Monday, November 10, 2008

Sipadan Island - Top Honeymoon Spot

It had never crossed the mind of Amber that she could witnessed such a view. She seen them on movies as ferocious creature, attacking and chewing up human like a chewing a gum. But now, they are just swimming a few foot away from her in the waters of South Point, Sipadan Island.


As usual, the adventurous and brave Charles wanted to go closer to have a look at the monstrous figure but once again, Amber stopped him. She preferred that they stayed on their spot and watched them quietly. She's not sure whether were those hammerheads or thresher shark but the feeling is simply amazing.

Shortly after they went on shore,

"Let's go Barracuda Point tomorrow," Charles said delightedly.

"Huh! Are you serious? Aren't they supposed to be dangerous?" Amber asked in astonishment.

"You thought Sharks were dangerous too. But you had a great time staring at them just now right? Haha!" Charles laughed as he held Amber's hand and led her to the nearest restaurant for dinner. Amber smiled.


At Barracuda Point, they saw hordes of turtles, schools of jacks, banner fish and snapper. When Amber saw turtles, she went totally out of controlled. She wanted to hug to Turtles as they looked so adorable swimming especially the movement of their feet. This time, Charles stopped her because besides looking adorable, Turtles had sharp long claws. They spotted a variety of sharks before they saw the star of the spot,Barracudas. The Barracudas did not showed us a welcoming face neither did they gave us the impression that they wanted to attack us. Amber and Charles were to fascinated by the Barracudas. Soon, the Barracudas gave them a welcoming performance. Amber and Charles found themselves in a vortex of Barracudas. They were simply awestruck. The feeling was awesome.


The next morning, they went to venture at the Turtle Cavern. Before Amber and Charles approached the cave entrance, they were shocked to see marauding horde of huge bumphead parrotfish charging passed them as they sunk further into the cave. The cavern was large and intriguing. The view was disturbing because they could see turtle skeleton on the sea-bed. There were a lot of confusing passageway but they were too small for humans to venture. Therefore, Amber and Charles decided to go on shore to enjoy a short walk at the white-sand beach.

As they heard from the occupants of Sipadan Island, between April and September, the Green and Hawksbill turtles will come ashore to nest in the soft golden sands. That night, they went to the beach to test their luck but luck wasn't on their side.

As they came to Sipadan Island on the diving season (mid February till mid December), they were able to admire the beauty of the colourful walls and coral gardens. The sea was peaceful and calm. The visibility range they enjoyed were from 60 feet to over 200 feet. The beauty they sighted at Sipadan Island was beyond words.

Want to know which amazing diving site Amber and Charles is venturing next? Visit us next week for the answer.

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