Sipadan Trip '07

Part 4

Condom and Jumping Stories

On the very first day in Semporna, Edward bought a pack of condom....Alec bought some balloons.....and that's what happened on the first day in Sipadan......with the cameralady for a great shot......we descent till bout 15m below the surface......needed to find a flat bottom.....so we went and search......finally found a small cave with a flat bottom so that we can knee down.....and started our little plan there......before that, one huge starry pufferfish resting inside the cave......just ignored the fish.....everyone hold a balloon and blew it a bit......not easy cause we breathe underwater.......took off our regulators......tried to get some air into the balloons.......after that, Alec and Edward blew the condoms as well......so disgusting!.....the cameralady busy shooting some good shots on us.....our divemaster also busy taking pics on how we blew those balloons and condoms......at last, we released them underwater.....hoping those stuffs can expand while ascending and showed up on the surface......seeking some attentions from other divers ......unfortunately it doesn't worked properly as we planned for......however we got this unbelieveable actions in our Sipadan video......

To make our video more interesting, we did some insane jumping into seawater with a sudden height.......when we reached the resort, we stoppped the lif halfway from the basement......so you can imagine that.....it's very high.....scary.....we jumped from there into seawater with pleasure...... yelled....shouted..... scream.....one by one we jumped......I had no doubt to do that.....just jump......witnesses by all the resort's staffs there.....recorded into our Sipadan video as well......what a crazy action that I ever did......

Day 4

Still have to wake up early in the morning today.......had breakfast and get ready for today's dives.....

1st dive in Sipadan : Mid Reef to White Tip Avenue

2nd dive in Sipadan : Turtle Patch




On our 1st dive of the day, we saw a school of humphead parrotsfishes just below 8m underwater (pic 1st row on the left)........they are huge and tame......for others they just some big ugly fishes.....but for us, they are unique and so much fun to watch them swimming around.....we pray hard for that......and here they are!

Quite a lot of turtles today.....swim aimlessly around us or just hide somewhere else where big enough for them to fit in......

Saw a lot of marine creatures such as sharpnose puffers, dogface puffers, common moray eels, thicklip wrasses, majestic angelfish, emperor snappers, queen angelfish, brown tang, titan triggerfish and etc.....

Kapalai.....after several dives in Sipadan......we headed to this so called an island......it actually not an island but a private high class resort built above the water.....

Sunny day and humid......muck dive......one of my favourite dive sites here.....not more than 10m underwater......what a fantastic view......encountered lots of marine life I ever seen before so far.......

Our divemaster showed us the orang utan crab.....red in color......it really looked like an orang utan.....it's small, hairy and so cute......the way it act totally just looked like a mini orang utan......can't believe this.....also found some nudibranchs and faltworms as well......lots of gars just few metres below the surface......I guess they were mating.....maybe.....after that, spotted one of the rare batfish species......only one on the spot.......trying to hide from me.....the orange color line surrounding its whole body attracted me and it helped me to determine its actual shape......so.....so beautiful and attractive......

And now, back to the resort for lunch.......later another dive in the seaventures platform......

Discovered one of the rarest eel species not far away from entry point.....ribbon eels......looks so gorgeous.....one more suprise.....another great marinelife very near from this point.....the smallest seahorse species in the world......the pgymy seahorse.......white color with red polka dots......camourflage on the big red seafan.....have to admit that it really small till we might not notice its appearance......its face looked so cute and innocent......hahaha......what a great unforgettable moment!

Split into two groups when headed back to the entry point.....unfortunately my group went to the wrong exit point which was opposite to the exact exit point.....at first felt dissappointed......however we were happier and glad that we in the wrong direction......because found some great marinelife there along the reference line......two types of hawkfish, at least five different species of crabs and shrimps, and etc.....

In the evening, Edward brought us to Mabul island itself......took a short tour there and bought some souvenirs back to hometown.......visited the Mabul-Sipadan water village resort......another high class resort in this area.....

At night, our activity as usual......nothing much.....view all the pics of the day.......and then went to sleep.....ready for tomorrow last two dives in Sipadan......

Photographer : Johnny