The guide had told us 99.9% we will see the mantas and we did!! well, not all of us saw it. I am really thankful that I did!! It was a small manta. Saw twice in that one dive only.. Before that day I dreamt of manta and I saw manta~ Next night, I dreamt of whale shark but too bad I didn't see one.See here for the rest of the photos : Similan Photos
This was my strobe (underwater flash)'s maiden dive!! And I got some nice photos which I am really satisfied with. Here are 5 of my favourites :
1. Little crab in hard coral : This was shot in a night dive. I had only one shot on this. I like the pink portion of the coral so I didn't crop very tight on the little crabbie.
2. Moray eel with soft coral : My strobe actually pointed more on the coral than the eel, it'll be perfect if I pointed on it correctly. This eel was coorperate enough, I waited for its mouth to open big big to breathe and took the shot. The other moray that I took hardly open its mouth..
3. Little fish on sea grass : I don't know what fish is this. And this was the first time I saw this kind of sea grass. It looked like a shot directly from an aquarium, doesn't it? The grass looked very soft and it's very pretty.
4. Hawk fish with red coral background : hawkfish really makes good subject. I actually prefer the second pic because of its fins' position. But it looked like it had only one eye...
5. Little fish with sea grass again : The little fish looked like a baby in its cradle.
This was taken not long after we left the port, on the upper deck of the boat.
The blue sea was really nice~
My flat abs.. gone... after days of munching on tidbits non-stop. I looked like 3months pregnant....
The flower blocked my view... Else this would be a great pic..
Super friendly turtle!!!! It kept coming back for watermelon. We get to touch its head, its fins, its shell.. and it wasn't annoyed at all! 2 of our divers jumped into the sea and snorkel with it, "molest" it all over yet it still remain with us for a longgggggg time, long after we ran out of watermelon.
It felt so much like playing with a puppy.
There was another turtle came to our boat on the next day. So.... fun~!!
Everybody looking and playing with the turtle.
Another hawkfish shot.
Gab took this pic as I couldn't get my strobe to point on the correct place. This was during the first few dives where I struggled in finding the correct angle for the strobe.
Another turtle~
Similan sunset~
BIG BIG lobsters!
We saw the most octopus in this trip~ I love octopus!
This octopus remained with us for a long time too. It went under the rock, came out, went in, came out. So funny. We were pretty close. I was a bit scared that it will get frustrated of us and jump on my face, so I backed up. haha... There's no way we can fight with its many, strong suckers underneath its tentacles.
The not-so-aggresive-triggerfish. I thought I was the only who took this shot, the triggerfish with one tooth less. Turned out that everybody took this same shot, almost same posture too!
A crab in super red sponges.
Super big crab!!!
I call this "double-decker shrimp", cos it looks like the prawn printed on Double Decker prawn cracker.
The sea was full of blenny.
We saw this "cowboy diver" underwater! He wore a hat while diving! I totally blur... when I saw him.
I think this guy was in the same group with the cow-boy. The act-macho-dive-with-swimming-trunk-diver. The water was pretty cold and he did look cold. ha! Serves him right if he felt cold.
Pink diver!!
I was only taking the photo of the little flower like thing on the sea-whip. Not so sharp.
This stonefish laid on the sea grass, it looked soooooo comfortable. Makes you want to lay on the sea grass too.
I was waiting for the blenny to get behind the purple soft coral to take a shot like this.
On sun deck. That was a very nice sun deck~
One of our dive guides, Alain, from Belgium.
The guys, from left, Guy, Winnie, Freddie, Laura, Tiffany, George, me, Doreen, Philip, Gabriel, Andy, Alex and Alain.
This is our boat~
A 5 days trip, gone. Looking forward to dive Tioman again in March when season open~!!!!!
