Travel 014 : Sandakan, Sabah : 17 Jun 2012 : Sandakan

Sandakan has a street market that gathers every Sunday and is very next to the hotel we stayed.  I was looking forward to that market as it will be a time for us to buy many things and souvenirs.  During my last visit to Kota-Kinabalu, I bought a lot of pearl necklaces and ear-rings and so thought my wife will be freaking out in this market.  So in the morning, we stepped out of the hotel and looked at the market.  It was a big disappointment for me.  Nothing compared to the Chiang-Mai's street market and not even comparing to the Kota-Kinabalu's street market.  It is so small and we buy nothing from the market. 

Later we took the car and visited the Agnes Keith house.  This time we visited the house and not the tea house.  The house is well maintained and very informative. 









 
It is our elder daughter's birthday today and we came to know from internet that there is an Hindu temple in Sandakan.  As we don't have much to see in the city for the rest of the day, we drove to see the temple (though the plan is to go inside only in the evening) and drive back and visited the water-village.  From there, we went to a long drive along the coastal road and return back to the hotel. The rest of the afternoon went in walking along the coastal road and buying some small things.

In the evening, we visited the Vinayaga temple.  It is interesting to visit this temple at a remote part of Borneo.  There is no crowd except for a couple of families.  Speaking to one of the elder couple, we get to know about Sandakan curry house which is supposed to have Indian vegetarian food in Indian style.  So far in Sandakan, we manage to get only prata and dal that come close to Indian vegetarian.  So, we drove to the Sandakan curry house and glad to find thosai amoung other Indian dishes.  I had a nice chat with the owner and had nice Indian food for the first time after we started from our home.  We pinned this place to visit later for tomorrow and day-after.