Hotel Lagenda Sandakan

... bit in particular we have begun to see that we have few basic needs but endless wants. Maybe there is real wisdom to the saying "Want less, enjoy more."<br><br>When Cadbury&#8217;s changed one of their recipes to include palm oil Australians were up in arms with protests and petitions to ban it. Why don&#8217;t we do that in the UK? Is it more difficult to fight for and care enough for something you can&#8217;t see happening on your doorstep?<br><br>We have felt so ...

... have no idea if was actually a male) knew exactly what to do and swam off at great speed for such a tiny creature popping up for air every 20 seconds or so. We watched him until he had gone out of sight. <br>This swim out by our adopted Turtlet was reminiscent of the end of a cartoon where some animal disappears off into the sunset in a zig-zagging route. The pops up for air looked almost cartoon-like. Even I must admit he was cute.<br>In the ...

... river - even if we did manage to open our eyes there was so much rain coming down it was difficult to see very far at all! We sense a bit of an ominous theme developing...<br><br> On our other trips out in the boat we saw lots more monkeys and various birds, and were lucky enough to spot a properly wild orangutan, hanging out high in a tree close to the river, munching his way through the fruit from a fig tree. Whilst on land at a village we ...

... with a spotlight, picking animals out of the dark with the greatest of ease. We saw quite a lot of birds (hornbills, egretts, eagle, kingfisher), civets, macaques,and a pile of other animals. It was pretty fun to go down the river in the dark and the drizzle didn't dampen our spirits.<br>Back to camp and bed.<br>The next day we had a 6am start for a morning safari. On this trip we saw more of the same, plus a gibbon with baby, and more orangs. We also discovered that the white egretts that ...

... day. We ate some wonderful dishes: varieties of mushrooms stir fried with broccoli and just a dash of chines rice wine; her own families recipe for drunken chicken with a strongly flavoured rice wine made by her mother. We had a pork dish with star anise, a duck dish with a scrumptious ginger sauce - there was also plum sauce. Her steamed fish and crispy bean with chopped shrimps were all delicious and she has shared her recipe for Japanese tofu with me. Glorious stuff.<br><br><br>

... riv**. H**e a boat took us up the chocolate brown coloured riv** to camp.<br> The camp was basic to say the least. The seeping huts w**e a rudimentary 3 sided wooden hut with 3 double mattresses laid on the floor each having its own mosquito net. The show**s w**e basically a bucket wash and the wat** used was pumped direct from the riv**. Toilets had to be flushed by pouring the riv** wat** down them. I commented that I couldn&#8217;t believe that I have paid money to come on an ...

... at the rest stop we (or i, rather) sampled some of offerings and met some pommy birds on our bus (who informed us of the sick incidents at the front of the bus, making us happy to be at the back). finally came our stop: sepilok junction. literally a roundabout in the middle of nowhere. we got off with editt and marie, our new polish and french friends. not 2 minutes passed did a van pull up asking for us by name. ridiculous. we ...

... of it being described as a "dive"(excuse the pun),"dump" and "dirty" and while I never like to say anything negative truly you could describe it no other way - oh yes except "smelly" as Holly would say. The bus trip was around 5 hours as the roads were really busy but it was good and comfortable. We had hoped to go to Sukau which would have been a bit closer to the jungles as Sandakan seems to mean we will be backtracking but there is no simple way to get there and with there ...

... utans nest during the rain and never come out to feed. Fortunately it stopped 20 minutes before the second feeding and we got some awesome pictures of them before the rain came again. The day turned out perfectly as its not uncommon for none to come and feed. It was a great experience and a pleasure to pay and donate to such a great cause and set-up. Seeing the 'Man of the jungle' (local translation of orang-utan) in the wild is definitely a highlight so far for us both.

... suis fait sucer le minou. Rejean etait bien jaloux. Moi, j'etais encore a l'envers. Toute ma jupe etait plein de sang. Une chance, elle a du tomber a un moment donner. C'etait juste son anticoagulant qui faisait encore effet. Rejean a verifier minou-sieusement, mais pas de delinquant en vue qu'il ma dit. . . ouf!! Maintenant tout est revenue normal, a part mes morsures. Rejean, semble n'avoir pas de "bon sang". hihi. Il est indemme. Sauf que j'ai commence a l ...