Hotel Ramai Sandakan

... be 100, versus the human (and perhaps more specifically female) instinct that all of the little buggers should survive and all must make it to the sea. Hence the catch-22 of having your torch on to make sure you werent treading on any, but then in doing so attracting hatchlings away from the sea with the light. Fortunately there are rangers with a better feel for the natural process who mop up after the tourists have satiated their cuteness-lust.

... trip down the river to spot wildlife. It was really good and we saw lots of things including long tailed mocow monkeys, probiscus monkeys (they have big noses), a bright green poisonous viper with red eyes, a number of large monitor lizards, hornbills (big birds that look a bit like toucans) etc.
Yes this accomodation was starting to be a bit more of a challenge, it was basically a wooden box (but with some clanky a/c mind) and a number of insects around ...

... although definitely not local) go to the English Tea House & Restaurant located at Agnes Keith museum and can have some of the best Tom Yum soup and great deserts and coffee (Seafood soup was 11R and Mineral Water 5.50R + taxes = 18.15. The garden tables are great as well as the breeze that comes from being on the hilltop. If you don't want to spend 5+R for a good coffee here the next best place that had decent coffee for 2.40R was KFC!!!.

petite journee aujourd,hui. nous avons refais le tour des vendeurs d'expedittions a l'ile au tortues pour voir si il n'y avais pas eu des cancellation et on magasinais aussi pour un trip d'une jourrnee a la grotte de gomatong et sur la riiviere kinabatang. fianlement c'est l'hotel qui offrait le meilleur deal pour la riviere et la grotte, puis on laisser nos nom pour un tour d'une journee a l'ile aux tortues. si il y a deux autres personnes qui s'ajoute a nous ...

... This one had a leak but this wasn’t a problem as they just kept bailing it out every so often! It turns out the previous boat was borrowed because this one (their own) had sunk overnight.

However, the wildlife spotting was really good again and we saw two more crocs and some gibbons!

Breakfast was coffee and toast because they’d run out of gas for cooking!

The other 4 brave backpackers left after breakfast as it was the end of their 2 days, so ...

Og så tog vi med flyveren endnu en gang, denne gang til Sandakan - en by på Borneos nordkyst . Anders er meget glad for det navn- "Sandakan" - det lyder så godt at sige. Selve byen er ikke særlig køn. Både den og KK er kendetegnet ved at være blevet bombet fuldstændig under 2. Verdenskrig. Så der er stort set ingen gamle bygninger tilbage. Men Sandakan var også kun et mellemstop. Fra flyveren kunne vi se Mount Kinabalu der er det højeste bjerg i Malaysia (4.100 m). 25. marts 2009

... as a cucumer. After my emotional encounter and to celebrate my birthday, my 2 month anniversary of being away and because I really, really wanted to I signed up for Uncle Tans Jungle Camp with the guys from Redcar. Cost me 60 quid for 3 days so will have to live like a pauper for a while to make up for it. Oh and the hostel turned out to be complete *******s. Can't be bothered to explain except that they reminded me of Celtic Manor!

... 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 ouvrir/fermer. Pas besoin de vous dire que l'on se sentait comme des sardines (oui je sais encore des poissons). Seule moi qui etait assise a cote du chauffeur ...

... Royale but there you go) which cost a staggering three pounds for us both. Next day and we're up and out again, no rest for the wicked and all that, and our (expensive) car to the airport dropped us with just over an hour to spare for our flight to the Borneo part of Malaysia, specifically to Kota Kinabalu on the north-west coast, our gateway to all things turtley, orang utany and so on. We had also set aside a few days of doing absolutely nothing in ...

... Taiwan, China , Thailand, Brunei, Singapore ...etc.., . SCTS offer Eco Nature Tour which include Wildlife Tours (Elephant, Malayan Sunbear, Mouse Deer, Birding, Orangutan, Crocodile, Rhinoceroses as well as Proboscis monkey..etc), Nature Adventure (Cave Exploration, Jungle Trekking, Waterfall Trekking)We also customise/consult tour itinerary to fulfill guest ...