Sandakan Hotel

... 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 VALLEY (BRL) - LAHAD ...

... a brief one of some forty minutes. Purchasing our taxi coupon at the airport in Sandakan, the eleven or so kilometres to the Sandakan hotel was rather pleasant, past verdant vegetation and a taxi driver who was very keen  to welcome us to Sabah, in ...

... branches and get quite close. The density of wildlife was impressive.   Christine met an interesting Australian couple in the Sandakan hotel who suggested that we visit them at St Michael's church. We walked along the back of town through a quiet ...

... right in front of the resort for qualified divers only Included compulsory conservation fee (RM20/pax/night) Package excludes: Overnight in sandakan hotel, based on Air Asia flight schedule. (Can be arranged) Transfer airport to hotel, based on Air asia ...

... to see so that didn't take long so we headed to the English tea house. The English tea house was on a hill over looking Sandakan. The place was really peaceful and beautiful, so we had a cream tea and pink lemonade and soaked up the colonial atmosphere. ...

We got back to Sandakan last Thursday afternoon and checked back into the Mayfair Hotel where we had stayed previously. It's really as good a deal there as you can get in Malaysia for accommodation. There's a DVD player and 42" LCD TV in every room and ...

... 2 more hours get to Ranau, at the Kundasang War Memorial, which commemorates the British and Australian prisoners who died during the Sandakan Death Marches...They were prisoners of the Japanese in 1943 and were sent to walk from Sandakan to Ranau (250km) ...

... nbsp; 16Th Oct  The flight out to Sandakan was a 7 Am flight, it left on time and is only a 45 minute hop.   At Sandakan airport I discovered there is no shuttle bus to town, so we jumped into a taxi. It cost us £7 to get us to our hotel. ...

... 100's of tourists in a tour bus village, but one where one of his mates happened to live) and then back onto our hotel in Sandakan. The WWII memorial was a bit of an eye opening experience, You really feel sorry for the diggers that went on that death ...

... in the corner of the yard sat the ever present scrap vehicle which has been abandoned to to the undergrowth and chickens. Sandakan is a busy bustling place at the entrance to an island studded bay. On the outskirts we pass thousands of wooden shacks ...

... us again, and continued the next day to Sepilok Jungle Resort. We planned to spend the afternoon and evening in Sandakan, hoping to find somewhere nice to celebrate our 31st wedding anniversary. We explored the tourist sights around Sandakan, the ...

... temple is located up an incredible steep hill with hairpin bends, however because of its situation it afford glorious views across Sandakan Bay. The temple is a little unnerving as it appears to have swastikas at every turn, but Basri explained that ...

... First though, we took a couple of days out in the town of Sandakan. There's not much to say about Sandakan, other than it's hot, pointless, has one nice hotel (which we stayed in) and a lovely old English Tea house left over from old colonial days. We ...

Once in town we got told about a place by water front called 'Sandakan Harbour Square'. The room rates were printed on a sheet at reception but once we took a look the guy behid the counter told us that we could have the A/C room, with sea view for just ...

The journey to Sandakan got off to a rocky start when emma had to dive out the taxi taking us to the long distance bus station to throw up. The Malaria pills we have been taking don't really seem to agree with her. Jonti is still waiting patiently for his ...

... 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 ...

We took the 7am Air Asia flight to Sandakan. We only had hand luggage so we left the airport straight away. Exit the building and walk straight ahead and diagonally right, so you exit the car park on the right hand side. Then turn left walking along the ...

Up at 4am, and into our ordered taxi with Terry to Sandakan Memorial Park. Yellow lights led our way up to the main memorial. The service was beautiful and very moving. My favourite was the burning of gum leaves as people back home used to send them over ...

Another stop over en route to the Kinabantangan River. We ate some good food, drank beer, sang karaoke and spent a lovely afternoon using the pool at a very expensive hotel. So far so good with the ...