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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Frogfish" data-source="post: 2768879" data-attributes="member: 94817">Opinions Sought for a free beer !  B <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I'm considering a short trip to Sabah around the 23/24th of this month (July) for 4/5 nights (I live in Shanghai) whilst my wife is away on a business trip <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I'm always happy driving myself around if I need to (which I think I do ?), so have considered two options :a) Hire a car and do Mtn Kinabalu Park, Kota Belud, Likas Lagoon, Crocker Range (recommendations ?), Poring Hot Springs. I'll stay in reasonable lodgings just outside the park rather than in lodgings inside (maybe Fairy Garden Resort) ?or b) Fly KK to Lahad Datu, hire a car (if necessary) and take in Tabin Wildlife Resort, Kinabatangan River and maybe fly to Sandakan before KK for the Rainforest Discovery Centre (Sepilok) for the Bristlehead !I'm not interested in seeing semi-captive OUs (done that in Penang) but would love to see Proboscis monkeys, Gibbons, Langurs and other arboreals, Malay civet, etc too - but only if the habitat coincides with good birding !Birds of interest (number of species ticked, and especially highly colourful birds for photography, are prized over their rarer plainer cousins) : hornbills, pittas, kingfishers, bristlehead, sunbirds, trogons, laughing thrushes, flowerpeckers, Green Magpie, Spider Hunters, Raptors, Owls, Broadbills .... did I miss anything ? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Would love to hear opinions on what to do / not to do / what I've got right / what I've got wrong / do I have enough time !Also will I benefit from / do I need a guide ? if so what will a guide cost me per day and would they provide the transport ?  I'm trying to keep costs down to a reasonable level so the wife doesn't think I'm blowing our main holiday fund !Many thanks !Kevin</blockquote>

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