Sabah - Borneo - page 156

Sights

1 Agnes Keith House B1

Activities, Courses & Tours

2 Sepilok Tropical Wildlife Adventure D2

3 SI Tours C3

Wildlife Expeditions (see 3)

Sleeping

4 Nak Hotel B3

5 Rose Guesthouse C2

6 Sandakan Backpackers C3

7 Sea View Sandakan Budget & Backpackers Hotel D3

8 Swiss-Inn Waterfront Sandakan D3

Eating

9 English Tea House & Restaurant B1

10 Habeeb Restaurant C2

11 New Market D3

Drinking

Balin (see 4)

Sights
Central Sandakan is light on 'must-see' attractions, although history buffs will appreciate
the Sandakan Heritage Trail brochure available at the tourist office. The centre, where
you'll find most hotels, banks and local transport, consists of a few blocks squashed
between the waterfront and a steep escarpment from where you can look out over the bay
(Teluk Sandakan). Warning: don't go to Sandakan Crocodile Park unless you like watch-
ing sadly neglected reptiles.

Chinese Cemetery
Sandakan's massive Chinese Cemetery essentially takes up all of a valley that runs into
the hills east of Sandakan. Gravesites are studded into the slopes, many shaped by feng

CEMETERY