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Sandakan Slideshow
Sandakan
Travel Blogs from Sandakan, Malaysia
Hairy Man of the Forest
... in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo (yup, its confusing....Borneo is partly the Kingdom of Brunei, partyly Malaysia and partly Indonesia). I was able to send my luggage through to my next port (Kota Kinabalu) which meant I was ...
The Old Men of Borneo
... that would drive us north in order to book our tour from there. Needless to say, we got another bus and headed north for Sandakan – a destination in itself but also the jumping off point to get into the jungle that we came to Borneo to see. Sandakan ...
Getting into nature!
... , much to the amusement and mickey taking of his colleagues. In the afternoon we went to the top of the hill overlooking Sandakan to the famous author, Agnes Keith’s house. There we all had a traditional English afternoon tea on the lawns with ...
Cooking Course From Hell
... to 247km/h and swerving all over the place. He got us there really quickly and we were both wide-awake. Our flight to Sandakan, Borneo Malaysia didn't leave until 7:15am. The plane landed at 10:00am and we were at our hostel by 10:45am. There were ...
The Corridor of Life
... as possible (without having taken notes!) so please forgive if some elements and facts are slightly off! Interestingly Malaysia has 13 regions which are all individually state run and Sabah is lucky in the government supporting conservation efforts. ...
Jun 2011- Day 2- Sandakan Day Tour with Jeffrey
... for our flight. Had donut for our breakfast. 0705: Took off on time on Air Asia flight AK6092. 0730: Landed in Sandakan Airport. 0800: Met Jeffrey, our guide cum driver. 0830: Arrived at Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, since we were early, ...
So much to do....
... , Sipadan! Once everything was booked we headed out for an evening run. There was a real sense of community in Sandakan. The field was full with footballers, and around the pitch were other groups, there were kids learning taekwondo, ladies playing ...
Is there a city around this hotel?
Lets see now, I've been here since Thursday and its now Sunday and I think I shall be here for at least one more day but yet I've barely seen the town and I can tell you, it ain't large! I am staying in a hotel which is free of bedbugs, has air con, and ...
Crossing the Line!
... cooler after that. By the time we reach Seoul next Friday, it will be quite cool. Today we are suppose to be in Sandakan, Malaysia but we had to cancel that port. The ship needed to be at Sandakan during high tide in order to clear a sand bar ...
Sepilok Orangutan Centre
The Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre was set up in the early 60's, it's aim to return orphaned, injured or displaced orangutans to the wild. It has been very successful with many orangutans returning to the Kabili-Sepilok jungle. The ...
Long Journey just to get here
Well another 6 hour plus bus journey .. this one with a dodgy tummy so Good Times!!! But i made it here now all i have to do is find those pesky monkeys c ...
Tea for Two
Fortunately our taxi was on time, arriving to collect us at 5am for the 15 minute journey to the domestic terminal and when we arrived we were still bleary eyed and tried to check in our bags A- with the wrong ticket and B-without having put them through ...
Kinabulu National Park to Sandakan
... worth a photo. He dropped us off and we gave him some money for petrol, which he was extremely pleased with. Sandakan is like a ghost town. Everything closes before 7pm. All internet cafes close and restaurants are hard to find, but there are ...
Finally meeting the 'Man of the Forest'
... + visitors per year. The centre had been named Sepilok after the 7 rivers that drain the area which then flow into Sandakan bay. The reserve now covers 4,294 hectares and is rich tropical forest of much interest to scientists and naturalists. ...
Chris gets a job … Hurrah!
Annabelle slept in for a while and when she woke was still not feeling 100% so Chris brought her a breakfast in bed which cheered her up no end. As the rain was coming down in curtain rods outside we ended up staying in for most of the day, blogging, ...
And the job hunt begins
... ; We then sat and chatted with her and listened while she explained a bit about her background and religion. Born in Malaysia but with an Indian heritage she had studied a science degree in Chennai. While there she had also studied religion ...
Orang Utans !!!!
... spent with Leigh from West Byfleet and Craig from Addlestone!! Its funny who you meet on buses over here hahahaha we got in to Sandakan quite late on Tuesday it was dark .. very dark as all the power in the town seemed to be out ..... we managed to ...
Sandakan
... 30am and you can't buy the tickets in advance so we were there 40mins ahead of schedule and started the 6 hour journey. Sandakan was a nice town, once a town with the greatest number of millionaires in the world the town has somewhat delapidated but still ...
Sandakan and the Puu Jih Syh Chinese Temple
... temple is located up an incredible steep hill with hairpin bends, however because of its situation it afford glorious views across Sandakan Bay. The temple is a little unnerving as it appears to have swastikas at every turn, but Basri explained that ...
Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
May Fair Hotel (No. 24, Jalan Pryer, 1st Floor. Tel. 089-219855, 219892 fax: 089-221827). First couple of nights had the last room available and paid 45R (not incl. Breakfast) the room smelled quite musty. After my trip to Sepilok ...
Jungle
Ok so i could write about 10 pages about this part of the trip like katie has done in her journal but ill try and keep it brief. This was definitely one of the highlights from anything that weve done. Arrived at some roundabout at 2am in the ...
Landing from KL into Sandakan; en route to Sepilok
We did not have much business in Sandakan, we landed their and headed straight for Sepilok. We went into Sandakan once after that, trying to find a cash machine, but had very little luck. The bus' seemed to be few and far between, and after catching the ...
Selingan Island to see the Turtles lay their eggs
Today it was an early start as we were to fly out from Kota Kinabalu to Sandakan - only forty minutes by plane. At Sandakan Airport we were met by our guide Basri who took us down to the jetty where there was a waiting speedboat to take us to ...
in the jungle
After much stress of sorting out a place to stay and deciding to not go diving in one of the best places in the world and do this instead...infact the whole reason we came to borneo it was time to get picked up and a 2 hour drive into the jungle. When we ...
Labuk Bay
... at the Tourist info. center as well as at Sandakan Hotel. Labuk Bay Nature Tours SDN BHD Jalan Lintas Labuk, Sandakan, Sabah Fax 608962186 e-mail: labukbay@proboscis,cc, seanvui@hotmail.com www.probscis.cc . The lodge for overnight stays also ...
The Biggest Nose in Borneo
... and lush. We made a stop at Sepilok, arriving at 10.30am and waited until around 11am. This gave one-day Sandakan visitors the chance to visit the morning feeding of the Orangutans and then take our bus over to the Proboscis Monkeys. ...
Big, Hairy and Ginger
... with badly timed dubbing, though thankfully this time it was English with Malay subtitles. We arrived in the evening into Sandakan which on first impressions seemed like a ghost city. Though after walking closer to the harbor we found many restaurants ...
The Ape Escape!
... down to Sandakan, where we have booked a trip on the Kinabatangan river with a tour group called Uncle Tans. Safely deposited in Sandakan after our 6 hour bus ride (during which we got a free meal, included in our bus ticket price! The Malaysians really ...
Orangatang Country
Flew into Sandakan, on the east coast of Sabah, northern province of Borneo (island area of Malaysia) to visit Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre, one of only four Orangatang Sanctuaries in the world. It wasn't quite what I was expecting. I was under the ...
Allemaal beestjes!
We verbleven in Sepilok, 20 kilometer van Sandakan, de ideale ligging voor excursies. De eerste dag gingen we richting het oerang-oetang opvangcentrum in Sepilok. Op wandelafstand van ons verblijf. Prachtige beesten die Oerang-oetangs, helaas was het ...