Day 4
The next morning, we woke up at 5:30am to go on an early morning river cruise. This one was much better than the previous evening's, mainly because the wildlife was more active. The scenery was also much more spectacular. This photo was taken on the boat:
We saw eagles, kingfishers, Makak and Proboscis monkeys as well. Most of the pictures aren't clear enough, but these two are alright…
A Makak monkey:
A Proboscis monkey:
After the cruise, I took a couple of photos of one of the villages…
Here's a cute kid, giving us an intense look:
One thing we found hilarious on the trip was that you'd pass these run-down houses or shacks, but perched on the roof would be an "Astro" dish (Astro is a satellite TV company). I was expecting to see a shack in the middle of a rice paddy with one of these, but had no luck. 
This one's a pretty good example, though:
After returning from the cruise, we had breakfast (banana fritters) and visited the Batu Tulung ("sleeping rock") caves, which were populated by many old coffins, dating 200-900 years old.
A photo of Ray, his daughter, Mum and Xian:
Later on, we visited the Goa Gomantong cave, which was filled with… bat shit! How excitement. We were lucky in that the people there were also harvesting the birds nests (to make into birds nest soup, a delicacy). Basically, a whole lot of people trudge around in the bat shit while others are hoisted up to the top of the caves on hand-made ladders. They then have to pick the individual nests from the walls of the caves and place them into a basket. It certainly looked like a dangerous job.
That night, we stayed at the Sepilok Jungle Resort.
Day 5
In the morning, we drove around the corner (literally) to the Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre. We arrived in time to watch the feeding of the Orang-utans, which was very entertaining. The Orang-utans were given bananas by the keepers, but there were also many small monkeys (Makaks, I think) that took it upon themselves to steal the bananas.
My favourite photo from the feeding is this one of an Orang-utan:
Cheeky, eh?
We were also shown a video on the Orang-utan rehabilitation process (rescuing Orang-utans from people keeping them as pets, and from the palm oil plantations), which was quite educational. I'm considering "sponsoring" an Orang-utan, after seeing that.
We had lunch at a local restaurant, where the 8 of us ate roti. I personally had roti telur (egg):
It doesn't look like much, I know… but it tastes sooo good. The best part about it? Roti for 8 of us, and a drink each, came to 17 Ringgit. That's about… A$6. Cheap!
That afternoon, we visited a Buddhist temple, a colonial house, the Agnes Keith House, and had tea and scones at the English Tea House. Mmm…
We also visited the Sandakan Memorial Park, located on the site of the POW camp from the Japanese occupation, which was quite depressing.
the rice wrapped in attap leaves are called KUTUPAKT
Thanks, Mum.
Thanks.