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2010 Borneo

Day 10 – Mabul

Saturday, 22 May 2010

 

The last “official” day of diving and Scott’s head cold is not any better, despite taking the free-world supply of cold-and-flu, Sudafed, Zirtec, etc .  Yesterday we swapped our Sipadan seats for today, but Scott cannot dive in his current condition, so we’re not going to get the opportunity for a last dive at Sipadan. (Allegedly, the visibility has improved since the last rains were a little over a week ago now, so we are missing out on some of the extreme conditions that were hoping for).  Everyone has different opinions.  Tracy dived and the visibility wasn’t any better or worse than the week, so really depends on what you are expecting. 

All-in-all, a depressing end to a rather lacklustre diving holiday for Scott.  However, good things are to come with some trekking on land and then down to KK for some more diving etc.  One of the benefits of not having an itinerary.  Tracy did take advantage of the crystal clear and smooth waters for the mornings boat dives:-

Dive 1:  Coral Garden/Ray Reef:  visibility wasn’t very clear, however, there was little current so it was a nice drift dive with limited effort involved.  I buddied with Brenda, whose husband is also down for the count and she can spot anything from a million miles away so we stuck our noses in loads of places. 

 

 

baby Lion Fish
baby Lion Fish

 

 

Dive 2:  Kapalai:  We did the reef instead of the house structures.  There were quite a few different things i.e. a huge cuttlefish and some lovely black and white spotted fish. 

My black and white spotted fish
My black and white spotted fish

 

Again it was an easy dive, but I think the photos when Scott was there first were much clearer.

Spent the afternoon with Scott trundling around and working out what to do from tomorrow.  We did however go and get some sunset photos from the jetty and also caught up with some fellow divers at the Sunset Bar before heading to the final group BBQ which was a big outdoor buffet followed different games and dancing etc.  Scott and I came third in a dance competition where you had to keep a tomato between our heads – much more difficult thantfirst thought.

The Sunset Bar
The Sunset Bar