Sandakan Trip

When Roger, my brother-in-law who resides in Sandakan invited us

for an outing to Lankayan Island, we simply could not say a "no".

We flew into Sandakan via Kota Kinabalu, while Cynthia flew in

on a direct flight from Kuala Lumpur.

The island is an hour and half boat ride from the mainland and the followings

are pictures to remember.

The chalets are clean, comfortable and with the sea almost at

your doorstep what more can we ask!

Hammock ridden.

Fook Fook the resort's resident dog.

Bronzed by the sun.

The crystal clear waters.

Diving equipment for hire.

Our catch for the day.

Enjoying ourselves on the fishing boat.

Yoga time in the middle of the ocean



Sure this is yoga?????

Sun-bathing on the sun-deck

Hung this sign on my door to indicate to the resort's staff

in case of any turtle nesting.

Very lucky to watch a turtle laying her eggs.

After 3 days at the island we are back on the mainland Sandakan to

do some tourist visit.

Had tea and cakes at the famous English tea house which is

on top of a hill overlooking Sandakan bay.

Agnes Keith's house. She is the american writer who lived here from 1930s

and 1942 , and wrote three books. The first was "Land below the Wind"DIV>

(first published 1939), a book on pre-war days. It was followed

by "Three Came Home" (1947), which focused on hardships suffered in the

Second World War, and was subsequently made into a Hollywood movie, and

the third book "White Man returns" (1951), which tells of her life in Sandakan

after war.

The Australian Memorial dedicated to some 2700 Australian prisoners

of war and others who died in the Pow camp and death marches in

North Borneo during WW2.

Crispy pata a favourite Filipina dish (used to eat this frequently

prepared by our Filipina maid when we stayed in KK)

Farewell dinner at Masarap was special with a live band entertainment.