Sandakan, Malaysia Travel Blogs

Lots of bed and bread - that's what 'Auntie' said!
Jun 6, 2008 (7 photos)

... green and clean you feel yourself mesmerized by the landscape and its fantastic ability to constantly change. As we approached Sandakan the natural beauty was blighted somewhat by the very tacky large plastic animal figures on the roundabouts - I imagine ...

The man of the Jungle
Jan 26, 2007 (8 photos)

... Chinese and Indians.  He was sad that the government here does not take care of its people despite the reality that Malaysia is such a multiracial country.  He was a highly educated man too, he studied mechanical engineering in the UK and then ...

They Don't Speak English But They Love To Dance
Jan 5, 2004 (28 photos)

... other at meal times, not to mention knocking the monkeys around who had gathered to try to steal the food. Now we are in Sandakan, the second largest city in Sabah. Tonight is Janice's birthday and the group is planning a dinner for her, so I am off ...

Lahad Datu to Sandakan
Sep 6, 2004

... in the corner of the yard sat the ever present scrap vehicle which has been abandoned to to the undergrowth and chickens. Sandakan is a busy bustling place at the entrance to an island studded bay. On the outskirts we pass thousands of wooden shacks ...

Sandakan and Sepilok
Sep 14, 2004

... 't want a penny for the lift and left us with his number in case we wanted to attend his church group in Sandakan. The Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is situated about 25km from Sandakan. Started in 1964 and covering an area of 40 square km it ...

Uncle Tan's Jungle Adventure
Mar 25, 2008 (55 photos)

... can be done by bus which takes about 5-6 hours, we chose the easier option of hoping on a plane for a 35 minute flight to Sandakan. Since we arrived at around 7pm which is too late to leave for the jungle we spent our first night at Uncle Tans Guesthouse ...

Borneo Rainforest Lodge
Sep 6, 2004

... harvester and marketer of hardwoods in the world and a company called Pacific Hardwoods who have the largest timber processing complex in Malaysia at Siliam (I've been busy on the internet). On our trip into Danum Valley, between leaving the main road at ...

A tick on life's to do list
Oct 27, 2007 (33 photos)

... they've climbed, and kilometers of world they have walked... and this is as senior citizens!  We had dinner with them in Sandakan, and took their photo, they were so lovely.  And yes, the photo is out of focus, I could spit!  We also met ...

Arriving in Sandakan today, we hope ...
Apr 1, 2008 (6 photos)

... I come back, Dr T ate almost all the crisps!   The 'bus manager 'comes around to ask where we are going. Well, Sandakan, of course! No, which hotel? Euh, Sandakan something?! T just guesses our ETA at 15h when the man says: '3 more hours' and it is ...

Sandakan, previous capital of Borneo
Apr 7, 2008 (15 photos)

06/04:  Luggage pickup at 6h30! Breakfast. 1,5 hour boat to Sandakan. 9h: hotel. Same hotel as last time.   Would we do Lankayan again: no. Are we glad we did it: yes.   We DID pay almost 500 Euro/person for the stay inclusive gear, ...

18 + only
Apr 3, 2008 (21 photos)

IF the nose of a proboscis monkey makes you think of other body parts, you are a suck puppy   Websites: booking company: www.stawdventure.com proboscis sanctuary: www.proboscis.cc silver moneys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvery_Lutung orang ...

Pigging out
Oct 8, 2007

Arrived in Sandakan in the evening, got a guest house then in true davey style i rewarded myself for climbing the mountain (Simon did too) with an all you can eat Hari raya buffet. However we got there late and the buffet 'had finished' though there was ...

Meet the Man of the Forest
Jan 14, 2006 (10 photos)

... today provided me with an opportunity for doing so. For 200 Ringitt ($75), I scored a return flight from Kota Kinabulu to Sandakan. Fortunately, given the small size of Sabah, one way flights are only 40 minutes making a one day side trip to Sepilok ...

Cheeky monkeys!
Mar 19, 2005 (3 photos)

One down, 2 to go and our next stop was to Sandakan and the Orang-utan sanctuary at Sepilok! We arrived late afternoon and headed up to an observation point to watch the sunset over the bay...up more steps!!!! What's that all about! There's not actually ...

turtle power!
May 24, 2008 (7 photos)

... it to the jetty just about on time. An hour later we were on Turtle Island and settling into our room (aircon again - I like Malaysia!!). We spent the rest of the day on the beach snorkelling and sleeping (in the shade). At 7.30pm we assembled for dinner ...

