I have three printers but this is the one that has been giving me troubles each time I needed to use one. This is also the one that has gone to the 'workshop' twice.
I needed to use the scanner but it's not working now so today I had to send it in for the third time.One more time and it's the dumster for him. Repairing it cost me more than buying a new one all together.
With that done.... sunday was a free for anything day.
Andrew decided to try out his new camera on monkies....no kidding...he was. The place he chosed to do this was at Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkies santuary.
I had decided to invited mom and Atlas to tag along as they too have not been to this place before eventhough it has been 'there' for awhile now .
Yup ... this is the place to visit if you ever want to see the Proboscis monkies.
One of the two monkies attractions of Sandakan town.
A very popular place for tourist indeed.
Feeding time was at 11.30am with only thirty minutes of 'showtime' allowed. They closes the viewing pad at 12pm exact.
Entrance fee was priced at RM15 per adult, RM5 for children under 12 and RM10 for each camera brought in.
Andrew paid for his camera ( ha ha...had to leave the new one in the car)while I didn't pay.. neither did mom ( see where I got 'it' from) for mine although I used it for most of these shots.
The trip was worth to take as seeing the monkies was a guaranteed item( unlike sepilok). Provided you have the right kind of transportion to get you there in the first place. It quite a distand interior after the main road. I'm not sure how many km it was but it felt like an endless ride. Most likely because the road was within a plantation and all that you'll see left to right were palm oil trees.... with only a arrowed sign board appearing now and then at every junction.
This is how the ticket looked like
Welcome sign board
The viewing area
Me and my baby brother
The 'clan'
The alfa male.... I know where your focus is... it's very ovious isn't it?
We were informed that there is a lodge and restaurant in the near distant of the santuary. We proceed to check the place out which was called Nipah Lodge.
The short distant turned out to be not that short. It was again the ever winding plantation road that finally lead to reclaimed area by the edge of the river.
We saw the restaurant first.The cabins were further down the river.
The first sight... main entrance
Although I didn't ask, I think they do provide with river cruises as there were a few of these boats around
Looking at the menu, pricing was reasonable although they only have 4 item on the food menu....
1.set lunch comprising of plain rice, choice of fish or chicken, veggi,dessert and drink for RM20
choice of fried..
2. rice
3. mee
4. mee hoon
all priced at RM6
Drinks were priced according the the standard pricing list.
There were two 'funny' incidents that occured which will make me remember this eatery.
1. they totally forgot our drinks orders . Andrew had even finished his rice before the waiter came to the table to ask if we had ordered any drinks and the nerves to state that the girl had forgotten . Come on!
There were only another family eating then. I couldn't imagine how she would have handle a dozen. How could she have forgotten?.... I wondered
2. the cook totally forgot to add in salt to the food. Talk about healthier habbit. We asked for katchup but that only came after everyone had finish eating.
Hhmm..... I hate to put any good reviews here unless they do something about the service and the food... it would be doing unjustice to everyone.
Normal pose... me and the place
The saltless fried rice... looks better than it taste
The bill
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