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Sabah - Turtles and Pygmy Elephants

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June 25th 2013
Lankayan Island Lankayan appeared like a mirage after a 2 hour bumpy speedboat ride from Sandakan. A small patch of palm trees surrounded by white sand and incredibly calm sea giving us our first views of colourful reef and huge shoals of fish. We were tempted to jump in there and then.<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;" /><br style= ... read more

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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