives more than 32 tribes representing ancient indigenous population of Kalimantan. Each of them has kept the centuries-old traditions and culture.
Staff capital – a city of the Cat of Kinabalu. It has a through air service with many capitals of all states of Malaysia. Nevertheless many areas Sabaha are practically inaccessible.
Cat of Kinabalu is the small city which has settled down at bottom of mountain Maunt of Kinabalu, and in clear weather its peaked top is clearly visible. It is modern capital with skyscrapers, in which number – building Сабах Фаундейшен. This 30-storeyed glass construction represents a miracle of architectural and engineering thought. In total in the world it is constructed four constructions of a similar sort. In city centre there is the main mosque drawing to attention by domes of the freakish form and laid out gold by an ornament. The favourite place of walks of townsmen – the central quay, here is always noisy and is populous, here it is possible to buy local souvenirs in located directly here «the Philippine market», to have dinner in any of numerous cafes, and also to make voyage in the next state, the richest султанат the world Brunei (tiny Brunei has cosy settled down between two Malayan states of Borneo). And if you get tired of noise city in one of days can go on city suburb to area Karambunaj and from a mooring of up-to-date hotel «Nexus Karambunai» on a motor boat to swim for a while on unique мангровым to thickets in which bowels in the houses constructed directly on water continue to live, as well as several centuries ago, fishing families. Very many modern townsmen prefer such traditional kind of residing to the isolated city apartments.
Here such it, modern and simultaneously original city of the Cat of Kinabalu.
