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Kinabatangan River.

Peking Duck at Silk Garden at the Pacific Hotel.....right across from Mystic The Sutera Marina.....our view out of our pilot house IMG_2977 IMG_2979 Leaving Kota Kinabalu for Sandakan by plane That is Sutera marina.....can you see Mystic?? Look at all the Water Villages!! IMG_2984 Mount Kinabalu. A very impressive mountain at 13,435'. Love that waterfall down there! IMG_2989 IMG_2991 Sandakan is down below where that big bay is. You can see how many rivers flow out. The one to the far right is the Kinabatangan See all the planted palm oil trees!! Orangutan feeding platform at Sepilok Rehab Center Actually not that much food......we had no orangutans show....think it happens a lot!! View of the rainforest and lines for the orangutans! Sepilok has a outdoor nursery for the juveniles......we saw 10 or so "kids" having fun!! Lunch time IMG_6198 IMG_6200 IMG_6201 Kids will be kids!! IMG_6203 IMG_6204 IMG_6207 IMG_6209 An adult watching the kids outside the nursery Sun Bear......world's smallest bear...about the size of a medium-size dog! IMG_6216 IMG_3019 They love the corn....look at those claws!! A Macaque monkey stole one of the corns!! Eating some kind of yam...yummers!! They love to climb! Belly full...time for a snooze!! IMG_3049 IMG_3053 Chest patch...unique to each bear A remote river village....only accessible by boat....but look at the cell tower....3G baby!!! One of the Borneo big five.....saltwater crocodile....this one about 12' IMG_3068 IMG_3070 IMG_3072 Macaque Monkey IMG_6237 One of many tributaries off the main river Nexter our guide for the 4 days!! Probiscis Monkey....#2 on the big five A dominant male.....you can just see his huge nose!! Sound asleep early in the morning!! IMG_6254 Purple Heron IMG_3094-e1506314815250 Coming back to the Sakua Lodge early evening IMG_6257 Early on the river....6:00am IMG_6270 IMG_6272 IMG_3097 IMG_3100 Alpha Orangutan male.....in the wild....no 3 on the Big Five Looking through the binoculars! IMG_6279 IMG_6286-e1506314590705 See the Eagle......what a picture!!!! No Eagle IMG_3107 Many Swiflets flying around...eating all the insects...thanks!!! IMG_3115 IMG_3116 Only the dominant males grow the flange around their face IMG_3126 IMG_3133 We watched for over an hour....he gorged himself on the red ripe figs!! IMG_3137 IMG_3139 Classic pose! IMG_3142 IMG_3145 IMG_3147 He was around 20 years old.....they lose their hair on the spine as they age Even the Macaques love the figs! Coming back to the Lodge for breakfast Rattan creeping plant Ebony tree Wild ginger River scenes on our hunt for the Borneo Pygmy elephant....No 4 on the Big Five IMG_6299 Storm Stork Taking off....beautiful!! The elephants have been here...smashed elephant grass IMG_3154 Jamel, the head tracker, gets off to go have a look for more tracks IMG_3159 Elephant foot prints IMG_3164 We stopped to ask the local for any sightings...they said a herd passed by this morning!!! They crossed the river here OK...found a few.....hidden behind the tall elephant grass We waited listening to the sound of eating, grass pulling and then as it got dark......we see his head....barely!! Barely see the top of the elephant in this picture We had a better view through the binoculars and standing on the boat Pig-tail Macaque monkey Macaque troop IMG_6307 Sunrise Ruddy Kingfisher......gorgeous IMG_3185 Muddy river from all the rain!! IMG_3192 Oriental Pied Hornbill IMG_3195 IMG_3198 IMG_3200 IMG_3202 Buffy Fish-Ow Crested Serpent-Eagle.....drying its wings!! Oriental Pied Hornbill....they were the most common IMG_3211 Wrinkled Hornbill.....very rare for this area.....the wing swoosh was very loud when they took off...there were 3!! River scene Nexter our guide! Lantern bug Alpha male long-tailed Macaque on the boardwalk at the lodge....protecting his troop......we backed up and went another way!! IMG_3237 IMG_3238 A very red millipede Amoured Millipede Worker quarters at the Gomantong Cave Hill side at Gomantong Cave IMG_6318 IMG_3246 Cave entrance......home to 2 million bats and Swiflets and 10 million cockroaches...yuck!!! Green lizard Dragon fly Inside the cave......huge cavern!! Lots of bats Crab in the guano.....the smell was daunting!! Cockroaches where everywhere...yuck!!! IMG_6334-e1506314673346 IMG_6336 More bats and bird nests IMG_6338 IMG_3273-e1506314836308 Ropes to climb to collect the nests Our green lizard was back for a better view!! A common leech Look how they crawl Nexter showing us how they grab on!! Rhinoceros Hornbill.....no 5 on the big five It was getting dark so not the best pictures...drats IMG_3283-e1506314853715 IMG_3285-e1506314875931 IMG_3287 Leaving the last morning IMG_6353 White Egrets See all the logs and debris in the water IMG_3294 River scenes of locals IMG_3297 IMG_3300 IMG_3301 Sula Sea IMG_3308 Berhala Island in Sandakan Bay IMG_3313 IMG_3314 Ships in Sandakan Bay IMG_3319 More water villages Beautiful mosque Large Coast Guard and Navy fleet to catch all the Philippine pirates!~! Large Water Monitor Lizard Eanglish Tea House for lunch...notice the croquet setup IMG_3335 Home of Agnes Keith who wrote "Land Below the Wind" Canopy walk at the Sandakan Rainforest Center IMG_3343 IMG_3345-1-e1506332660554 IMG_3350-e1506332472250 IMG_3351 Sandakan War Memorial IMG_6359 IMG_6362-e1506314707761 IMG_6363-e1506314727412 IMG_6364

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