Tour of Sandakan - War Memorial

We are leaving Sandakan on Tuesday for Kota Kinnabalu and then fly to Singapore, which is the land of fast wifi.

I went on a local tour while KM came home from his rumble in the jungle. He will post when he can.

The tour took us to the Sandakan memorial for the Australians and Brits who died on the death marches. I didn't realise that half of the Australians who died in the war died as POWs. Being on tour, there wasn't as much time as I would have liked to read everything. But took some pics and will google the rest when I get home.

Needless to say, it was very evocative and reading the boards in the heat and humidity brought home what they suffered.

 The entrance

 There are plenty of boardwalks to make it easy to get around.

Some of the lovely planting in the park.

 Part of a board with some details of the suffering.

And just outside the main area, the 4 flags - Malaysia, Aus, UK and Sabah state flag.