{"id":14,"date":"2006-07-03T22:11:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-03T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southeastasia.fr\/blog-de-voyage\/2006\/07\/03\/premieres-plongees\/"},"modified":"2019-01-30T05:17:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T04:17:04","slug":"perhentian-premieres-plongees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/perhentian-premieres-plongees-20060703\/","title":{"rendered":"Perhentian: first dives"},"content":{"rendered":"

I discover the underwater world of the Perhentian Islands, Peninsular Malaysia ...<\/p>\n

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Two plots per day<\/h2>\n

Located in Perhentian Kecil, Matahari Chalet<\/a>Since July 1st, I have been diving at a reasonable rate of two dives per day.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I then wallow in my hammock, suspended between the pillars of my new bungalow, and fall asleep without difficulty.<\/p>\n

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...<\/p>\n

That said, I got used to the hum of the generator. And then, who says generator, says electricity, light, fan, recharging of the iPod...<\/p>\n

The dives are nice, but not exceptional. A little below what I expected...<\/p>\n

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

\"Nemo<\/a>
Nemo and his dad say hello ... (Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia, July 2006)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Detail<\/a>
Detail of the eye of a large star balloon fish (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Stations<\/a>
Stations to the spines of the lionfish flying! (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A porcupine fish with a round eye all surprised (Perhentian Islands, Malaysia, July 2006)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Babies sharks<\/h2>\n

The dive that I prefer at the moment is the one of Sugar Wreck<\/em>The wreck of a cargo ship transporting sugar, where a whole friendly fauna has taken up residence.<\/p>\n

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).<\/p>\n

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