So here's the last of the Mount Kinabalu sunset series.
The sun has now slipped below the horizon, it's passing marked by the display of yellow, orange and red in the sky. Running pretty much through the middle of the photo is the coast of Sabah with the city of Kota Kinabalu in the center, invisible through the haze.
You can make out the islands of Pulau Gaya and the three smaller islands including Pulau Manukan on the right half of the image and the hills of the Crocker Range between Mount Kinabalu and the coast.
The sun would have set a little after 6:00 pm. After observing that spectacle there was little point in hanging around outside. It was time to head back inside the resthouse at Laban Rata, grab a drink, get everything arranged for the next morning and go to sleep.
The aim for most people hiking to the summit is to be on the summit to watch the sun rise which is a little after 6:00 am. This means leaving the resthouse at around 3:00 am and climbing through the dark.
After hiking from the Park HQ to the Timpohon Gate and then climbing the staircase to Laban Rata, I had little difficulty falling asleep.
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