The first question for many Westerners when Borneo comes into the conversation is, where the heck is it? What’s Kota Kinabalu? What’s Sabah? What’s “below the wind” mean?
No cause for concern about your knowledge of geography—it’s not you—it’s a confusing part of the world that’s just coming on our radar, as Westerners… which, as you’ll see when the whole story unfolds, plays right into
your hands as a visitor and potential resident in Sabah, the state in which Kota Kinabalu is located.
