Monday, March 19, 2007

Sandakan, the next paragliders’ haven

SANDAKAN: Famous for its eco-tourism and home to the orang-utan, Sandakan District has now discovered yet another tourism potential i.e. to become the next “paragliders’ haven” in the region.

Disclosing this was Elopura Assemblyman Au Kam Wah, after hosting a group of four Korean paragliding enthusiasts who came here to try out the newly-established ‘paragliding ground’ at the Trig Hills, about one kilometers from the town.

The area complete with a ‘launch platform’ was established last August to better promote paragliding with the help of a local paragliding promoter, Asnawi B. Mohd Hassan.

Trig Hills is one of the two sites that have been identified as being suitable for the paragliding; the other one is at the vicinity of Bukit Sim Sim.

Continue reading (incl. pic) at: Sandakan, the next paragliders’ haven

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