Back-dated Diving Photo Feast :)

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I dived Sipadan and Mabul Islands back in July last year, I write now in January 2007. So here is a diving photo feast for those that like that kind of thing...

My usual descriptive stories will resume shortly... I had all kinds of creative prose lined up for this but...

Sipadan: Turtles the size of Volkswagon Beatles glide by, Baracuda tornadoes twist and twirl while sharks dart by evil eyes twisting in all the wrong directions.

Mabul: A macro wonder-world, where every cranny holds a treasure...

But it is slightly false (the turtles are smaller but still big for turtles) - and reads like a hyperactive tour brochure... but photos do not lie. Except the ones which have been colour corrected... the ones with lots of water looked a little greener in the originals.

More from Borneo soon...

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Photos

Purple Hairy Squat Lobster (Mabul)
This little guy is about 1cm across, lives in the folds of a barrel sponge, thanks Freddie for finding this one!

Comments

[JessRK]

wow!
absolutely breathtaking! love the shots... keep them comin!

[asra]

beautiful pics with vibrant colors

[swills82]

Jealous. Awesome sites. Awesome shots. Thanks for sharing!

[poz]

CUTTLEFISH...gotta love 'em! why so many soldiers? wasn't like that a year ago...

[Ali]

Soldiers...
I was lucky enough to visit at the same time as a Malaysian bigwig from the army/government - plus several TV cameras... the interview in one of the photos was along the lines of; "Do you feel safe in Sipadan?" - "Er... yes - there are a lot of soldiers here..."

[BW]

PHOTOS
Brilliant photos. Thanks for publishing them. What camera did you use?

[Ali]

Diving Photography Equipment....
Thanks - I use a Canon Ixus 800is with WP-DC5 underwater housing. Full details are in this forum post [url=/Forum/Threads/2756-1.html]http://www.travelblog.org/Forum/Threads/2756-1.html[/url]

[nat]

spelling
it's pulau sipadan, not palau. pulau means island.