A brief stay in Jesselton
Kota Kinabalu is known as Jesselton during the British North Borneo Company Administration in the nineteen century. It was an important trading port for the British Company. In fact Jesselton was only a fishing village known as Api-Api. Jesselton was named after the name of the vice chairman of the British North Borneo Company Sir Charles Jessel.
Sunset at Sepanggar Bay. Sepanggar Bay was an early settlement site for the British North Borneo Company. Later they moved to Api-Api.
At present Sepanggar Bay is well known for a live open water exhibition, It's where the Borneo Marine Research Institute located. In the proximity of the Universiti Sabah Malaysia.
A colossal exhibition tanks accommodates exotic and varieties of marine life. Sepanggar Bay is about 29 km from kota Kinabalu.
In 1967 Jesselton was renamed as Kota Kinabalu by the then Chief Minister Tun Mustapha Bin Datu Harun. Behind me is the second tallest building in Borneo. It is 30 story circular glass building. A rotating restaurant is at the 18th floor. Built in 1977 and named as Tun Mustapha Tower another landmark in Kota Kinabalu.
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