Sabah State Mosque

Sabah State Mosque
We got up early and walked over to this beautiful mosque to catch it in the clear mroning light.
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Water Village

Water Village

On the way to the mosque we passed this water village. There are lots of these in Asia, but here in Koto Kinabalu many of them are being torn down and the residents moved to high rise apartments. Its OK with me, since the harbor of Kota Kinabalu is filled with the refuse from some villages like this. They must think that the sea beneath their houses is a garbage dump.

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Girls at Mosque

Girls at Mosque

These delightful girls were happy to pose for us.

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Sabah Fest Images

Wingsail-Images Judy Jensen & Fred Roswold

Drummers Part of the welcoming ceremony was this drum performance



Girl in Audience
This one never got bored. Once the show started she watched every minute.

Star of the show This boy had moves that wow'd the crowd.
Basket Maker Outside the performance hall, the craft demonstrations continued

Malay Basket Maker She must be the most photographed person in the place.

Sabah Baskets

Excellent and colorful Borneo craftwork
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Malay Dancer

Malayan Dancer in Costume
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Sabah Fest Dancers

Grand Finale
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Mount Kinabalu

Mountain in the Clouds. This peak, over 13000 feet high, is a World Heritage Site, and a popular tourist destination in Borneo
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Mesilau Forest Santuary

Mesilau Forest Santuary. The soft rain and thick forest produce a quiet which you can almost feel.
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Fruit Market

Fruit Market in the Mountians. The area around Mount Kinabalu is a major farming area for Sabah. The cool climate, heavy rain, and rich volcanic soil mean big harvests, but we know some of these fruits were actually grown in the lowland and trucked to the mountain top to this market; it's a popular stop for visitors driving over the pass, and business is brisk.
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Party On Wings-KK

Left to right, Sarah(hidden), Aaron,Lindsay, Bruce, Andi, M. Also present, not shown:Thomas.
What is Lindsay doing in our bed?
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Sutera Harbor Marina

We found this marina in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo. It is perfect: new, well protected, good facilites, and a good price. It is also in a modern and booming town, shopping is excellent.
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Rain Forest

Behind these clouds, a mountain. The clouds come right down to the deck in these mountians, and give a mysterious quality to the views.
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Dining at Mesilau

Nita, Andy, & Judy


We walked through the rain last night (after our terrifying drive through it) from our own lodge,and had dinner here. Not bad. This morning we had breakfast, (and it wasn't raining). Again, nice place, good food, peaceful.

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Giraffe

Hello?

Wings

Wings

Here we are anchored in Illutuk Bay where we visited the Calauit Animal Reserve. Have to be careful in this bay, there are rock pinacles which come up 30ft from the bottom, not good when its only 35 ft deep.

Calauit Animal Reserve Photos

African Scene

These Deer are indigenous to Busuanga and Palawan

Bearcat, I'll bet he has teeth

Zebra?, or horses in striped pajamas?

They seemed to be used to cameras

Calauit Reserve More Photos

Here is the jeep we rode around in to see the animals

Looks like an African setting, right?

These guys know how to eat leaves off a branch, they pull them off with their teeth, leaving the twigs in your hand

This is Illutuk Bay, where Calauit Animal Reserve is located.

Vollyball Victors

We started a vollyball game on the beach at Maricaban, between "Euro" sailors and those from the US, but the teams got mixed up, and even the staff at Maricaban joined in. A great game, several in fact, ensued.

Can you guess who were the winners?

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Swapping Sea Stories by the Pool

We ran across several sailors from the Clipper Challenge at Maricaban, (also met some crewing in the Bortacay Race) having a holiday while their boats are being repaired in Subic Bay. Here we swap sea stories by the pool.

El Rio Y Mar Resort

This is the resort at Maricaban Bay, Busuanga Island, Ther Philippines. This luxurious resort welcomes cruisers with moorings and big discounts on food and drink.

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Pool at Maricaban

This great pool at the El Rio Y Mar resort at Maricaban, on Busuanga Island, is a wonderfull place to relax and cool off. We heard that the snorkeling around here was good too, but we didn't try it. Wings is moored in the background, it is too deep to anchor here.

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Fred on Deck

On a nice sailing day I'm enjoying the sun and the wind while the windvane steers.

Judy has been saying it for a while now, and it's true, I look like my father. This photo could be of him.
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Village under the cliff

Village under the cliff
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Towing

We towed this banca with a broken engine into the fish camp at Taptuitan Strait. Next day when we came by they had fixed it and travelled on.
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Tapuitan Strait

Can fjords like this really exist in the Philippines?
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Man in Yellow Shorts

Man in yellow shorts descends. I know this isn't the best shot, but he was coming down fast and we were miles below him, and it was dark, and...I did my best.
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Fishcamp 2

This is the view of fishcamp 2, from Wings
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Fish Camp in Tapuitan

This fish camp lies at the base of a towering limestone cliff. Several families live here.
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Fish Camp and Bancas

Tourists come to the fishcamp in Tapuitan Strait on this banca. The fishermen are in the shade on their banca next to it, their small ones are pulled on shore. Wings is anchored in the background.
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Sunset, by flash

Sunset
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Lagan Island Resort

Resort. Throughout Bacuit Bay there are resorts nestled in coves and on small beaches. This one is on Lagan Island
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Judy Walking

Judy Walking, when we did go ashore, we had the beaches to ourselves
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Small Beach on Matinloc

Small Beach on Entalula (we first posted this as a beach on Matinloc, but I was informed that the actual location to be Entalula). Sorry for the mistake.) We sailed past countless small beaches like this. We wanted to stop at all of them, only the deep water made anchoring difficult.wingssail-Fredrick Roswold

Split Rock

Split Rock, typical of the stunning scenery in Bacuit Bay
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Motocyle Shopping

Ladies of El Nido take their kids, pile onto the family motobike, and go shopping. This is like a drive through supermarket in El Nido
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Looking Out the Hatch

These towering Limestone cliffs are a constant presence in El Nido. Looking out the hatch you can barely see the top of them
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Kudat Resort

The resort at Kudat, and the basin where we anchored
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Culion

Town Square in Historic Culion
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