After more than a week of silence let us continue with the supporting stories on the trip to Brunei made before the fasting month of Ramadhan. Continuing from the article An early look at the town of Labuan.
Thurday 5th August 2010. After spending the night at a hotel in Labuan town it's time to go around the island. Here is a cape called Tanjung Batu. I believe it is situated at the eastern-most tip of Labuan island.
Looking at the maps and if I got my perspective right, we should be looking at the northern parts of Sarawak across the waters. From Labuan this is a look south-east...
Time to change position for another angle...
A look to the east and you should see an island with parts of the state of Sabah behind.
A look slightly to the north-east and it is apparent Sabah is much much closer to Labuan than Sarawak. That should explain why Labuan used to be part of Sabah before being made a federal territory of Malaysia. Then again both Sabah and Sarawak used to be parts of the kingdom of Brunei...
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