Babies sharks scared by the light of my flash. (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)
Babies sharks scared by the light of my flash. (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)

Perhentian: first dives

  Malaysia: Peninsula and Borneo - July 2006

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I discover the underwater world of the Perhentian Islands, Peninsular Malaysia ...

Two plots per day

Located in Perhentian Kecil, Matahari ChaletSince July 1st, I have been diving at a reasonable rate of two dives per day.

Meeting every morning at 8:30 am at the club for the briefing, return around 11 am, lunch, new dive around 1 pm, which leads me then to the nap time, at 3 pm.

I then wallow in my hammock, suspended between the pillars of my new bungalow, and fall asleep without difficulty.

I asked to move to another "chalet" than the one I was assigned when I arrived. My new bungalow is less exposed to the eyes than the other one and far from the noisy TV of the restaurant, but unfortunately closer to the generator...

That said, I got used to the hum of the generator. And then, who says generator, says electricity, light, fan, recharging of the iPod...

The dives are nice, but not exceptional. A little below what I expected...

I meet the usual tropical fauna of clown fish, angel fish, triggerfish, balloon fish, fusiliers, barracudas, etc.. Enough to have fun, all the same!

Nemo and his dad say hello ... (Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia, July 2006)
Nemo and his dad say hello ... (Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia, July 2006)
Detail of the eye of a big starfish. (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)
Detail of the eye of a large star balloon fish (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)
Stations to the spines of the lionfish flying! (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)
Stations to the spines of the lionfish flying! (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)
A porcupine fish with a rounded eye all amazed. (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)
A porcupine fish with a round eye all surprised (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)

But the visibility, which I thought was excellent, given the amazing clarity of the water along the beach, is not so extraordinary during our dives... The fault of a storm of several days, which hit before my arrival, explained my dive-master to me. The rain run-off disturbed the bottom a bit.

Babies sharks

The dive that I prefer at the moment is the one of Sugar WreckThe wreck of a cargo ship transporting sugar, where a whole friendly fauna has taken up residence.

Here is a video I found on YouTube, which gives a good idea of the atmosphere (the diver who made it was lucky enough to have a good visibility).

I dived there with Erika, the Swiss who runs the dive-shop with her husband Yves. They also do photography (see here their website, Natural Scenes).

And it is thanks to her, who spotted them, that I was able to see these baby sharks, huddled under one of the debris of the hull.

Babies sharks scared by the light of my flash. (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)
Babies sharks scared by the light of my flash. (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)
Fish soup ... (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)
Fish soup ... (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)

An exit in RedangThe trip to the island near the Perhentian, on a bigger boat, is planned on the 5th: it will be spectacular, I was promised...

I'll deliver photos in a future message!

  Malaysia: Peninsula and Borneo - July 2006

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  1. Y’a de quoi lire… Tes articles sont de plus en plus longs, et c’est tant mieux.

    Je viens de découvrir un écrivain suisse, un certain Paul Nizon, qui après avoir entrepris un voyage en Asie du Sud-Est, Sumatra, Indonésie, et une partie de la Malaisie, rend compte de ses impressions, sept ans plus tard, dans un récit intitulé “Adieu à l’Europe”. Tu comprends pourquoi j’ai envie de le lire. Voyons si demain je peux trouver cet ouvrage dans les librairies du coin.

    À chacun sa flore et sa faune, ici nous n’avons QUE (et c’est encore trop!) Mimi la souris, revenue de je ne sais où, des mouches bien grasses que la chaleur affole, pas de moustiques, et Minette la chatte de la voisine qui est mère depuis hier, sans oublier les poissons de l’aquarium qui rêvent d’un avenir meilleur…

    With all my tenderness, Lydie.

  2. Oh, a beast!!!! 😆
    Ben,les bêtes ici, c’est comme en Bretagne!!! Y a même un mec de “deratex” qui est venu ce matin pour déposer son produit anti-blattes germaniques!!
    Sinon, c’est enfin le week-end pour moi, encore 15 jours à tenir!!! J’en peux plus!!!
    Tes descriptions sont toujours aussi réalistes, j’adore!!! Je te suis au gré de tes plongées, merci pour ces moments d’évasion, ça me fait du bien après ces journées d’ “audition”…
    Big kisses and good luck!

  3. Phew!
    La p’tite personne est arrivée (jeudi)! C’est la plus belle de Nantes! Du coup, j’ai un peu perdu le fil; je retourne la voir aujourd’hui mais redeviendrai une lectrice assidue la semaine prochaine.

  4. Long live Nemo!
    Si tu as l’air un chouilla déçue par tes plongées, moi j’en rêve. Je reviens de Corse où y’a vraiment pas grand-chose à voir au fond de l’eau, même si mon oreille m’empêche toujours de descendre. Ton carnet de route est toujours aussi génial et agréable à lire. Sacré travail. J’attends avec impatience la suite.

  5. Bonjour a tous, et mille mercis pour vos contributions respectives, j’adore vous lire !

    Me voici maintenant sur l’ile de Tioman, tout au sud de la Peninsule malaisienne. J’ai trouve une connexion internet qui marche, mais la lenteur pour la transmission des photos est exasperante. Je vais voir si je peux trouver mieux…

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