our room - Harbourside Backpackers

Sandakan: 04/07 to 05/07 : 2 days

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July 10th 2012
We flew from KL to Sandakan to have a better transport to our goal: the Orang-utan Rehabilitation Center in Sepilok.Sandakan is a hub town offering transport's link to Kota Kinabalu and to Semporna. It hasn't changed a lot since the end of the World War II, and is historical place for Australian and British. The town itself is pretty basic and grey. We just did a stop over as there i ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Sandakan

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During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe... ... read more