When we visited in 2001 we visited the neighbouring islands, the foothills and villages. Kota Kinabalu seems to have it all. It is a city by the sea next to South-East Asia’s tallest mountain.
So this time, we treated this visit more of a stopover. So it was the usual food and mall stuff. As we’ve found in previous visits to Malaysia, Diesel jeans here can be very cheap. Original (licensed) products are about EUR35 per pair but we’ve seen big discounts making them as cheap as EUR5-8. Likewise with Bum Equipment and a few other brands.