Sandakan

Former British administrative center during the colonial period. Now a fishing and tourist center.
The 1st picture is of the town and harbor front at dusk from a roof top restaurant. 2nd is some of the fishing fleet as they were preparing to go to sea. 3rd is the Padang or central field and square 4th is St. Michael and All Angels church, the first Anglican Church built here. 5th is the State Mosque, built at about the same time. Sandakan developed in the late 19th century. So most history dates from then.
The last picture is at the Sandakan War Memorial, located on the site of the POW camp from WW II. It is from here that the death matches began. At that time, there were about 2,500 prisoners, mostly Australian and British. At the end, none survived, except for 6 who had escaped and were helped by local vilagers.Read more