Following a harrowing two-plus day experience in the South China Sea (See Fire Aboard the Quest) we limped into Sandakan, Malasia tired, relieved to be safely near land, and anxious to get off the ship. The many ports we were scheduled to visit in Indonesia were set aside in favor of returning us all to our homes via Singapore. Two days in Sandakan awaiting flights were filled with Azamara’s free excursions in Sandakan and the surrounding jungle paradise. Sandakan’s community on stilts in the bay was a surprise highlight of one excursion, a development uniquely picturesque in world travels. It is featured below. Don’t ask about sewage in Sandakan’s Bay Homes. It is gravity fed!
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- Sandakan’s Saba Resort
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- Resort pool
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- Tropical plantings
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- Path down to jungle stream
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- Entry to resort dining
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- Resort shopping
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- Muslim workers in shop
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- Google view of bay homes and walkways
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- Bayview 1
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- Walkway to homes in the bay
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- Homes two
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- View between the homes
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- Bay home greenery
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- Decor on the water
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- Suspended porch with railing
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- Laundry day
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- Water view between neighbors
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- Suspended storage
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- Porch decor and storage
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- Transportation option
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- Children option
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- Vendors on the baywalk
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- Huge pole beans?
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- Walkway toward shore
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- Cats above the water
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- Potted plants on laundry day
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- Tourist trapped over the water
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- Floor decor
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- Outdoor closet?
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- Water decor near shore
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- Apartments on dry land
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- Bay shrimp at market
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- Fish stacked in market
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- Little girl with a V
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- Mini fish pile
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- Not so mini fish pile
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- Vendor with tourist
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- Digital memory
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- Ancient church in Sandakan
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- Laundry day ashore
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- Apartment dwelling
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- Plush dining with a view
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- Outdoor dining with cover
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- Resort from pool
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- Resort plant
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- Kingdom of Brunei Airplane
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- Kingdom airline hostess uniforms! Neat
