... and to learn how old Sandakan was razed to the ground by the Japanese in 1945, upon hearing news of their defeat. Sore losers!
Then up the curiously named 'Tangga Seribu' (and it's equally curious English translation of 'One Hundred Steps') which goes up the woody hills behind Sandakan town.
In the hills, a quick gawk at the pre-war Agnes Keith's House, a fine sample of colonial architecture, ...
... before heading to the Rotary-sponsored lookout platform. Sandakan was founded in the early 1870s, and was built along a flat strip of land sandwiched by the hills and the deep water of scenic Sandakan Bay.
