Kapalai's underwater scenes/DSD

That way is a drop to the open sea..

A view underneath..hehehe

The guide was saying that these weird looking fishes had been growing generations underneath the dock!

Anchovies??

The guide, Nasser doing the free dive!

At some points, we got to see divers underneath us..

Found Nemo!

An underwater self potrait..hahaha

A blue starfish!

Nemo's friend.

Is it a small humpback?

Back at Mabul that afternoon, we got ourselves DSD lessons..that's Discovery Scuba Diving. An introductory diving course prerequisite to licensed scuba diving courses.

Day 2 - Kapalai

Our room may not have a jacuzzi but ours are facing to the sea. Imagine waking up to this beautiful sunrise!

Early morning activities at Mabul island. The fishermen were all out fishing already.

As part of our accomodation package, we got a free boat ride to any of the surrounding islands. So we chose Kapalai Island. Our original plan was to stay there but we were too late in booking.

Kapalai Island is more like a sandbank actually which can be seen on the other side of this island on low tide. This resort comprises the whole island itself. You will need permission to get onboard but we were there to do snorkeling only. More fishes to see! At one point, I saw a small ray passing by!

After lunch, 5 of us get to experience ourselves diving. For about RM200, we booked ourselves to the Discovery Scuba Diving course. We got to dive out to about 5m underwater. Imagine seeing a curtain of yellow fishes right in front of your eyes! Once you overcame your fear of being underwater, it was a very nice experience! But I still haven't got the hang of controlling my bouyancy yet! Hahaha.

That evening before dinner, we took another boat ride going around Mabul Island. We even got to visit one of the Bajau Laut's (Sea dayaks that lived in those boats) families. The sunset was not very good that day as it was cloudy.

This is Mabul island from distance. Mabul is the largest of the 3 nearby islands.

What used to be an oil drilling plant, now converted to a sea diving center with a live band every night.

These people were preparing for a night dive..

Calmful view of early night life at a fishing village.

SWV at night. These are the rooms that face out to the sea.

Every day there will be groups that went diving in Sipadan. A videographer will accompany one of those groups and filmed their diving activities. During the night after dinner, everyone is invited to the video session. Awesome videos! Make you wished that you know how to to scuba dive! Imagine swimming along with this turtle.

At Sipadan's Barracuda point, you will get to see these swirling barracudas!

The good news that night was that we managed to get a snorkeling trip to Sipadan on the next day! Yes, the whole of our group! (We heard some news that they were others who had to wait for 4 days to be slotted in for a trip there!).

Mabul's underwater scenes

Snorkeling around SWV. When you snorkle, you'll only get to see the top view of the corrals and the fishes.

..a bit blurred image of a lion fish.

Divers of an open water course where they'll spent about 4 days of underwater courses to get certification for scuba diving.

Twice I saw this snake around SWV! Yikes..

Day 1 - Mabul Island

We were lucky enough to get a good rate at this place!

Below, the dive center where we spent most of our time either snorkeling around the place or boarding boats for a trip somewhere..

Full tank. Never thought that I would had an experience using it underwater during this journey!

Walking to our chalets. Ours are among at the last of the boardwalk.

Our friends got this chalet.

Come equipped with a jacuzzi where we would spent a few minutes, after every underwater trips, while waiting for the bathroom to be available..hehehe

This chalet was once occupied by a very special VIP.