Perhentian Trip (5-8 June 2011)

Woohoo!! Caleb is now a certified islander!! Well I'm counting the fact that he actually had to take plane, car then boat just to get to our destination (not ot mention it was on an ISLAND!). But we eventually made it to Bubbles Dive Resort! We as in the entire Lim Clan + Leem siblings in the package. Woot! :)

It was a packed trip for Fannie as she was on a mission - to get her diving license! Everyone else was chilling on the hammocks, snorkeling, playing 'Pass the Bomb' and busking in the sun while Fannie had to study and do a crash course with Pei See.

Jee Yen and I took the time to go diving (5 in all!) and were wondered by the vast amount of sea creatures in the deep. Too bad didn't take any pictures underwater but it was totally breath taking. We saw turtles, sting rays (even an eagle ray at a distance!), moray eels, shrimps, sharks and all kinds of fish! Its a totally different world down there. Thank you Lord for showing me a glimpse of your wonders! God's creation is too amazing to put in simple words. Indescribable!

Fannie was able to join us on our last dive and I have a confession to make: I spotted a shark sucker following Fannie and was so excited to see it near her. So I to get her attention I grabbed her and turned her around and pointed frantically to that sucker. Turned out I was the 'sucker' cos Pei See had just signalled to her of a SHARK just ahead. But cos I turned Fannie around to see the shark sucker, the shark swam away before she could refocus on it. Sorry dear.. =( Hopefully next dive we can see some more amazing sea creatures ok? =P

Caleb was spoiled all trip with his 3 ayees + grandmother crowding over him all trip. He never had a dull moment on the island with so much attention showered on him. But that also meant we (the parents) could do our diving. :) We brought Caleb sea swimming which was a major event for him with SO MANY supporters cheering him on his inaugural sea swim experience. This little fellow just doesn't like large water masses. But he did settle after awhile; especially after I 'dunked' him in the sea. Heh. More swimming lessons to come for sure! :)

On our last day we also got to see a female turtle surface to lay eggs on the beach! We also got to transport some of the eggs and put them in a safe hole where the poachers can't find them. Poor things get their eggs poached in the market which is causing the turtle numbers to drop drastically. Lord you must feel for the lost of your creation. Forgive us for not being good stewards to take care of your creation. Have mercy on the little turtles Lord. :)

Here are some of the pictures of the trip to put sight to my words. Enjoy!