Resort Lodge Sandakan

... for such a lot of hill in such a small space! We clambered down a rather steep and overgrown path to find a tiny pristine beach which we had mostly to ourselves for the afternoon. The sand was white and untouched when we arrived, save for the tracks of a monitor lizard, and the green forest rising sharply behind the beach made for a most picturesque setting. <br><br> We also did some diving in the marine park &#8211; it&#8217;s been a long time ...

... of the state. I have gone thru it several times in my life but never had the time to visit it. Now I would do that.<br><br>The trip down memory lane is always bitter-sweet, and the saddest thing is that in the ten years since we last met, 6 of my classmates have passed away. Illness had made them left early. <br><br>A day after the reunion I got a ride from Sandakan to Kota Kinabalu, and from KK I went to Kudat by minibus. The city has changed a lot, but the ...

... Lodge restaurant for lunch. After he drives to the next feeding platform and around 4:30 he drives back to Sandalak and the return is also 15 R. There is an admission fee to Labuk Bay and I think it is 50R + 10R for the camera fee but it is so worth it. Saw many Proboscis monkeys, macaques and also I finally saw hornbills. <br><br>If you take a taxi it ...

... Encore la, on n'a pas vue de tortues. Puis comme emilie ne voulais pas que je subtilise le masque er le tuba qu'on avait louer a l'autre ile, et bien a n'a pas pu faire d'apnee car il n'y avait pas de centre location sur l'ile.<br><br>nous sommes revenu vers 17h00 a sandakan, brulle par le soleil. Demain midi, samedi, on prend l'avion pour retourner a kota kinabalu. <br><br>

... the wild! The lense on my cam**a doesn&#8217;t reflect just how close it was to us. As we drifted down the riv** more orangutans came into view in total we obs**ved 4 one of them being a moth** and a baby orangutan. It was a great feeling to have seen them in th**e natural environment. It was for times like this that we wished we had binoculars! The remaind** of the safari passed by amongst shouts of &#8220;Monkey!&#8221; &#8220;more monkeys&#8221; we saw loads of wildlife but ...

... Rien found a stylish white spangled cowboy hat....the perfect choice for jungle trekking. I had a hard time finding a hat I liked and when I finally did find one it was a hat that one of the workers had left laying in the shop. They asked him if he wanted to sell it and of course I didn't want to buy it at this point. Should have known.... We really didn't do much for the rest of the day but rest, try out the local Pizza Hut and decide what to take with us on the trip. And it rained...

... asked when I bought my ticket and when they collected my ticket to be dropped off at the Sepilok junction, about a half hour before Sandakan. That request was ignored, forgotten, or misunderstood as I ended up all the way in Sandakan. They wanted me to pay 30 ringgit to take a taxi back (it only cost me 35 ringgit to get from KK to Sandakan in the first place). I told them no and they needed to take me back, seeing as ...

... monkeys, which were actually really cute, but no Orangatans. We heard them calling them and banging tins to attract them but they were obviously having a lovely sleep - then just as we were thinking it would not happen the ropes start really swining and everyone is pointing and a beautiful female with her baby arrives. It is so worth the wait of over an hour in intense heat, she arrived on the platform just in front of where we were and then was joined by a another friend ...

... cards and chatting. We were really lucky with our group - they were all really nice, so that was nice - now we have friends! In the afternoon it rained quite a bit but we forged ahead with our sunset boat ride anyway - which was a fantastic decision - we got soaked but we saw Proboscis monkeys - which are endemic to Borneo and are endangered. They have these big noses for attracting each other and they jumped all over the place when they ...

... de POW (prisoner of war), construit par les japonnais. Des anglais, australiens, indonesiens (2500 prisonniers au total) seule 6 on survecue a cause de leur evasion. Peu de gens sont au courant de cette tragedie, elle est considerer plus atroce que le pont de la riviere kwai (Thailande). Des marche forces de 250 km dans la jungle, peu de nouriture et d'eau ont eu raison de ses hommes. Le camp de POW ...