Sandakan - On the northern tip of Borneo

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Wild telephone lines

Apartment blocks

No need for washing dryers here - always high 90s' and dry

Sandakan is a pretty little town right on the northern part of Borneo. Here you will find the famous sepilok orangutan rehabilitation center and other interesting nature discoveries. The town itself is still as it was in the 1950's except for the brand new high rising Sheraton Hotel which is a sort of island of western "civilization" here. As everywhere the Malay people are super friendly - but it seems that here they are even more friendlier. Eddie and I are greeted by virtually everybody - people in cars, on the street in restaurants - where do we come from? And wow: we are tall!