Next destination was Sandakan – a coastal town at Borneo’s east coast. Activity-wise there was not too much to do here … also town is explored in about 1 to 2 hours.

Some of us decided to get a taxi up to the English tea house for some afternoon tea – also to celebrate Manne’s birthday. In the end the day turned as English as it could on Borneo – with scones, afternoon tea, G&Ts, Pimm’s No.1 and croquet.

We then had dinner in a restaurant at the sea. Food was good, bear cheap and we were still in birthday celebration mode. Manne even got half a birthday cake from the people sitting next to us … where – incidentailly – a guy also celebrated his birthday and shared the cake. After cake many of us fancied some stronger drinks, so we ended up in the tea house again … though the tea turned out according to a recipe from Long Island.