Tioman Rendezvouz (Part 2) - Discovery Scuba!!!

Well, after returning from our dives at Pulau Ceh Beh and Malang Rock, it was time for the newbies to take their first breath underwater... Uncle Chong, Kenny and of course, Bambi...after a quick bite of course... *he he he*...

Man, these were waterbabies if I ever saw any...really natural!! ... and in no time, they were taking to the environment after a quick briefing from Asther Lau...

All went well, except for Uncle Chong's near- panic moment at the surface and Bambi's troubling left ear which she could't really get to adjust to the water pressure...well Bam, practice, practice, practice... in any event, we couldn't go deeper than 2 to 3 meters...

Yee Boon and I assisted to make our discover scuba candidates get used to their new surroundings...check out the pics... Yee Boon was a natural leader... Uncle Chong on one side and Kenny on another, all clasping arms with each other...way to go buddy!! I suspect YB will eventually make a good DM (divemaster)...




At the end of the exercise, all that remained were triumphant faces and looks of accomplishment...just check out Kenny's and Bam's smiles... *grin* ... Yes!!! We did it !

After that, YB and I decided to go on a 'fun dive' since we had a whole lot of air left in our scuba tanks...we didn't go very deep though...but the dive was not regrettable...YB was lucky enough to spot this huge puffer fish... I was just trailing behind our rambunctious friend when he suddenly went 'uh uh uh'...the YB grunts to tell ya he's seen something...*ha ha ha*... plus, I got this real cool shot of a juvenile stingray gliding across the sea bed ...all in all, a fruitful dive...


After we returned to shore, Francis' group of leisure divers..Mike Dolan, Adeline, Kim, Lim and Eric came back by speedboat not too long after...whilst we were doing a shore, they were at Pulau Soyak, a tiny little island near the northern village of Kg. Salang in P. Tioman...Soyak boats 2 wrecks and many, many macro life... currents are usually strong on the north-east side of the island...

Soon, we were preparing to go fill up our straving tummies after a long day in the water...but that's another story...