(Sunday 2nd July)
We have just finished a 3 day diving trip, staying on a resort on Mabul Island, about 15 minutes by boat from Sipidan, (another) 'One of the best dive sites in the world'. We went with Borneo Divers an operator recommended by the Trekkers Lodge, the hostel we were staying at. Sipidan is famous for the sheer quantity of Graceful Beak Face Men (Green Sea Turtles) that come to breed and lay eggs around it's reefs and beaches. The resort is pretty special. Not really the sort of place you find many backpackers as it's pretty expensive. It is nice though. Fantastic food (with a comedy camp head chef) and great service. Dinner was served complete with cheesy Elvis covers performed on a Yamaha organ, in bad English.
We did 6 dives in all (2 on the first day, then 4 on the second). Although the visibility wasn't great (due to the heavy rain just before we arrived) we saw plenty wildlife. The highlight was definitely the turtles though, and we saw plenty (sitting, swimming, dancing around each other, yawning, feeding etc..). As this blog is also going to function as my dive log, here are the details;
1) Mabul Island, 'Ray Point'
Green turtles
Cuttlefish
Crocodile Fish
Stonefish
2) Mabul Island, 'Old House Reef'
Parrotfish
Moray Eel
3) Sipidan Island, 'Mid Reef'
Turtles
White tipped reef shark
Grey reef shark
Naepolean Wrasse
4) Sipidan Island, 'Barracuda Point'
School of Big-eye Trevally (jacks)
Huge school of Barracuda
5) Mabul Island, 'Paradise II'
various nudibranchs
6) Mabul Island, 'Paradise II, and Paradise I' (sunset dive)
Turtles
Lionfish
Various Clownfish
The resort had setup a huge screen for the World Cup, and on our last night we watched England get knocked out of the world cup by Portugal - an extremely nailbiting match. Bang goes my TAB sports bet :(
We have just finished a 3 day diving trip, staying on a resort on Mabul Island, about 15 minutes by boat from Sipidan, (another) 'One of the best dive sites in the world'. We went with Borneo Divers an operator recommended by the Trekkers Lodge, the hostel we were staying at. Sipidan is famous for the sheer quantity of Graceful Beak Face Men (Green Sea Turtles) that come to breed and lay eggs around it's reefs and beaches. The resort is pretty special. Not really the sort of place you find many backpackers as it's pretty expensive. It is nice though. Fantastic food (with a comedy camp head chef) and great service. Dinner was served complete with cheesy Elvis covers performed on a Yamaha organ, in bad English.
We did 6 dives in all (2 on the first day, then 4 on the second). Although the visibility wasn't great (due to the heavy rain just before we arrived) we saw plenty wildlife. The highlight was definitely the turtles though, and we saw plenty (sitting, swimming, dancing around each other, yawning, feeding etc..). As this blog is also going to function as my dive log, here are the details;
1) Mabul Island, 'Ray Point'
Green turtles
Cuttlefish
Crocodile Fish
Stonefish
2) Mabul Island, 'Old House Reef'
Parrotfish
Moray Eel
3) Sipidan Island, 'Mid Reef'
Turtles
White tipped reef shark
Grey reef shark
Naepolean Wrasse
4) Sipidan Island, 'Barracuda Point'
School of Big-eye Trevally (jacks)
Huge school of Barracuda
5) Mabul Island, 'Paradise II'
various nudibranchs
6) Mabul Island, 'Paradise II, and Paradise I' (sunset dive)
Turtles
Lionfish
Various Clownfish
The resort had setup a huge screen for the World Cup, and on our last night we watched England get knocked out of the world cup by Portugal - an extremely nailbiting match. Bang goes my TAB sports bet :(
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