Semporna -> Sandakan
Dec 20, 2008 (3 photos)

... pas trop bon et etait bien gomme. Mais il a eu l'air a aprecie. Apres un voyage en taxi de 4h30 , nous voici a Sandakan. Pas grand chose a dire aujourd'hui sauf que nous etions 10 dans une jeep, un peu maganer et les fenetres devait etre tenue pour les ...

Day 39 - Sandakan -
Apr 24, 2008

Next day we thought might be an Internet and movie day, but after breakfast at the Hawaii Cafe (same as dinner), we thought we'd pop to the tourist info centre to check out ANZAC day details. The lady was very, very helpful and answered all our questions ...

Mosquito hell
Dec 29, 2007

After a tiring bus journey I arrived in Sandakan.  Not much here but breaks up the journey to Kinabalu park.  Booked into the local hostel, bought some food for the mountain climb and went to find something to eat.  Decided to be adventurous ...

In a wild world
Nov 28, 2007 (9 photos)

With a quick overnight at an airport hotel in Kuala Lumpur, we rose nice and early for our morning flight to Sandakan in Malaysian Borneo. During the last week in Vietnam I had been sending a few emails back and forth with a Malaysian company, trying to ...

On th trail of the wild man of Borneo
Nov 12, 2006 (1 photos)

Hello from deepest, darkest Borneo We've just spent three days living in a hut, washing by pouring buckets of rainwater over ourselves, and it was absolutley fantastic. Why? Let me tell you. We travelled to the far side of Borneo (six hours on a bus) to ...

Atravesando la selva en bus
Oct 26, 2009 (8 photos)

Las vistas entre Kota Kinabalu y Sandakan eran espectaculares. Vimos mucha selva virgen, entre tinieblas, algunas plantaciones, casitas junto a la carretera... Lastima que el autobus no hiciera paradas (solo una para usar el wc).

Wild Thing...
Apr 9, 2007

... pictures (to be posted later!). Right now Im sitting in an internet cafe (it is monday afterall!) in a city called Sandakan, which I belive is Borneo's 2nd city. Ive just been to a 2nd world war memorial, comemorating those that were killed by the ...

Sandakan
Aug 9, 2005 (8 photos)

Sandakan

We off to see the man of the jungle
Feb 5, 2007

... women and please don't do it. We was following us as we saw him look for us in the supermarket and then leave. Not nice. Sandakan is a place I don't want to return to, thanks to that man But then the following day we set off to see the Orangutans and it ...

Sandakan and Sepilok - Monkey madness!
May 7, 2008 (13 photos)

... we were both very excited about, but more about that later. First though, we took a couple of days out in the town of Sandakan. There's not much to say about Sandakan, other than it's hot, pointless, has one nice hotel (which we stayed in) and a ...

Sandakan Malaysia Sabbha
Jun 2, 2002 (15 photos)

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Borneo/Sabah Wildlife
Sep 7, 2006 (27 photos)

... simply hanging out overlooking the river.  These are the most unusual primates I've ever seen.   The tour of Sandakan was interesting.  The Japanese had built a brutal POW camp here during WWII, and had tried to demolish all signs ...

Welcome to the Jungle!
Aug 27, 2009

Don't get me wrong, it's a lovely wee town, there is just NOTHING to do! The bus arrived early afternoon, and after walking the wrong way (again) we managed to find the hotel we were looking for, only to find they were fully booked. Bugger! Luckily they ...

Sandakan - Smiles and Waves
Aug 15, 2006

Arrived in Sandakan late Monday evening. It was really lovely, there were little or no tourists there with the result that we were something of a novelty, especially with the children! Once we had figured out we weren't being made fun of and all the shy ...

Orangutan Time
Oct 4, 2007 (8 photos)

... Sandakan.  The main reason for coming here is to visit the Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre at Sepilok, about 25km from Sandakan.  A quick walk around town the first afternoon confirmed that there was indeed nothing in this town for tourists, but ...