11th-13th May. Mabu+Kapalai+Sipadan trip

Totally dug a huge hole in my pocket. lll orz
Heart pain, body pain, head pain; but I guess it was worth it. =/

Without further ado, let's proceed to the talking photos now shall we? =)

Day 1

We stayed at Sipadan Water Village (SWV), which was said to be one of the best resort there is in the place. And considering that the place is 15 years old, heck, it's quite well maintained!
Oh, and its au-natural. No TV, No air cond. Wanna use their computer to surf the net? Be prepared to pay RM10 for every 15 minutes. Even their newspapers are outdated.

And its also funny how -Sabah being known for its seafood- they kept serving us other dishes (eg: cheese, pastries, salad, lamb, etc) which were seriously NICE cause I'm bias when it comes to cheese and the only fish they serve would be stinking tuna.

Also, The staffs at SWV take good care of the environment around the island like planting corals, disposing of the wastes properly, etc etc; which was evident cause the amount of corals there are definitely more compared to another place we went to.

Day 2


The Village and the village kids, who were gleefully having fun with the jelly fishes.


Evening, after our snorkelling session with the jelly fishes in Kapalai. The two shadows are my Auntie and Uncle.


Another random scenery shot. =D


The black shadow is a school of fishes gathered near the dive center in Sipadan Water Village.

And lookie here!

Turtle(s) spotted!

And here's my proudest masterpiece during the trip.
I present you, the sunrise shots~!






Aren't they lovely? =DD!

Day 2 marked my first take at snorkelling, which also marked my first jelly fish experience. =_=
And during our snorkelling trip in Kapalai which was by the way not that pleasant due to all the jelly fishes, I saw fish bones. HUGE FISH BONES at the bottom of the sea near the kitchen of the resort there. The guide told us that the kitchen staff threw the bone back into the sea after cooking the edible parts, and the fishes in the sea were eating off the dead bone. What a sight =___=lll

Day 3

Our visit to Sipadan Island- or otherwise known as the DIVER'S HEAVEN. LOL!
No. Seriously.

We were damn lucky to be able to set foot on Sipadan Island. Why? Its limited to only 120 visitors per day. And we noobish snorkellers got to go there. Wakakakaka...

Even though we only went there for 3 hours, we saw turtles, sharks (YES!), schools of barracuda, jack fishes, florescent-blue fishes, plenty of HUGE corals, a load more of unknown (to me) fishes. Oh! not forgetting the stinging from the tiny-microscopic-sized-jelly fishes. =_=

No photos of those cause I don't own an underwater casing nor was I diving. Heck, I can't even swim properly. =_=
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All in all, Sipadan Island IS a definite MUST to all divers. Not that the divers don't already know this fact =/

It's really scary from the surface, but its really really amazingly magical underneath.
It was also said that given maybe 10 years (or so) down the road, Sipadan Island may just vanish into the deep blue sea. Not sure if its true, but its gotta do with geography and I can't quite explain well. =/

Oh well. Its an unforgettable experience. I saw sharks. jelly fishes. Turtles. jelly fishes. Schools of fishes while thinking if they were edible or not. jelly fishes. Loads of beautiful corals. jelly fishes. Loads of starfish. jelly fishes.

So I'm glad I went and burnt a huge hole in my pocket. =)