Sipadan

Remember how it was like, when you were a kid and your mother took you into a toyshop?

Imagine a white sand beach. Imagine an underwater cliff that drops down to 600 meters just tens of meters out from the beach. Imagine swimming with huge sea turtles and reef sharks. Imagine being surrounded by a school of two meter long barracudas. Imagine all the colours. Imagine seeing more different kinds of fish in one dive than you have seen in your whole life. Imagine much more.

That's Sipadan. Advertised as one of the top dive sites on the planet. Haven't tried the other top spots, but the dives here were definitely the best ones in my life. I was like a kid in the toyshop. It's just not possible to describe. You must see it. That's why, I'll add some photos (sorry, the scenery and the colours are not correctly presented). Photographer: Marius Bratrein.

Surrounded by barracudas (sp.?)

Crocodile flathead fish.
Making friendship with the barracudas (sp.)
Malabar (??) grouper.
Our dive master quite experienced (10000+ dives) was blowing the most perfect air rings I have ever seen. Trying to pick up some skills from the champion.
A green turtle.
Giant (??) moray eel.
Turtle tomb is a more than 100 meters long cave in about 12-18 meters depth, where one can find turtle remains, because they got lost and couldn't make it to the surface to breathe. We just scratched the opening. Divers without proper equipment could face the same fate than the turtles...
A hawksbill turtle.
Turtle madness at Sipadan.