Kinabalu

"I wanted to go somewhere abroad because anywhere in China would be so, so crowded," says journalist Yucca Yu who has planned an eight-day trip to Malaysia, which includes hiking up the country's highest mountain, Mount Kinabalu.

He got the mug on a trip to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

Wong visited Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah state, where she lived for eight years as a child before migrating to Australia, as part of an official visit to Malaysia.

He married an Australian woman, and the couple returned to raise a family in Kota Kinabalu.

Wong is traveling next to Kota Kinabalu, the capital of eastern Sabah state on Borneo island.