Introducing Tambunan
Nestled among the green curves of the Crocker hills, Tambunan, a small agricultural service town about 81km from KK, is the first settlement you’ll come to in the range. The region was the last stronghold of Mat Salleh, who became a folk hero for rebelling against the British late in the 19th century. Sadly Salleh later blew his reputation by negotiating a truce, which so outraged his own people that he was forced to flee to the Tambunan plain, where he was eventually besieged and killed.
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Last updated: Oct 3, 2008
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Re: Brunei to Labuan to Kinabalu NP without going to KK
by BorneoRanger 21 May 2012
Do you drive or by bus? If you drive, its more easy thru by Kimanis -> Keningau -> Tambunan -> Ranau. But if you by bus, its more convenien…
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Looking for Buddy for camping MTB Ride Borneo
by BorneoRanger 21 May 2012
I am planning of camping MTB Ride at Borneo, from Menumbuk -> Kuala Penyu -> Beufort -> Tenom -> Keningau -> Tambunan -> Ranau for 8 days…
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RE: Borneo's Blowing Mushrooms
by merantau 08 February 2012
Could be a typo - 'glowing mushrooms' maybe? Or even more obtuse: spoken words down a bad phone line from client to printer: 'Flowering…
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