Sandakan Harbour Square B&B

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Etukateen oltiin jo kuultu ettei Sandakanin kaupunki tarjoa hirveasti mielta ylentavaa tekemista joten fokus olikin asetettu pelkastaan "nopeasti kaupunkiin" - "apinatarhaan" - "ja ulos" - akselille. Paatettiin kuitenkin jaada pariksi yoksi jottei olisi hirvea kiire kokoajan ja hyva niin. Ihan mukavaksi paikaksihan Sandakan kuitenkin osoittautui (Kaupunki tunnettiin tuhat vuotta sitten Kiinan keisarin linnunpesien hovituottajana. Taalta niita ...

So we had an early and exciting start to the day where we moved from the jungle to Liberan island off the coast from Sandakan. As we were up early I had diligently left my clothes on top of my suitcase for maximum speed the following morning .... this turned out to not be the time saving manouvre I thought it would be. I got dressed and as I was half awake brushing my teeth something stung me on bum. I lept about 6 feet in the air and elegantly ...

... They don’t seem to pay much consideration to their size when assessing a landing point – and the adults get pretty big – so they often end up on an impossibly thin branch that bends and sways precariously under their weight.

We continued along the river, seeing several more groups of proboscis monkeys and macacques, until we heard a huge crash of thunder right over our heads that made us jump out of our skins! The ...

... the viewing area. Of course when you're in a hurry you always get stuck behind the slowest people around. In this case it was an English couple and their daughter, who I'm not convinced wasn't a little retarded. Anyway we were starting to get a little frustrated with their pace when the girl suddenly decided to headbutt the platform. We both practically roared our delight, stepped over her and rushed on to the feeding. We needn't have been in such a hurry, when we ...

... the mountain there and we wandered around the place for a while, unfortunatly we only saw 2 Orang Utan's but loads of other monkeys. It wasn't the most amazing place i've ever been but was still pretty cool anyway. I had to hitch hike most of the way to the next town because the 11 and 12 O'clock buses never showed up but i eventually got to Sandankan.

I only had one night in Sandakan but i was told when i got there that a festival was taking ...

... full recov**y. The first feeding platform which we all can see is on the edge of the jungle. The orangutans that are at the early stages of rehabilitation keep coming back to this platform for feeding. As the orangutans progress they then move deep** into the jungle to oth** platforms until eventually they can survive on th**e own.
Anyway as we stood towards the back of the crowd unknown to us all a young orangutan had creeped around and to the rear of the viewing area! We w ...

... showed up and livened up the dinner party by attempting to steal whatever they could off the platform. We were pretty tired by now and couldn't wait to get back to Sandakan. After checking into the Mayfair, Rien had to leave for his flight back home. Decided to brave the wrath of Uncle Chinn (not his name but what it should be) picked out some movies and went to grab something to eat and veg out the rest of the evening. Oh I think I caught up on some blogging. And it rained.

... had the "pleasure" of leeches you should be made aware that they are from some other planet - you can't kill them and they will always get you! Some anecdotal evidence of this: · Leeches are water proof - Having found one on my sock I tried to wash it down the basin in fast running water and it stuck to the basin like glue · Leeches cannot be squashed to death - I then opted for the wrap it in toilet paper and squash it ...

... tried to dare Jenny to eat some seaweed and dried fish. Everyone stares at us and says "Helllloooooo". Today someone told us he loved us as we walked past. Hopefully we don't get attacked by leeches. Apparently they grow up to 30cm long. We are getting prepared with leech proof sock and cigarettes to burn them off, then vodka to numb the pain.

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