Pendant Hut — Hotel in Borneo

Arrive at Pendant Hut, friendly staff welcome climber.||Can drink hot water, and instant coffee, and also can buy postcard&stamp here. ||||About briefing of VF, staff talked details and sometimes talked with joking, so we could enjoy briefing.||About meal, its good for me.||light meal before depart to summit, a little bit waiting.||We can eat breakfast after come back from activity even a bit late time. they can wait us. hot soup heal my tiredness:)||||About room, dormitory bed and sleeping bags. enough to rest and enjoy sleeping.||room has outlet, but only for USB type. its good for phone or other small things, but a bit inconvenient for such as camera, or video etc.||About toilet, clean and enough toilet paper. I arrived at hut around 1600pm, but still have hot shower(this is depend on weather, and situation. so not promise)||||during activity(I joined shorter one, WTT), trainer assist me and always cheer me up:) Thanks to trainer, i could complete activity.||||Climing Mt. Kinabalu, shold have energy and strong mental, and try to think positive&cheer own up, like "I can do it, I can reach summit"||||I was so tired and my legs felt like jelly, but viewing from summit and activity can heal it, and never forget that amazing viewing.||I will surely come back again:)||Thanks staff and amazing...

Mt Kinabalu was a humbling and once-in-a-lifetime experience! The highest postbox on Malaysia and Borneo was particularly interesting and peculiar.

Linguistic Analysis

Code Preference System The use of mainly Bahasa Melayu reflects the country's policy of proritising the Malay language even though the demographics consist of many other races. This is also despite the fact that Mt K is scaled by many tourists, and that Eastern Malaysia is largeky populated by the ethnic Dayaks.

Inscription System The use of striking red color of the post box posts a contrast against the green nature. In addition, words on it are mainly instructions of use. The POS Malaysia Logo is prominent and allowed other to identify it as a Post Box.

Emplacement System A postbox is used for practical purposes of sending messages. The weird thing is that most residents of the area do not use these amenities. It is manly for a tourist gimmick and memories. However, the costs of it remains extremely low since they only charged 1Rm for postage stamp. This hardly covers the physical effort required to bring it down 3000m to a regional post office.

At the same time, it encourages discussion of travellers all over the world in Laban Rata and adds to the linguistic landscape on...

Was relieved that they had hot water (which is great after a loooong trek from Timpohon Gate, or down from the summit, or when you get rained on). They had free coffee for the climbers, and they had sleeping bags (not just blankets) which were warm in the cold weather.||||The staff was very attentive and helpful to us-I did run out of hot water mid-shower, but that was because another guest must have left one of the bathroom flushes running (if you get to stay here, remember to make sure the water in the lavatory isn't constantly running. That would be very unfortunate for anyone taking a shower). Don't forget to bring your own toiletries. ||||Food was good, nothing over the top (but who needs gourmet?). They weren't kidding when they said buffet, so you'll have your fill of carbs etc. to fuel you up for the summit. They have filtered water at the lodge, which you can refill your water bottles with. I didn't have any problems drinking it as is, though some guests do bring water purifying tablets (up to the guest, really.||||Overall, it was a comfortable stay at...