Great Sipadan

Back from a great break at the great sipadan island..

Almost everything here is real beautiful.. beautiful creatures in the sea (unfortuntely these are not my pictures.. no underater camera):

Cuttlefish

Blue spotted ray (which looked like a vacuum cleaner sweeping on the bottom)

Magnificent leopard shark

Cool huge turtles

Beautiful scenery out of the sea...


And beatuy even in the comfort of the resort room:



Must admit I was more panicky during wall dives.. Being unable to see the bottom. And knowing that the whole wall goes on for kilometers of water.. It is more useful to look up than down.. Not only because there are more fishes on the shallower waters.. but looking down always gives me a thought that somehow i will get sucked into the depths of the ocean never to come up again.. Nevertheless, got used to it after some time..

Of course there were many more creatures that i came across.. Moray eels, pygmy seahorse, tiny clownfish (size of a fingernail), flying fishes, marlin jumping out of the water.. All in all it was a real great trip, but it also made me realise how amateur i am in diving.. Buoyancy control and current tacking showed as obvious flaws in my diving abilities as i was swept here and there, up and down while our beloved divemaster Tony was able to maintain his position as if he was waiting for a bus in a bus stop.. And he used half the amount of air we used!!!

Enjoyed the interaction with the marine life.. Almost touched nose with a turtle.. (A sign in the resort prohibits touching, hitting and riding turtles.) Had a good laugh when an italian complained a turtle rammed into his face while he was ascending.. And had a bad sore after unknowingly intruding into the territory of a trigger fish and ended up being bitten by it.. (sigh, saw so many sharks and none took interest in me.. but this picasso trigger fish...)

Well, great view, great creatures, great divemaster and of course great great Dear in the trip. Cannot ask for more..