SIP #6 - 'Not the umbrella!': Redang Kalong, Redang ~ 270608-290608

[miezegreat]

Just for starters...


Bijan: Anas! Put me down!

 

[evelynwg85]

aiyoh, ummi ah...plz...faster come out more...more more more, i want more more more...reports, pictures....etc...

[sheik]

well, while we all wait for Ummi with her detail dive report; Scubabunny and Carmen on the survey results  , here's some pictorial report.



Our journey begins with:


The driver from Mumbai.
Notice the:
1. bizarre purple colored Native-American-Indian-ostrich-feather charm hanging on his rear view mirror. This charm has attracted the local medicine man* and blessed our journey (to reach the Enlightenment).
2. crotch light; or rather the light coming out from his crotch.
3. Arnold Palmer's umbrella on top left corner. I guess this is why Ummi titled this report: Not the Umbrella!

A footnote (*)
There will be a story on The local medicine man blessing the truck



One* of the passengers (with some weird pop-up pillows) looking thru the window. She does only gaze, maze and laze while the sun rises on the Terengganu coastline.
A footnote (*)
This passenger does nothing along the journey but sleeping and waking up smiling. No words uttered.



Our room at Redang Kalong. Nice, spacious, and airy.
Notice:
1. the blue-colored towels for both couple: Bijan and DP
2. Bijan has reached some level of 'height' while lying on his bed. DP managed to shy away from the frame.

[JD]

This passenger does nothing along the journey but sleeping and waking up smiling. No words uttered.

How very the true one.....!

[RoCKET]

Our room at Redang Kalong. Nice, spacious, and airy.
Notice:
1. the blue-colored towels for both couple: Bijan and DP
2. Bijan has reached some level of 'height' while lying on his bed. DP managed to shy away from the frame.
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bijan must be quite sexcited....excited

[evelynwg85]

Our room at Redang Kalong. Nice, spacious, and airy.
Notice:
1. the blue-colored towels for both couple: Bijan and DP
2. Bijan has reached some level of 'height' while lying on his bed. DP managed to shy away from the frame.

bijan must be quite sexcited....excited
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excited in term of?i saw something which quite "suspicious" in this picture leh...

[Cher]

Just for starters...


Bijan: Anas! Put me down!

 

Hahhaha comel! Thank you for putting a smile on my face 

[dp]

Our room at Redang Kalong. Nice, spacious, and airy.
Notice:
1. the blue-colored towels for both couple: Bijan and DP
2. Bijan has reached some level of 'height' while lying on his bed. DP managed to shy away from the frame.


bijan must be quite sexcited....excited

excited in term of?i saw something which quite "suspicious" in this picture leh...

just makes u wonder what it was that he was looking at the psp screen....

[mocha]

Just for starters...


Bijan: Anas! Put me down!

 

Hahhaha comel! Thank you for putting a smile on my face 

kanak kanak riang ribena... and please pick someone your size la... sheik must be thinking he is as slim as bijan!

[miezegreat]

Well, since Sheik is kinda tied up with the MIDE pre-works and all, let me continue and finish the report.

The Mumbai driver picked up Sheik, Bijan and I, and left KL around 11.30pm. Scuba Bunny, Carmen & Julian left earlier while Bajaulaut and wifey were already at Merang.

So, after change of drivers* and a few stops (we actually stayed a bit and watched Spain vs Russia 3-0 and final quarter of Saving Private Ryan), we finally reached KT.

*This driver thot he was in Sepang and main2 corner one. I couldn’t sleep and was holding on the seat for dear life. And so were DP & Bijan.


Sunrise

.......

Oh, about the ‘blessing’.

About 7.45 am, all hungry and looking for a good nasi dagang stall. We spotted one at the other side of the road (lots of customers, so the place should be good) and we also noticed an old man (local medicine man, eh?) by the roadside.
Well, we thot that he was going to cross the road – we did a u turn to park the Ranger and he stopped us. Then, he slowly touched and suddenly kissed or as Sheik said, ‘blessed’ Lady Boss, Shafi’s Ranger.
Alright, something is definitely not right here. ‘Our journey is blessed by the medicine man!’ Yeah right.
The next thing we know, one of the restaurant’s staff walked to him and seriously whacked him on the head! Pity the old man.
As for the nasi dagang, there were weird looks on a couple of faces – luckily I ate the roti.

We met up with the others later at the jetty and left for Redang Kalong at 9.00am.

