Kudat
With its triple-tiered roof topped with dragons and its gate the brightest thing in Kudat's drab centre, this impressive Chinese temple by the main square…
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You wouldn't know it from the sunburnt buildings, fishing boats on the bay and slow tropical pace, but Kudat used to be an important trading post and the capital of Borneo back in the late 19th century. Some of the streets have Chinese names, harking back to the British colonial administration's request to the Chinese to come and run its coconut plantations. Many of their descendants are still here today, along with a warm cast of Bajau, Rungus and Filipino.
Kudat
With its triple-tiered roof topped with dragons and its gate the brightest thing in Kudat's drab centre, this impressive Chinese temple by the main square…
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