View From Hotel Room
Long flight from Heathrow Airport changing at Kuala Lumpur and on to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo.
Shangri-La's Rasa Ria Hotel, Kota Kinabalu. Excellent hotel on the beach looking out to the South China Seas.
The total travel time, from leaving hotel near Heathrow Airport untill arriving at the Rasa Ria hotel, was approx 23hrs!
Left Hotel at Heathrow at 08:00 and arrived at the Rasa Ria hotel at 15:00, local time, next day.
Tour Operator was Hayes & Jarvis for this trip.
Borneo
One of only two places you can see Orang-utans living outside of a zoo. The other place is the island of Sumatra.
The Rasa Ria hotel has its own nature reserve with Orang-utans living there. They were rescued ones which they hope to return to the wild.
The beach did have a lot of sand flies as their policy was not to spray and kill them. However walking along the beach, in either direction, I had no problems.
A trip to the sister hotel’ Shangri-la Tanjung Aru Resort’ for a small charge on the hotel bus is worth a look. However they only have a tiny beach area.
http://www.shangri-la.com/kotakinabalu/rasaria/en/index.aspx
Borneo 2004
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