Sabah - something for everyone (Sabah)

Member Name: swannie

Product:	Sabah
Date:	29/08/00 (143 review reads)
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Advantages: Orang Utans

Disadvantages: A long way to go

Sabah, or N Borneo as it used to be called, is part of Malaysia and is a great place. I was in two minds whether to mention this in case everyone flocks there and spoils it ! it has something for everyone. The main resort areas are around the main town - Kota Kinabalu - and have good hotels, excellent beaches and small islands offshore to explore. KK has a small museum and lots of shopping opportunities - especially the night market and the Philipino market.
For the energetic there is Mount Kinabalu which you can walk up in a couple of days or visit halfway up by coach.
The best bit of Sabah for me however entails a flight from KK to the other side of the state to Sepilok. This is a small unsuprising town but just outside is an Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre. Here you are virtually guaranteed to see Orangs as they come down to the feeding centre. There ar also usually one or two youngsters around the centre who haven;t quite "left home" so it is very advisable to make use of the lockers offered and leave eberything there (except camersa of course). You are not allowed to touch the Orang but they can touch you and the youngsters are adept at searching pockets even if this means undoing buttons. Perhaps also you will be lucky as we were when a wild adult female came down to the path and sat next to us to show off her new tiny baby.

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