no diving, wanna beach and a good resort.... Mataking Island with permits to Sipadan island too. but not sure if they allow snorkelers for Sipadan... so plz check with them.

If Sipadan island s not a must, I will opt for Lankayan island thru Sandakan Sabah for a more private, romantic island trip.

How about price wise for Lankayan? Mataking seems a bit high side right?

Too bad is edi bought Tawau flight tickets... :/

I saw some people was snorkling on Sipadan, but I didn't know with which dive shop do they go..

ps: video of a girl swimming with great white shark (skip to 2.05)


This post has been edited by wKkaY: May 12 2013, 11:13 PM

net removal.net removal.

spam?

Mabul and kapalai you can forget about the beach.

Next options are pom pom or mataking

Ooh. You guys diving with seahorse.

I did my owd with Lisa S and aow with nafi. Drinking with Andy is always fun.

Thanks for the suggest,

Would like to know whether both of Pom Pom or Mataking equivalently good?

Just mail and ask for Malaysian price... those prices on their site are meant for International! If not mistaken, about or slightly higher as compare to Kapalai / SWV.



Agree!

There s no beach at kapalai... sand bank

Mabul s heaven for macro or underwater but way different on land



There is option in term of resort at Pom Pom island, ie, Pom Pom island resort which is a full fledged resort. while 100m away is Celebes Beach Resort, a small resort with clean basic rooms but better diving team... from fren and my experience! While there is only 1 resort at Mataking island....

Island, beach, romantic and relaxation... i will opt for Mataking island.

Do not forget to visit the nearby islands... bohaydulang (permission s needed), Bohayan, Timba Timba, Matabuan....


Mataking Island - 2 islands 1 resort. Mataking besar s insight (the forest) where the resort s located, pix was taken from Mataking kecil...


Timba Timba island - uninhabited except a family s taking care the island. lively sealife and corals r just few meters from beach. Jumping off from the jetty is a must try here!!!

mmm!

you bought it? try snap picture underwater if you can

This post has been edited by juniorkirk: May 14 2013, 09:44 AM

haha.. later spoil!!

Itz stated that compliance with IP55 and IP58, ie, 1.5M and max 30 min, provided all ports n covers r firmly closed.

Hi there.. any comment on panorama perhentian ? My friend plan to go by beginning of June.

Panorama give good price for the room if you dive with them.
Diving with them is awesome!! they're a fun bunch.
this is from my experience last year (diving with them twice: May n Aug)
This year it seems like i don't know anyone except for their manager.

Anyways..room wise..they suck.
facilities and cleanliness: 1 star.
I heard from my dive buddies who dived with me, they stayed at Matahari instead.
I'm surprised they're not diving with Matahari though.

thank for your comments
one of my fren very concern about room conditions.. but since u rate 1 star then i could imagine that....

I found an awesome collection of scuba diving accident stories here: http://www.scubadiving.com/training/lessons-life

It's a good resource for understanding the dangers of the sport.

nice link, better to put it on frontpage also

hehe.. not sure if awesome is the right word for diving accidents..

from here we can learn from other's mistake.. and try to improve our own safety..