Pulau Gaya for peace and solitude

From: New Straits Times | Date: April 11, 2001| Author: Zalina Mohd Som | Copyright information


New Straits Times

04-11-2001

Pulau Gaya for peace and solitude
Byline: Zalina Mohd Som
Edition: 2*

WONDER how other islands off Sabah coast look like if Pulau Gaya, regarded as "just a squatter" island, can look the way it does - from a distance or even up close.

From the jetty along the coast of reclaimed land of Kota Kinabalu and less than a 30-minute ferry ride away, Pulau Gaya calls out to the Sabah capital's first-time visitors.
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