Afternoon at Tanjung Aru Beach 1 Sep 2011

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Both Annabelle and Issac were telling Daddy, that they wanted to come to the beach to swim and play water, ever since the first day we were at Kota Kinabalu. After we checked in to the hotel, we felt so excited because our hotel just next to the beach. We can see the sea once we just walk out from our hotel.

Finally, they have their turn to have fun and play water here in the afternoon.

Tanjung Aru Beach is located at the end of Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman and is approximately 6 kilometres from Kota Kinabalu city. It is the Tanjung Aru Beach which has a special place in the heart of every local.

The Tanjung Aru Beach took its name from the casuarinas or aru tress that surrounds the sandy beach. This is the place for people to get the best seats for viewing the greatest sunset on earth every evening when the sun slowly sets into the horizon. And, we were not so lucky to see that, as the days we were here, the sky started drizzling whenever approaching evening.

We can see a lot of hawker stalls, restaurants and cafes along the Tanjung Aru Beach. The beach is divided into three sections, beach 1, beach 2 and beach 3. There are plenty of places to eat at Tanjung Aru Beach. Foodstalls here serve food and drinks till late at night. From enjoying a simple meal of coconut and sugarcane juice with chicken or beef satay to a full-course dinner at the seafood restaurant can be found here.

There is also a park here which is called the Tanjung Aru Beach Park. It was formerly known as the Prince Philip Park but we did not manage to go as after the water play, it started to rain.