Particularly famous is an island called Sipidan where the density of fish and turtles was unbelievable. Semporna also had some great seafood restaurants - although it seemed a bit odd to be watching them one moment and eating them the next!
A very odd sight was the presence of machine gun posts on those tiny Islands - little did I know that the Foreign Office advise against non-essential travel to this area due to kidnappings by Filipino pirates - however rich Chinese tourists are the targets - Scottish backpackers are low on the wishlist!
A couple of hours drive from Semporna took me to the lovely Kinatabangan river for wildlife spotting - the animal on every tourists list being the pygmy elephant - but they didn't show up - however as you can see lots if other wildlife did!
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| Stork billed kingfisher |
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| Hornbill |
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| Free fish spa down by the river |
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| Leap of faith.... |
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| Chilling in the trees |
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| How cute is this little fella - the nocturnal Western Tarsier - was so tempted to pop him in my pocket!! |
A couple of days later an exceptionally fast taxi (it was best to read my Kindle rather than look up!!) took me to the capital of Sabah - Kota Kinabalu - I've had a lazy few days here mostly eating great seafood and getting my act together for this blog.
I also made a visit to a Dog Neutering Project called IAPWA www.iapwa.org
- see my vet blog for details...
But sadly my time in beautiful Borneo is coming to an end - but as always in Asia a short hop can transform your traveling experience in a flash - tomorrow that short hop is taking me to Myanmar, the former British colony of Burma - who knows what awaits!!
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