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I'm back from Borneo! I went to the Indonesian side and the Malaysian side. Highlight of the trip: the dives at Sipadan (Malaysia)... Yes, for me, Borneo is more the color of the sea than the jungle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Return trip<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oops, I haven't posted anything in a while... The fault of non-existent, random or ultra-slow internet connections, during my trip to Borneo, this July 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet I like to tell my trips as they happen, almost live. The sensations are new, the discoveries are fresh... But here, it was really not possible. I only managed to put some pictures on the Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I've been back in France for a few days, but my head is still there, in Borneo... Underwater, mostly. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/a>
The Kakaban pontoon. (Archipelago of Derawan, Borneo, Indonesia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Borneo in blue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My own Borneo is more blue than green. I have spent more time above the coral reefs than under the jungle canopy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, diving was the main theme of the trip ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Kakaban,<\/a>
Kakaban, Jetty Wall. (Derawan Archipelago, Borneo, Indonesia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Barracudas<\/a>
Barracudas Bank in Maratua. (Derawan Archipelago, Borneo, Indonesia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"School<\/a>
School of jacks in Sipadan. (Borneo, Malaysia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Shark<\/a>
Shark and divers in Sipadan. (Borneo, Malaysia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Turtle<\/a>
Turtle in Sipadan. (Borneo, Malaysia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Five major stages, between Malaysia and Indonesia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This trip of 2013 is my third stay in Borneo, after my previous trips to 2006<\/a> and 2009<\/a>. I was gone for almost a month, with five main stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. The Derawan Archipelago <\/strong>(Kakaban, Sangalaki, Maratua) on the Indonesian side
2. Mabul and Sipadan<\/strong>, Malaysian side
3. Kota Kinabalu<\/strong>on the north coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah
4. Kuching<\/strong>on the north coast of Sarawak state (Malaysia)
5. Kuala Lumpur<\/strong>, the capital, Peninsular Malaysia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Borneo:<\/a>
Borneo: my journeys and stages. July 2013. Click on the map above to open interactive Google Map in a new large window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Three diving spots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Sipadan \/ Mabul \/ Kapalai (Malaysia)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The best! I was desperate to see Sipadan<\/a> (Malaysia), where I had already dived in 2006 and 2009. And Sipadan lived up to its promise: sharks and turtles in abundance, swirls of barracudas and jacks...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"School<\/a>
School of jacks in Sipadan. (Borneo, Malaysia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Located in the Malaysian part of Borneo, the island is a protected area, where the number of divers is limited to 120 per day. Underwater, Sipadan remained as spectacular as during my first visit in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the diving around the neighboring islands of Mabul and Kapalai, it has nothing to do with the great show offered by Sipadan, but it remains very interesting for the muck-dive<\/a> and the small fauna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 - Derawan \/ Maratua \/ Kakaban \/ Sangalaki (Indonesia)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Derawan archipelago on the Indonesian side, where I dived in 2009, was a bit of a disappointment this time around: I didn't manage to see that many \"big ones\" in Maratua (a meagre shoal of barracudas on a lucky day).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Giant<\/a>
Giant sea fan in Maratua. Derawan Archipelago, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But what's most alarming is that Sangalaki manta rays<\/a> have disappeared (or become very rare), whereas four years ago they were very numerous and easy to observe. We were almost certain to encounter them around the island...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We didn't see anything. I've heard that other diving tourists spotted one a few weeks before my stay there, but from a distance and from the boat. In short, encounters with beautiful manta rays seem to have become much more random.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area of the Derawan Archipelago, of which Sangalaki is a part, is not protected, and these harmless giant rays are now very fished for their gills<\/a> which end up in soup (like shark fins). Dynamite fishing is also still practised in the area (several times we heard explosions underwater). In short, in my humble opinion, the situation is not going to get any better...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I detailed my diving impressions in Sangalaki and Maratua during this new stay in July 2013 in this new article :
\u2192 Sangalaki and Maratua: sadness and disappointment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, I found the Kakaban sites to be the nicest, the richest in coral and fauna, with spectacular, enormous gorgonians. And then there's always the incredible lake with jellyfish that do not sting that I discovered in 2009<\/a>. Regarding my 2013 journey, I have posted these new articles on Kakaban :
\u2192 Snorkeling in the Kakaban Jellyfish Lake<\/a><\/strong>
\u2192 Multicolored dive on Kakaban reef<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the island of Derawan itself remains very nice for the muck-dive<\/a>. As for the turtles, they can be found everywhere in the archipelago. To read at the end of this link :
\u2192 Derawan, the turtle archipelago<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 - Pulau Gaya \/ Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Finally, I did a little diving around Pulau Gaya, off the coast of Kota Kinabalu, which I hadn't seen before. But a big storm had stirred up the bottom a few days earlier, so visibility was particularly poor and didn't allow me to really appreciate the sites. There's plenty to do, however, with the small tropical fauna and in muck-dive<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Clownfish<\/a>
Clownfish near Pulau Gaya. (Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here I am, barely back home and already nostalgic for Borneo... I'm consoling myself by diving back into the blue with my images. There's plenty to do: over 3,000 photos and videos stored on the hard drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, I'll be back to tell you all about it very soon!!!!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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