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guys we have to be very very quiet we're looking for wild orangutans
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so right now we're in the sandikan rainforest discovery center this is like 20 minutes outside
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of the city center and it's one of the best places to see wild orangutans and also other primates and
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beautiful tropical birds. I'm very excited because I love wildlife and the sound of birds are just
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like echoing everywhere. We haven't seen any of the primates yet but we're very hopeful today. We'll
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see. Also it's very cool because the boardwalk is like, I don't know, 25 meters above the canopy
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floor so we're just like in the trees right now. I think it's a great opportunity to see wildlife
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fingers crossed good vibes for the orangutans it's a beautiful day i found the giant squirrels you see them i don't know why these are special but they're special
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i think they're the biggest squirrel in asia or something you see his tail it's like a monkey tail
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we left the canopy boardwalk and right now we're just in the thick of the rainforest
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We're hearing so many exotic sounds but honestly we can't spot a thing. It's very difficult to look up
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in this dense jungle and try to spot things when you're also looking down and trying not to get
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bitten by a viper of sorts. A viper? It's possible but also every time one of these big leaves falls
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and hits the ground, Aemara like jumps out of her skin. I don't know what she's gonna do if we see
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something like a viper yeah but still on hunt for more wildlife so far all we got is a giant squirrel
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this tree is giant that's crazy How about my hiking outfit
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I didn't know we were gonna get off the canopy. I was not told those details
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Look at you just crossing the river. We saw a bunch of movement in the trees
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It was loud. And it's not too far from us. It's literally far from us
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I still can't see it. It's right. Somewhere in the streets. So unfortunately the search for orangutans continues We think we heard some primates out in the distance but it just so dense out there that we couldn really spot anything but hopefully
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we'll have better luck tonight during the night walk because we'll be with the guide so hopefully
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we see a ton of cool stuff we'll overlay whatever we do see right here the jungle is waking jungle
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is waking up Thank you
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So we're in the rehab center's nursery right now and they do two feedings per day and we
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We got pretty lucky because there are tons of orangutans and also a ton of macaques
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But apparently some days you don't see any, so we got very lucky. And it's really cool because I think they teach the younger orangutans here how to swing
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in the canopy with all the different ropes and stuff like that. And also they just build them up to strength before they can just go into the jungle and
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live on their own. And it's the most adorable thing ever to watch them swing. It's the cutest thing ever
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We have been sitting here for like 10 minutes. I will stay longer
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Some are very very active, if they know what I'm saying. The macaques are very active, spreading their good genes. Yeah
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Just the alpha male the rest are getting shoved away That a big one
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That is terrifying and we were in the wrong thing. We were in the nursery. Apparently the
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feeding the platform happened somewhere else so we're just running trying to be fast but these guys
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were sharing the boardwalk with them. At least they're walking away. They're being good
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coolest experiences ever. So when the food is gone, the orangutans just disappear into the jungle
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I heard from one of the guides that they have 4,000 hectares, whatever that means. So a lot of
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the orangutans here, they're being rehabilitated due to injuries from deforestation or also just
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like habitat loss from the palm oil industry, which is destroying a ton of the rainforest here
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in Borneo. So the food that they provide here is very monotonous and boring. So that all encourages
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the orangutans to go out into the jungle and search on their own. And between this and the
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nursery everything's just designed to make the orangutan self-reliant or independent and just go out into the jungle and live happy lives and it's such a
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very cool experience my favorite part is just seeing the orangutans just like standing they look kind of like old men which is completely a contrast like how
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they swing in the trees like so with so much agility and then they're just like it's very cute
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We also wanted to show you guys our home in Sandakan. This is one of my favorite places
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that we've ever stayed in and it's not because it's the most beautiful it's just that it's such a local neighborhood. Every time we book a Grab, which is basically Uber, the driver calls us and
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tells us that we put the wrong pin, the wrong address. I don't think a tourist has ever stayed
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here in their lives but come check out our home. We have to say homestay homestay. Yeah and it's I
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think a very ethnically Chinese neighborhood and just like the sounds and the smells are so awesome
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Come check it out. So we thought that we just booked a room in a guest house but it turns out
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we have this entire home in the school neighborhood. We have two bedrooms upstairs
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this living room but the highlight is definitely in the back of the house
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welcome to our beautiful patio look at this amazing seating area we've been hanging out
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here every evening just kind of chilling we also have an outdoor kitchen we've also been cooking
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here and what's cool is like every evening you kind of smell the smells of everyone like cooking
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outside of their homes it's very pungent but also probably delicious and also this morning
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it sunday so like people were playing chinese music and singing along it was very cool and today what we have in store is some sticky pork buns so you gonna steam these and we gonna give you guys some tips about visiting San Mikan
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This is the first. Oh, they're crunchy
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Come with the pork buns. Chef G's homemade sticky buns. Or Fur's homemade sticky buns, or pork buns, or whatever they're called
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Let's see. How's my cooking? Mmm. I passed? Mmm-hmm
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They're spicy, they're gingery, they're soft, they're warm. Kiss the chef. Good job. Good job steaming the bones
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Now we know that it's super easy. So if you made it all the way here, it's because you're probably thinking about coming to Sandakan
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And we're going to tell you what we learned. So we got here by bus. We took a bus from Cota Quinavalú for eight hours
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The road is not in great shape, but it was a nice bus. It was okay. Yeah, you can also fly. There's an airport
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And then you arrive here and pretty much it's all about... Yeah, so we stayed in the city center
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Quote, unquote, there's not much of a city here. but from the city center it's pretty easy to get grabs or ubers to different places like the
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rainforest discovery center the orangutan it's like six dollars usually six or seven dollars yeah
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sometimes less like three to six depending on search pricing and all those sites or attractions
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are all in the same exact spot more or less so you can see the orangutan rehab the sun bears the
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discovery center it's all in the same exact spot yeah but it is way more comfortable if you have a
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car because everything in town is like spread out so like you know we have to over every time that
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we want to go to the grocery store that we have to not over grab that we want to like get dinner or
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anything so it's more convenient if you have a card but if you don't it's totally doable with
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crap but anyways if you have questions please leave them in the comments we're happy to help
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and we're also going to put in the description all the information with the links and stuff
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about like everything that there is to do here pretty much so you can check it out if you're
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coming to send again and then we'll see you in mabur mabul island that's where we say goodbye to
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Malaysia. Thanks for watching. Hope you like the orangutans
