Motorcycling around Sabah during my break is fun!
While since I'm there, why not add diving & trekking to the list.
And the result is a 4 months preparation for the conquest.
The depth, plain & altitude of Sabah.
Depth - The final dive spot wasn't my first choice. first the Layang-layang is off season. and the other popular destination like Labuan and Sipadan was practically out-of-reach for a single diver like me (according to the tour operator). The 'Min 2 to go' rules never helps.But I need to conquer the depth, otherwise I would not achieve what I set out to do. and thanks to Janet of Sabah Divers, I manage to pack with 2 stranger to Tunku Abdul Rahman Park. It's only 15mins ride from Kota Kinabalu. Nothing to shout about regarding the dives. Especially compare to my last dive at Qiandao Lake. The only worth watching are the 2 ladies diving with me...
Plain - Am I risking my life ? Here I am, only my 2nd time sitting on a moving bike on a public road after I got my license more than a year ago in Singapore. And now I'm going on a 1157km journey with a third of it off road and the other half on a unpaved road and in a foreign country! Sounds like an Adventure to me!
Altitude - Mount Kinabalu. it's about 15 years since I last intended to climb this mountain. And no thanks to the Indonesian forest fire then, the last trip was cancelled. But not this time. The highest peak in South-East-Asia (4095.2m) and being a South-East-Asian myself, I know I have to scale this at least once in my current lifetime. And yes, I've already scaled the highest peak in Singapore, Bukit Timah Hill at 166m.
and above all is made possible by these friendly operators
www.sabahdivers.com
www.rideborneo.com
www.adventure-quests.com
now straight to the videos...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Diving into the sunken city
Finally I accomplished one of my mission - diving in Qiandao Lake (千岛湖).
I first learn about this dive when I first came to Shanghai, and in desperate search for diving trip, and this is one so excite me.
It will not only be diving in a freshwater lake, and also into a sunken city, Lion City. coincidentally the same sanskrit name for Singapore.
The trip was operated by Big-Blue (www.big-blue.cn).
With water temperature at the bottom at 10-12°C. A dry or semi-dry suit is required.
But we are given 2x 3mm wet suit which works fairly well.
I wore a single diving glove and my hands go numb at the bottom.
It's a very challenging dive and definitely not a fun dive.
The visibility was bad and it is worst than night diving I did in Pulau Aur in Malaysia.
But it's definitely worth the experience, one that I will never forget.
Especially where I have to abandon dive for the first time in my last and 3rd dive.
More on this maybe on my next post, when I can find the time.
For this trip I tested a new underwater goggle camera for this trip. Liquid Image HD320.
and here's the video...
I first learn about this dive when I first came to Shanghai, and in desperate search for diving trip, and this is one so excite me.
It will not only be diving in a freshwater lake, and also into a sunken city, Lion City. coincidentally the same sanskrit name for Singapore.
The trip was operated by Big-Blue (www.big-blue.cn).
With water temperature at the bottom at 10-12°C. A dry or semi-dry suit is required.
But we are given 2x 3mm wet suit which works fairly well.
I wore a single diving glove and my hands go numb at the bottom.
It's a very challenging dive and definitely not a fun dive.
The visibility was bad and it is worst than night diving I did in Pulau Aur in Malaysia.
But it's definitely worth the experience, one that I will never forget.
Especially where I have to abandon dive for the first time in my last and 3rd dive.
More on this maybe on my next post, when I can find the time.
For this trip I tested a new underwater goggle camera for this trip. Liquid Image HD320.
and here's the video...
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