We visited Sipadan Island in March 2003. It's off Sabah, Borneo and the jetty is situated in Semporna, about 2 hr ride from Tawau Airport... a bit far as you have to take a small fokker plane from Kota Kinabalu to Tawau, then travel 2 hours by van to a charming fishing village called Sampoerna.. then travel some 45 minutes by speedboat to the island. But the travelling was worth it, as it was the best dive trip we've had in years... in fact, everytime we dive, it's our benchmark. Sipadan has the most accessible and amazing drops, 10m from the beach, you can drop 1,200m straight to the bottom of the ocean.. when we went, the current were so strong and the salinity was high... the salt stung so bad that my wife had to
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