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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    7 day Trip report, with photos, tips and logisitics, on Sabah, Borneo (July 2013) can be found here : Sabah, Borneo : July 2013 - BirdForum
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Day 4 has now been added : http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2791143#post2791143
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Day 3 has now been added : http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=263262
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Day 2 of the Trip Report (with photos) is now up here : http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2788974#post2788974
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Thanks for the tip James & Tony. I hadn't seen the KJC advertised so will have to look out for that one next time (I've just been alerted to some US$100 all-in return flights so it may be earlier than I had planned) ! I have started on my Trip Report here ...
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Hi Josh. I think that all of these places are generally catering to nature enthusiasts rather than dedicated birders per se. I did not see one other birder (long lens) on the river or at the lodges though lots of people interested in birds and from talking to the few Malaysian birders I met...
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    I stayed at the Bilit Rainforest Lodge however that was because there was an electrical fire in the room I was supposed to have stayed at in the Nature Lodge and as they were full they had to move me across the river (2 mins away). However the food at the Nature Lodge (I had breakfast there on...
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Hi Dev. Got home late last night / early this morning (01.30). Full report to come in the Vacational Trip Report forum. I'll put links up here, and also in my thread in the China section, once I start posting it. As a 'Reconnaissance Mission' it went very well ! Definitely need more time over...
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Thanks Horukuru - I've made a note, checked out the images and printed off the checklists ( I like the Phillips' one for the Endemic reminders) !
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Cheers mate ! No beer for you though .. you are very tardy with that Taiwan report I've been waiting to see all weekend ;)
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    For anyone reading this thread and planning a trip to Sabah : I purchased both the Phillips' 'Birds of Borneo' and the Susan Myers version (same title). I have to say the Phillips' version is much better; plates always on one side, larger images (colours and drawing style look very similar in...
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Thank you Horukuru ! All noted and the RDC info added to the schedule (not sure I have time to get to the cave though - which is a shame because everything you have listed is high up on my hit list).
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Thanks Larry ! I'll definitely give it a try.
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Thank you James & Jeff, I appreciate the comments. I have already read a lot about the OUs Rehab Centre but as I have already seen OUs in a semi-natural state in Bukit Merah when we stayed in Penang then I don't have any interest in visiting the Rehab, except for the birds. By checking through...
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Thanks for the heads up Dave - that's crazy ! If they want to charge me US$300+ to take my lens in (Nikon 300/2.8) - and it isn't the OUs I want to shoot anyway - I'll skip it.
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Confirmed Itinerary. 23rd : Shanghai-HK-Kota Kinabalu (arrive mid afternoon) 23rd : Bird TG Aru Beach 23rd 21.00: Flight to Sandakan and 15 mins from the airport to Sepilok Jungle Resort (2 nights). 24th dawn 'til dusk : Rainforest Discovery Centre and surrounding area. May include Orangutan...
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Brilliant Dave ! Many thanks, that's all gone into my notebook.
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Thanks James - just finished the itinerary (I'll post the whole thing once the lodgings are confirmed) but it seems to come together nicely, it's now 7 days 6 nights which I guess makes it a lot easier even though one of those days is lost to travel ! Fairy Pitta - I have ticked it here in...
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Many thanks Jeff for that - looks like I have a chance at most which is great ! Your Sichuan trip looked fabulous (nearly 250 species in how many days !?) - didn't expect you to do so well in Summer which is why I switched my attention to Borneo from Sichuan, Xishuangbanna and Dali !
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Bookings made for anyone who may want info in this regard in the future (PM me). 2 nights Sepilok (RDC), 2 nights Kinabatangan, 2 nights Mt Kinabalu. Still looking for any more good birding tips (thanks for that great info Dave) especially, with these top of my 'hit list' photographically...
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Thanks for the PM Dave ! Update. Flights booked 23rd thru 29th.
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    Sabah for 5 days/nights

    Opinions Sought for a free beer ! B (: I'm considering a short trip to Sabah around the 23/24th of this month (July) for 4/5 nights (I live in Shanghai) whilst my wife is away on a business trip :D I'm always happy driving myself around if I need to (which I think I do ?), so have considered...
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