In May we waved our friends in the Marina goodbye and had a very pleasant motorsail and sail to the tiny picture postcard island of Palau Tiga 32 nm away. The British Survivor Borneo Series was filmed on this island.
We caught up with Gaia for a short while but they left the next morning. It felt like we were playing tag with them!
We caught up with Gaia for a short while but they left the next morning. It felt like we were playing tag with them!
Pulau Tiga is very pretty and has some enjoyable walking trails where there are lots of monitor lizards and Macaque monkeys. While there Fran wallowed in the "Mud Volcano" It was great fun and my skin felt wonderful afterwards. Mind you I was still finding mud in all sorts of crevices for days afterwards! Sorry no photos!
We walked to Rocky Point on the other side of the island but it was covered on plastic bags and empty water bottles. What a disgrace for a "paradise island!"
From Pulau Tiga we sailed 38 nm to Labuan Is which is still part of East Malaysia and just off the coast of Brunei. Gaia was already anchored in the harbour and it was great to catch up with them again but they departed the next day.
We spent 5 days there and filled the bilges with duty free wine and beer as Labuan is a Duty Free Port! Consequently it has a very busy harbour as seen in the number of ships anchored at the entrance.
(Remember to click on the photos to enlarge them)
(Remember to click on the photos to enlarge them)
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| Ships Anchored at Labuan Harbour |
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| Labuan Harbour |
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| Labuan |
However, our main reason for stopping in Labuan was to visit the WW II Memorial and to pay our respect to those who died during the War. So we visited the beautifully kept War Memorial where about 3000 Commonwealth servicemen are buried. Many of them are unknown as they died on the Death Marches and in the Prisoner of War Camps at Sandakan in Sabah.
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| War Memorial Labuan |
We also visited the historic Surrender Point and the Peace Park on the other side of the island at Layang Layanggan. Surrender Point is where the Japanese Forces in North Borneo surrendered at the end of the War.
Peace Park was a gift from the Japanese as an appeasement. It has a Japanese war memorial and commemorates the place of surrender.
Peace Park was a gift from the Japanese as an appeasement. It has a Japanese war memorial and commemorates the place of surrender.
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| Japanese Peace Park |
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| Tom at Surrender Point |
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| Sunset Labuan Harbour |
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