In this shot, the sun hangs just above the horizon of the South China Sea. About a quarter of the way up the frame you can make out the coast at Kota Kinabalu which is 37 miles (60 km) distant from where I was on Mount Kinabalu at Laban Rata.
In the photo below a fellow traveler is capturing the sun setting into the South China Sea as we watched from the helipad at Laban Rata. The humidity hangs in…
With the sun continuing to descend in the west, I headed back to Laban Rata. Today's photo was a view south, over the top of the Park HQ and into Borneo.
On the trail above Laban Rata I took this image as the sun dipped lower in the sky. You might be able to make out part of the trail, climbing
The Laban Rata Resthouse was my destination for day one. As you can see from the shadows in the photo below, I got there early in the afternoon.
It was quite a relief to emerge from the trees and arrive at Laban Rata. The angle of the path reduced and the stairway gave way to a gravel path.