Hotel City Star Sandakan

... okseni koko matkan (6 tuntia) taukoamatta bussin penkeille ja lattialle. "Pitkan syljen" irtoamisesta lahteva aani kuului mukavasti stereona kun etu- ja takapenkki paasivat vahavalia yhteiseen rytmiin. No onneksi bussin etuosassa sijaitsevalta 10' tuuman naytolta esitettiin laatupatkia kuten "Fast and The Furious" joten matkustaja saattoi paeta sapenkatkuista atmosfaaria elokuvien ihmeelliseen maailmaan. Sandakaniin saavuttua tutusti mittari alle ja ...

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 ...

... routine was going on on the platform, one orang-utan fancied a change of scene and bounded down to swing herself up onto the viewing area instead. There we were able to watch her at close range as she slowly advanced down one of the walkways, stopping frequently to pose for photographs, until having had her attention fix moved back out into the jungle. <br><br> We were pretty pleased with that sighting, but as our ticket permitted us entry all ...

... in the park, killed a few hours waiting for the afternoon feed. After lunch it was time to go back in, thankfully there were a lot less people for this viewing. Six Orang-Utans arrived in, I think four of them had been there earlier in the day (greedy feckers). We stood and watched for as long as we were allowed, then left happy. It was nice to see them, it did feel a bit like a zoo but at least these Orang-Utans could leave whenever they liked.<br><br>29 August ...

... We think a garden flying snake ..... fortunately sighted on the morning we left.<br><br>The staff were lovely and very accommodating and dropped us at the orang utan sanctuary and picked up again later in the day which allowed us to attend both feeding times. In between we walked to the Rainforest Nature Centre 2 km away, despite the day being extremely hot. It was well worth attending both feeding sessions at the sanctuary. The morning was more crowded with tour buses ...

... everyone was such good people. I wish we could of stayed and got to know them better, everyone was like minded backpacking or seeing the world with an air of adventure and the discovery of new experiences.<br><br>We sat out under the dark cloak of Borneo skies and all listened in awe at Dan and Becky&#8217;s tales of the worst bushfires in history down at their farm outside Melbourne, Australia. A harrowing story of desperation in the face ...

... We loaded into his car with his driver and headed to Sakau. After about 2 hours and several near accidents we got to Sakau Guesthouse which is right on the river. We had to wait for the rooms to be ready but they feed us lunch that was really good. Ben decided that we would go trekking after lunch. We got into our rooms and let me tell you it wasn't like in the brochure. No a/c and as Ben said the toilet smelled like a toilet. Extremely basic. Good thing the food made up for it ...

... Rehabilitation Centre. This is where they retrain orphaned or injured orang-utans for life back in the wild. It was great to learn more about the orang-utans and to get the chance to witness a mother and baby at the feeding platform, along with a lot of cheeky monkeys! Then it was off to the airport again to fly to Kota Kinabalu, our only concern being the ever increasing size of Will's insect bite.

... 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.

... KINABALU CLIMB, KNP+PORING VISIT, MANUKAN ISLAND, MONSOPIAD CULTURE VILLAGE VISIT, SCUBA DIVING, ORHID FARM, TAMBUNAN TOUR, LAST TRAIN OF BORNEO, KUDAT RUNGUS LONGHOUSE VISIT, -RIVER RAFTING -MULU OR MIRI SARAWAK PACKAGES -TURTLE WATCHING TURTLE ISLAND SELINGAN SANDAKAN -WILDLIFE VIEWING @ KINABATANGAN RIVER -GOMANTONG CAVE -ORANG UTAN WATCH AT SEPILOK -DANUM ...