Day 1

Dive #1 - Turtle Bay or (Chagar Utan)

Fish: DP &  Miezegreat
Invert: Bijan & Bajaulaut
Substrates: Scuba Bunny & Carmen
Impacts: Sheik & Julian

Time in: 11.27am
Bottom time: 53 mins
Max depth: 12.5m
Avg depth: 9.4m
Viz: 10m
Temperature: 29 Celcius

Results - Mostly hard coral and rocks, lotsa snappers (we counted 1400 ekors at the transect line only)
Other Stuffs - White tip shark, green turtle, triggerfish, a few moorish idols


Dive #2 - Marine Park (Jetty Dive)

Fish: Bajaulaut & Bijan
Inverts: Sheik & Carmen
Substrates: DP & Miezegreat
Impacts: Scuba Bunny & Julian

Time in: 2.58pm
Bottom time: 66 mins
Max depth: 6.4m
Avg depth: 4.8m
Viz: 5-10m
Temperature: 29 Celcius

Results - 60% Rubble, big amount of rubbish and a few pvc structures but not much corals grown on it. This is at THE marine park, surprise, surprise!
Other Stuffs - Triggerfish, surgeon fish

When we surfaced, there was a large group of people in orange jackets looking at us at the jetty. Did we do a grand surface? Or were they all thinking why the heck are divers diving under the jetty? … Nah, they were just waiting for their boats

No Muppet Moments. Good.

After the dives, we cleaned up and rested. DP has already pengsan-ed on the bed and missed the BBQ dinner. Sheik wanted do a photography session, but we were all tired.


Sheik caught in a batik

All went to bed early and it took me like 5 minutes to sleep bcoz of someone’s* karaoke-ing downstairs.

*One of us – who eh?

zzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Zooming in

[miezegreat]

Day 2

Having spent 15 minutes in the bathroom  , and grinning silly after – off we went to the other sites.

Dive #3 - S.P. Pulau Lima

Fish: Sheik & Scuba Bunny
Inverts: DP & Miezegreat
Substrates: Bijan & Bajaulaut
Impacts: Carmen & Julian

Time in: 9.03am
Bottom Time: 62 mins
Max depth: 7m
Avg depth: 6m
Viz: 10m
Temperature: 29 Celcius

Results - Mostly hard coral, not much fishes and lotsa COTs!
Other Stuffs - Green turtle, triggerfish, batfish, moray eel under big rock, nudis, lotsa jellyfishes

I got stung by a jellyfish when we got to the boat. Ouch!


Bajaulaut & Bijan doing substrates


COTs everywhere!


Dive #4 - Paku Besar

Fish – DP & Miezegreat
Inverts:  Bajau & Bijan
Substrates – Sheik & Julian
Impacts: Carmen & Scuba Bunny

Time in: 11.54am
Bottom time: 68 mins
Max depth: 10m
Avg depth: 8.2m
Viz: 10m
Temperature: 29 Celcius

Results – Same percentage for soft corals, hard corals & rock. Most of the rocks were grown with soft corals. And there are patches of NIA.
Other Stuffs -Filefish, bannerfish, triggerfishes, batfish, lotsa snappers and 1 buruh kasar from Indon.


Indon mari!


The tool



Scuba Bunny & Carmen doing impacts


Sheik and Julian doing sub ‘prostate’


DP and his toy


Dive #5 - House Reef

Fish: Scuba Bunny & Carmen
Inverts: DP & Bijan
Substrates: Miezegreat & Julian
Impacts: Sheik & Bajaulaut

Time in: 3.28pm
Bottom time: 57 mins
Max depth: 8.5m
Avg depth: 6.4m
Viz: 5m
Temperature: 30 Celcius

Results - 70% Soft corals (Zoanthids)
Other Stuffs – Well, there was nothing much to see!


AB


Julian


Bajaulaut


Horny?

Muppet Moments, err, what’s dat?

That was the last dive for the SIP. We had other plans the next day.

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The Cengkarung

[miezegreat]

Sheik wanted to do a photography session. That's when some mumbled, 'Not the umbrella!' 
After some shots, we went to visit MACHA who just came back from his Komodo trip @ Gypsy Divers next door. And met other MUW members as well - Zephyr, Bjorn, Sheila, Poisson & Sepet.


Notice the Arnold Palmer's umbrella somewhere?


Night came, had dinner - and a karaoke session. Woohoo! Look who got the mike.


I want it that way ~


These boots are made for walking ~
hehe, we shud get the girls do the dance moves for the girls trip 

Guess, a lot of people were wide awake until we finished! 

[miezegreat]

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Ooh, Sexy DP!