City View Hotel Sandakan

... After my trip to Sepilok I returned and am in Room 304 and is quite comfortable and costs 50 R.  The Hawaii restaurant in Hotel City View recommended in Lonely Plant is not good at all and the service is very poor. However, if you want a real treat ...

... if our next destination would be showing the footy, Chris wasn't prepared to risk it! We caught the local bus to Sandakan War memorial park which is just outside the city and had  a picnic under the trees. The park is at the site of a WWII Japanese ...

... , leading eventually to a small museum which gives details of the horrifying events that took place there. In Sandakan itself we drove up to a lookout with a good view over the city, and later to a Chinese temple with an even more impressive outlook. ...

... straight away and after some confusion on our destination, we settled in for the oh so slow hour drive (it was only 25km to Sandakan!). It was fun though, with heavy rock music blaring as the Guns n Roses sign swung from the bus's rear view mirror. We ...

... 46.206E]. Both of these places deserved a few weeks just by themselves. Tawi Tawi was really intriguing. About 7-8 PM we arrived in Sandakan where customs and immirgration took about an hour. We took a taxi rm10 to the Mayfair Hotel. [05 50.321N 118 ...

... from there. Had the same breakfast as the other day then went and stood by the side of the road waiting for the bus to Sandakan to arrive. Standing by the side of the road encourages people to beep their horns at us/Charlotte, great fun is had by all. ...

Tour Name: KOTA KINABALU CITY TOUR Duration:  3 HOURS Description:  0900hrs or 1400hrs pick up from hotel and proceed for a city excursions of Kota Kinabalu, the State Capital of Sabah. Wisma Tun Mustapha (formerly known as Sabah Foundation ...

... . We were tired of the waterfront so we tried to find something else, we were having little luck when we passed the Nak hotel, I'd read about this earlier, it apparently had a posh roof garden and western food menu, we figured it would be expensive but ...

... phoned the Sanctuary up the previous day and confirmed they ran a shuttle bus from Sandakan to the Sanctuary, so I walked across to the Sandakan Hotel where the shuttle bus would depart at 9.30am. I was told I didn't need to book for the shuttle bus, ...

... via the tropical paradise of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah's capital.  Before heading on to a short flight to Sandakan, we headed to Signal Hill for a panoramic view of the city and the scenic islands off the South China Sea.  We also tourned lnear the ...

... , backside (and man alive was that one itchy bite...) A prepaid taxi sped us through the mega-city of KL to our accommodation, the rather swanky Traders hotel, in the shadow of the Petronas Towers, our room coming complete with a splendid view of them, ...

With a quick overnight at an airport hotel in Kuala Lumpur, we rose nice and early for our morning flight to Sandakan in Malaysian Borneo. During the last week in Vietnam I had been sending a few emails back and forth with a Malaysian company, trying ...

... before returning back to Kota Kinabalu. Dinner transfer to Kg Nelayan Seafood Restaurant while enjoy the Cultural Performance. Overnight at HOTEL of your choice DAY 04 HOME SWEET HOME Free at leisure until transfer to the airport for flight ...

... white and blue. When probed, he revealed that he had looked up the registration on the internet!! We were to route over Sandakan, but an especially large cloud was in our way, so with ATC permission we turned more westerly to miss it, again shortening ...

... summited, the horizon started to brighten.  The sunrise was pretty awesome with the surrounding mountains slowly coming into view.  On Kilimanjaro I'd suffered badly from the altitude on the last couple of days and summit day had been ...

... horrible people we sound like! After picking up our certificates and a final buffet meal we caught a bus to our next stop, the city of Sandakan on the east coast 4 hours away. A quick check in at our nice hostel and a much needed shower before we had a ...

... 14 bus to turnoff to Sandakan War Memorial. Have a stinking hot walk to park, where there is an interesting display and history. Sandakan was the site of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during WWII, and in September 1944 there were 1800 Australian and 600 ...

... called Food Corner then got an early night in. The next morning we took the bus to the city of Sandakan, checked into the Mayfair Hotel with its eccentric Chinese owner and rooms with all sorts of bits and pieces including satellite TV ...

... cob, and roasted chicken. The next day Graham and Eilidh left for their jungle trekking adventure, and I had a few days to kill in Sandakan. Trust me, there is nothing to do in Sandakan, and I was glad when it was finally time for me to go to Turtle ...

... our stay. We'd hoped they would take travellers cheques, US Dollars or Visa, but no such luck, necessitating a quick taxi ride to Sandakan on Friday to find an ATM. We had our first taste of Uncle Tan hospitality when we arrived anyway as they served us ...