Quaint little ghost town

Microcosm: The old town of Membakut and its railway station boasts a modest population of 20,000. — ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

BEAUFORT: Three small towns with pre-colonial buildings in the Kimanis parliamentary constituency sit along the busy Kota Kinabalu-Beaufort road.

For those plying the road which connects the state capital to Sabah’s southwestern Beaufort and Sipitang that borders Sarawak’s northern town of Lawas, the quaint towns of Kimanis, Bongawan and Membakut could be a stopover for a cup of coffee.