One topic that kept coming up between Pat and I was diving. Both of us had recently qualified for our advanced open water and so we spent a lot of time talking about our experiences of that, and how if the opportunity came up we should both do a dive. We were both friends and at the same level diving-wise so made sense to arrange something.
We did intend to do a scuba dive in Cambodia, but according to reports the quality of the water isn’t good and the marine life isn’t the best.
A few days before new years, to make up for not diving here Pat and I decided to rent some Kayaks instead and explore the coast a little.
When we got back we found Nico in his usual wicker chair, with Cam. Cam was having a quiet evening and had only drunk 4 bottles of red wine. The sun was throwing glorious orange rays across the sky.
“You’re missing the sunset, Nico!” We said
“fuck the sunset” He replied
That night there was excited talk of fire plankton in the sea. I hadn't seen "the beach" yet, so didn't really know what the fuss was all about. I decided to go for a bit of a late night dip to see. It was my first experience of fire plankton. In the darkness when you move the plankton’s natural bioluminescence is triggered which creates a bright blue glow whenever you move. Quite incredible.
Later on Pat and I got talking about diving again, and how it was a shame that we wouldn’t dive during our time here. So we began to wonder: Surely there were some good dive spots in our general global vicinity? Neither of us had concrete plans for what to do after Cambodia, so one evening we made use of Google and sure enough a plethora of options presented themselves. It didn’t take us long to settle on Malaysia, more specifically Sipadan Island of Borneo. It boasted incredible coral; turtles; and something that I especially wanted to see: reef sharks.
I couldn’t book the flights fast enough!
We did intend to do a scuba dive in Cambodia, but according to reports the quality of the water isn’t good and the marine life isn’t the best.
A few days before new years, to make up for not diving here Pat and I decided to rent some Kayaks instead and explore the coast a little.
When we got back we found Nico in his usual wicker chair, with Cam. Cam was having a quiet evening and had only drunk 4 bottles of red wine. The sun was throwing glorious orange rays across the sky.
“You’re missing the sunset, Nico!” We said
“fuck the sunset” He replied
That night there was excited talk of fire plankton in the sea. I hadn't seen "the beach" yet, so didn't really know what the fuss was all about. I decided to go for a bit of a late night dip to see. It was my first experience of fire plankton. In the darkness when you move the plankton’s natural bioluminescence is triggered which creates a bright blue glow whenever you move. Quite incredible.
Later on Pat and I got talking about diving again, and how it was a shame that we wouldn’t dive during our time here. So we began to wonder: Surely there were some good dive spots in our general global vicinity? Neither of us had concrete plans for what to do after Cambodia, so one evening we made use of Google and sure enough a plethora of options presented themselves. It didn’t take us long to settle on Malaysia, more specifically Sipadan Island of Borneo. It boasted incredible coral; turtles; and something that I especially wanted to see: reef sharks.
I couldn’t book the flights fast enough!
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