on our way to the resort
chillin on the deck
view of our room looking out
view from the deck of our room
first sighting of a moray eel
clownfish in anemone
feather star, floating/swimming
ringed pipefish
christmas trees - fun to play with!
me & a lionfish
headed to Sipadan
turtles mating!
or not.... the male was denied...
nudibranch
moray
Stan has a thing for clownfish and anemone...
enormous clam, at least a couple of feet long!
clam w/ sea urchin
the last one to come aboard... as usual...
amazing mosaic eel we saw during our night dive
banded boxer shrimp
some weird crab
another interesting crab... seen during the night dive
decorator crab - blends in quite well unless moving!
school of jackfish
giant trevally swimming among the jacks
school of barracuda... they kept coming and coming by the thousands!
surface interval on Sipadan - freezing my butt off and anxiously awaiting the first sip of hot chocolate...
warming up back at the resort with some quality Milo - Malaysian hot chocolate... mmmm...
leopard shark. we saw him quite deep - almost 100 ft!
clownfish playing hide & seek
i like turtles
village children, so excited to see some of the pictures Stan took of them last time he was on the island!
village girls, hamming it up
a huge cuttlefish!
bubble shrimp
really cool harlequin crab
one ugly frogfish in the black stage
longnosed hawkfish
file fish
blue ribbon eel
cutest starfish ever!
crocodile fish
orangutan crab - quite small and hairy!
sleeping octopus! he didn't want to come out and play. :(
white eyed eel poking out over a blue starfish
blue spotted stingray
me doing a killer back roll entry...
Stan's big island hair
Stan's attempt to document being overtaken by a school of fish!
shot of the amazingly rich coral
mandarin fish! very tiny... we saw them just before their nightly mating ritual
coming up after our sunset dive
my fat photo
looking back at the resort - on our way to Sipadan
life is good!
villagers fishing
hook 'em!
entrance to Turtle Cavern... an underwater cave where turtles (and divers) can get lost.
looking out from inside Turtle Cavern
purple goby
white tip shark
me seeing how close i can get before disturbing him...
schooling fish in a tornado
autoshot on Sipadan. Stan wearing his superhero get-up.
Stan throwing peace signs
goofing off
hanging out
first underwater autoshot!
resurfacing. i think i had just been stung by a jellyfish on my face.
group shot on our last day... headed back to Mabul from Sipadan
baby lobster
flamboyant cuttlefish!!
flamboyant cuttlefish close-up! great way to end a week of diving...
mantis shrimp
clownfish peeking out
a rare nudibranch, or "nudibranch - special" - as our divemaster wrote on his board... we later learned it was of the "nembrotha guttata" variety.
stonefish
enjoying our last dive!
Stan dutifully recording in his dive book
me w/ the village in the background
one of the few shots of me & Stan!
Stan's first taste of durian back in Kuala Lumpur...
my turn w/ the durian (and plenty more above my head in case we run out)...
and... not such a fan.
putting together a smorgasbord of Malaysian treats for dinner
dinner time! malay food served in a cone of wax paper.
dessert!
this one looked toxic.
