Awesome Si Amil!

A beautiful view of the white sandy beach and crystal clear water of Si Amil

I was actually anticipating another trip to Si Amil, which is approximately half an hour from Kapalai. My last visit was an enjoyable one and I wanted to keep coming back for more. Thanks to Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort we got that chance.

Diving with Team 'Awesome Radical' was great, loads of fun and laughter, good dives and good food with Sharifah, Hunter, Turni and Josse. These guys are really awesome people. Oh and Congrats to Hunter for completing the PADI Open Water Diver Course... That guy is a natural. Many thanks to the dive crew, especially to Linda for leading the dives.

Before the trip to Si Amil I had a short wish list in mind: Pygmy Seahorse, Frogfish, Leafish and Orang Utan Crab. I managed to get all of em, but man we saw more than that!

Pygmy Seahorse: 4
Frogfish: 1
Leafish: 3
Orang Utan Crab: 6
Devil Ray: 6 (Turni got a nice video of our unexpected friends... I just saw the tails... Darn it, I failed...)

All that in just two short 45 minutes dives. Awesome ain't it? Mabul and Kapalai are famous macro heavens. And I would say the under-rated Si Amil is just as good! Below are some pictures to share with everyone. Enjoy and Happy Diving!

Awesome Radicals: Hunter, Turni, Sharifah, Linda, Your Idol, Josse.

Cute little snorkeler at Si Amil

The first Pygmy Seahorse at Pygmy Point


This Pygmy Seahorse is at East Rock.


Bubble Coral Shrimp


Orang Utan Crab


Green Turtle at Si Amil


Whip Coral Goby


Seaslug: Chelidonura hirundinina, Size: 1.5cm


Giant Frogfish


Leaf-fish


Common Lionfish

My Busy Diving Week

Miao...

I had a pretty fun week during Hari Raya. It was a blast working and diving with the Sipadan Water Village dive crew and with Pompong Island Resort during the public holidays. Can't say I wasn't exhausted after the week since I didn't really got myself any rest after the International Cleanup Day event at Pompong but I was happy and had a nice time nonetheless. The dives were great and my students did awesomely. Congrats to Simone, Cynthia and Michelle for completing their Open Water Diver course with me!

I have not been diving for four days now but blah... There is still so much work to do, it seems that fatigue and stress is growing. Glad I had some good old KFC to stuff my mouth full and San Miguel beer to wash em down my throat. Thats food for my manly soul I tell ya haha. And thanks to Josey, she been helping me out with my work. Anyway my next post should be a good one. Hope to get a few good fish pics soon, Kapalai is definitely what I'm gonna write next. Until then, Happy Diving folks!

Super Simone!


Me with cool Cynthia and awesome Abigail.


Marvelous Michelle!


The Hantu Raya... Ken, Phin, Me and Danny.