Hi all, I'm currently in Semporna, which is a small town in Sabah in Borneo people visit to dive off Sipadan - which is widely considered one of the best, if not the best dive site in the world. I came out here to do a PADI (the worldwide recognised diving certification) Open Water course, which is the basic qualification needed to dive anywhere. I got here last Tuesday evening and was picked up by the driver for the company I've been diving with. It was a 1 - 1 1/2 hour drive I wont forget, going up to 180 kph along winding, hilly pitch black roads! The general strategy seemed to be to straddle the white lines in the middle of the road and use them as a guide, If something came around a bend
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