Whatever took me so long?! (Perhentian snippet)

After all my hours spent underwater so far (est. 140hours since i just hit my 144th dive), its a wonder to me that i never thought about writing detailed experiences about it. With all my raving about diving i should have something to show for it right? right??? Ok maybe not really but the idea of sharing my experiences suddenly sounds so appealing. Who knows who might stumble upon this blog and gain diving insight? or read my review on dive gear? or choose a dive itinerary or destination which i recommended. So fun! And how wonderful if years from now i came back here, to the sacred and holy Dive Slut, and relived my beautiful memories of this hobby. This activity that i hold so close to my heart must be recorded, must be shared, not just in my dive logs. Well enough of excuses and justifications. I suddenly just want this. There.

This pic here is the log of my most recent dive at Perhentian Island. Needless to say, it wasn't exciting. Not that it matters because even in the dullest of dives, a Goby Fish is always amusing.
Speaking of Perhentian Island, we stayed at the Flora Bay Resort which is on the bigger island. Its a decent resort but the toilets in the chalet are questionable. Furthermore, it has got to be the laziest dive centre i have come across as yet. They only do 2 dives a day. -__- The first dive starts close to 10am. Maybe they missed the memo that early morning dives are always the most spectacular. Hmmph! That said, if your in for a laaaazy dive trip, Flora Bay it is. And their Nasi Goreng Kampung and Nasi Goreng Thai is EPIC. We had it at every meal and sometimes i still think about it.

I'll pick a dive to write about with underwater pics next time. This dive trip was so lazy even our cameras didn't make an appearance.

Dive sites we tried around Perhentian were

• Batu Layar - Beautiful staghorn coral cover. We were surprised by a sneaky Bamboo Shark. Large school of yellow snapper.
• Tokong Laut - Pinnacle to about 20m. Largely amused by a big school of snapper. Diveslut is not a fussy diver. 
• PDRM Wreck - as the name suggests, its 2 police boats which were sunk in early 2012. There wasnt much coral cover yet but juvenile fish were already finding a home there. Barracudas and snappers. 
• Shark Point - There was a black tip reef shark but i'm so lucky i missed it. -__- Otherwise, during this dive there was a tiny bluestreak cleaner wrasse following one of my buddies around. Was really cute. It tried to clean me as well.
• Sugar Wreck - TRIP HIGHLIGHT! Beautiful wreck lying on its side called MV Orion. This was the only time i regretted not having my camera. The viz was beautiful and we could swim through the deck of the wreck. According to the DM it was rare. We saw more bamboo sharks and large schools of other fishesh. If you go to dive Perhentian, you MUST GO TO SUGAR WRECK. 
• Terembu 3 - A site with three big boulders and some cool swim through areas. Divers bubbles make a small air pocket at the roof of the swim through and its really pretty. More snapper and hunting jack fish and pompano. 
• D'Lagoon - a site mostly for snorkelers so a lot of coral is damaged. Was disappointing but for a yellow goby :).

All in all, for about RM1.2k for the whole 4D3N dive trip including FireFly flights. It was a good deal. And of course, my dive buddies made the trip just perfect.

"There are two kinds of divers, divers that pee in their wetsuits and divers that don't tell the truth." - Anonymous