Oily Rig

Today we have a delightfully early start at 04:50.
Yes that's just shy of 5 AM for the 24 hour time notation challenged.

So a little packing, a little carrying of heavy bags down the stairs, and a lot of sweating. I was also overjoyed to find out that taxis charge a 20% premium on the fare to the airport at 05:30. I'm not EXACTLY sure what that was all about, but I wasn't going to argue with the guy about MYR5 that early in the morning.

Another interesting fact is that Malaysia Airlines describes a packet of peanuts and an orange juice as a "continental breakfast". I'm not sure which continent they were thinking of, but if you know please let us know so we can make sure we never stop there. Ever.

So KK --> Tawau (that's pronounced "ta-wow" for the Bahasa challenged) --> Semporna --> Shitty boat in large swell --> Seaventures dive oil rig resort thing. It's not palatial, but there's something kind of cool about it. I will take some photos tomorrow and try to convey the ambiance.

Loads of wind and current today. There's plenty of life here, but it's hard to see when the 6 brothers and sisters in your group are kicking up the sand in front of you...!

So one house dive, one dive at Mabul, and one night house dive. No pics. It's cool, but not breathtaking yet... stay tuned for breath and taking. Hopefully.