Santola Bar Cafe

Another road trip to a new place!

This time, we head to Kolombong. *Vrrrroom*

Well, there are few facts about Kolombong.
1. A place full of factories.

2. A place full of houses.

3. A place full of cars.

Oh yes... Busy area.

 

 Yea, we had a long traffic jam at the around about from the Kolombong traffic light from the Jalan Lintas. As we drove along the road, my head was just focussing on the right just to see “Cap Kuda Coffee Company” signboard but it turns out to be “Hock Lee Coffee Powder Factory”. Oh well, as long as there is a “Santola Bar Cafe”, we knew we did not reached to the wrong place.

Santola Bar Cafe is open Monday to Saturday, 8am - 6pm.

Since it is located in the coffee factory, we do think that it is a brilliant idea to do business by having the cafe. At the same time, the customers are able to taste the coffee. They have coffee classes as well just to let the public gain knowledge of the coffee making but this needs to inform the company for further notice.

Desa Cattle (Sabah) Sdn Bhd

Shame to say, this is my first time to visit the local milk farm but...

Proud to say finally I went there!

 

The local milk farm is located at the foothill of the Mount Kinabalu. At the Mesilau Plateau, Kundasang, Ranau. You will be able to see the entrance and a big signboard on the left.

Desa Cattle (Sabah) Sdn Bhd is open for visitors every day from 0800hrs to 1700hrs.

The entry fees are as follows:
RM3.00 (Adult)
RM2.00 (Student and Children)

This time, we drove again to the destination. Along the way to the farm is kind of steep. So might as well you need to be careful when you want to drive there. In addition, you may find the flies are quite annoying. The flies actually followed our car as we are driving to the main building! Kind of scary though. Well, because it’s a farm. So, bear with it.

We reached Desa Cattle Milk Farm about 2.30pm and we have been told that the milking time will be at 3pm. So as we waited, we saw the on-going process of packing the milk into boxes. The excitement is getting into our mood. Well, after everything done, all the packets of milk will be sent to sell. Friendly enough, the workers who are behind the window wave at us while we were taking pictures.

Other than that, we get to try the milk but of course you have to purchase it. There are two flavours which was the basic taste, plain milk and chocolate milk. Both are tasty and you should try it when you go there because it is freshly made on the spot! (Plus, it is cheaper than the supermarkets)

 Price List:
1LT Plain Milk RM4.00

½ LT Plain Milk RM2.50

1LT Chocolate Milk RM4.40

½ LT Chocolate Milk RM2.70

250ML Goat Milk RM4.70

Along waiting for 3pm, we took some pictures of the location and the cattle. It is very impressing that the cattle actually know how to take turns and well behave to get their food. 

The one and only thing that I am hoping is that the milk farm should gain our knowledge other than just to see the cattle and the packaging process. They should have showed us how they process the milk. Well, it’s just an idea.
 
Guess I might be going back to the milk farm.

Why? It is because we didn’t get to take pictures at the HUGE stone which the company had drawn cattle with the company name on it. Yea, it was raining that Thursday. Plus, we didn’t get to take a close up picture with the cattle which is a waste.

See you again moo moo!

Jambatan Tamparuli

Jambatan means Bridge; meanwhile Tamparuli is a small town or destination in Sabah.

Well, we stopped at the little market on the left side (from the bridge).

Lucky enough, we get a parking and walked to the market. We asked the native whether is there any Tarap (Sabah fruit. I’ll blogged about this when the fruit season come) but then we can’t find one there at Tamparuli. So, we proceed to the Jambatan Tamparuli.

Details:
No fees charged.

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A grand mother holding her grandson's hand. 

Crossing the bridge of Tamparuli.