Participant’s name: Corrie Cossta Florin (SK Kebayau)
Title: Adventure in Sabah
Good morning to all wise judges, the teachers, friends and to all pupils.
Today, I would like to talk about the many adventures in Sabah that we can proud of and as a destination for visiting. Sabah is located at the northern tip of Borneo, the third’s largest island. It has a long coastline that washed by the South China Sea on the West and the Sulu Sea and the Celebes Sea on the East. It has some of the beautiful beaches and islands in the world. Sabah is also known as “The Land Below The wind”. Firstly, Kota Kinabalu, as its capital, is a developing commercial centre and also holiday destination. Kota Kinabalu offers a lot of attractions such as the State Museum, the State Mosque, the Gaya Street Fair, Tanjung Aru beach, the water villages in Kg. Air and the islands nearby such as Manukan Island and Mamutik Island. We do not face problem to find out where to stay because there are lots of hotels and resorts in Kota Kinabalu. You may choose to stay at the Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort or at Magellan Sutera Hotel near Kota Kinabalu or Promenede Hotel in down town itself, or in Sutera Harbour or at Nexus Karambunai Resort in Tuaran, about 15 minutes by road away from the city centre. Other than Kota Kinabalu City, we can travel to the North of Borneo to Kudat that there has a place called ‘The Tip of Borneo’ at Simpang Mangayau, where can be visited and there you can find out the awesome views of the very beautiful and clear water. Semporna at the east also very popular with its floating chalet and restaurant.
Secondly, Sabah offers many interesting to visit through its rainforest such as at Lahad Datu that best known for its wild life conservation where as we can stay at Tabin Resort to see the wild animal such elephant, rhinoceros, wild boar and many more.
Tabin Wildlife Reserve is a primary rainforest which protects the habitats of many of