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Last day - Sandakan POW Camp then homeward bound | Aug 23 08'

by Jennie and David a traveling as a couple from Canberra, on vacation in Sandakan

"Visiting Sandakan POW Camp is a thought provoking experience. “Lest we forget.”"

Sunday 24 August 2008 Turtle Island to Sandakan to Kota Kinabalu to Kuala Lumpur and home A wake-up knock on the door at 05h30 had me in the... Continue reading »
A fascinating experience on Turtle Island | Aug 22 08'

by Jennie and David a traveling as a couple from Canberra, on vacation in Sandakan

"Thrashing like windmills, their flippers propelled the young hatchlings into the sea to an uncertain future."

Saturday 23 August 2008 Sepilok to Turtle Island I am much refreshed this morning and a good day it should be. Today we head for Turtle Isla... Continue reading »
Gigantic Animal Movies | Feb 19 07'

by Princess Bunny a 29 year old female, on vacation in Sandakan

We had booked a place to stay in Sandakan based on it's description in the lonely plantet saying there were tv's and dvd players in each room and t... Continue reading »
OrangUtans & OrangUtans | Mar 02 08'

by gavngailstrail a 38 year old male traveling as a couple from Manchester, on vacation in Sandakan

We caught a taxi back to Ranau from the Hotsprings, where we waited for a bus heading to Sandakan that would drop us off at the junction to Sepilok... Continue reading »
Didn't I say getting there was half the fun? | May 02 06'

by Lindsay a female from Reading, on vacation in Sandakan

I planned to stay 2 nights in Sandakan as the town was the site of a POW camp from which there took place a number of death marches through the jun... Continue reading »
Sepilok - Orang Utans & leeches | Jul 02 08'

by Deadication a male traveling as a couple, on vacation in Sandakan

"Orang Utans & Leeches"

Having had 2 nights and a day and half in Sandakan, including tea and scones at the English tea house, well I did whilst Angela had an afternoon na... Continue reading »
Sandakan - | Jul 01 08'

by Deadication a male traveling as a couple, on vacation in Sandakan

"the fan in our room has now gone up in a cloud of smoke - why can't anything go straight forward !!."

Well we had to move from KL after one day 2 nights. Had some great food, cold beers and a good wlk around. Tueday morning 11am taxi to KLIA f... Continue reading »
Northern Malaysian Borneo | Mar 15 07'

by Travel Baxter a female from Los Angeles, on vacation in Sandakan

On the 14th I flew into Kuching in Southern Malaysian Borneo. Not a lot to say about this place. They have some weird cat sculptures ar... Continue reading »
Het regenwoud ligt aan onze voeten. | Oct 12 07'

by munckies a 42 year old male traveling as a couple from The Hague (Den Haag), on vacation in Sandakan

Om 4:45 uur belt de dame van de receptie ons wakker. We gaan we fris op pad. Om 5:30 uur staan de koffers buiten en gaan we aan het ontbijt. Dat is... Continue reading »
Sandakan, and the staring starts again | Apr 07 07'

by Ricicle a 27 year old female from Dublin, on vacation in Sandakan

We arrived in Sandakan around 11am, and jumped in a cab to our hotel. The others wanted to go to bed, but I wasn't that tired. I was in... Continue reading »