Day 4: The day we have been waiting for, The Sipadan trip!
Woke up as early as 6:30am to get ready, bought some extra food / chips because there's no shops or whatsoever in the island.
Then off we go at 8am! The boat ride was pretty rough, kept bouncing up and down. But that did not kept my excitement away, smiling one ear to the other til i reached the island. Eyes and mouth pop wide open when we saw how beautiful the island / sea looked like. Our photos certainly does not put into great view, you gotta be there to see it with your own eyes. Most of the pictures are used from Iphone (we were saving the battery for our underwater shots)
So here are some of the great shots of Sipadan Island!
White tip shark cruising next to us
The yellowtail Barracuda. They are super HUGE in Sipadan
Look so fake.. The corals are so healthy and colorful
They look satisfied, saw a few sharks!
THAT'S IT! My long awaited Sipadan diving trip has come to an end! But i'll be honest, my dive experience in Sipadan weren't that great... Why?
1) The weather was a bit cloudy, so the visibility wasn't at its best! I've heard it could reach 50-60m clear water if the sun is shining bright
2) I did see the great barracuda schooling, but from far away but they did not do their famous vortex movements
3) Expected too much (to see) and ended up only seeing turtles and sharks. Okay a few big ass yellowtail barracudas.
But i am not complaining, many divers in the world are still dreaming to dive there. At least i have done it and certainly wont be my last! I WILL dive there someday, soon :)
After we finish our 3rd dive in Sipadan, the boat send us back to Mabul island where we are staying. But of course that wasn't it, baby and i did a final dive. I wont wanna call it a night dive, but it was dark not long after descending. But it was all worth it, i think it was one of the best dive we did throughout the holiday. But we were super bummed that we finally saw a HUGE ASS PORCUPINE FISH under a cave PUFFED UP, but our camera ran out of battery. OMG! I swear it was fucking cute and i just wish we had enough batter for 1 shot :( Anyway enjoy a few of the unique species we saw in the last dive.
Robust Pipe fish (it's super rare)
*We did not see this, but Andy did. He was diving with another friend.. :(
*Guess what? Yes Andy saw this too.
But at least we dint miss this beautiful cutie!
Mandarin fish
Thats all folks! The end of our Sipadan trip, it was a memorable one. I am very happy to have dived there, even more so, dived with my baby! I am so glad we both love the sport, and i am pretty sure we will be planning more diving trips in future.. til then, enjoy your weekend and have a great night!
Final group picture, with Stanley (Owner/Instructor of the homestay)
Great guy
Our home-stay
Babie bought new t-shirt
*Next post, my birthday party!