Underwater Scenery 2

I got the rest of the photos today, meeting the rest of the group save Jia Hui, who blur until thought the meeting is tomorrow...wa kaoZ.

Well, here goes. The Rantings of an ilKhan @ metalfyre.blogspot.com presents the largest Photoblog ever. The second installment from the first Underwater Scenery post. I uploaded the underwater pictures before the ones on the digital camera. Enjoy the 158++ photos (I lost count). Click on the photos to see the full resolution picture.

Seascape & some fish


Me and Yao Hong, my dive buddy.


The big, mean fish that almost bit Dawn...naughty naughty


Fish foraging at the seabed.


Blue Fish...duh?


Butterfly fish (recognised it from a stamp) below a set of flippers.


The female version of the mean fish.


Christmas Tree worms again..


Corals


Huge school of anchovies...yum yum..


An assortment of fish above corals.


Fish, taking refuge from me within the corals.


Fantastic seascape again.


Christmas Tree worms, and half my fat finger.


Jia Hui, Dawn and Yao Hong pointing to some coral Dawn is holding.


Huge blue starfish...


Dawn just had to pick it up for a snazzy shot with Jia Hui.


Yao Hong, hiding behind Jia Hui and Dawn.


Yao Hong, snapping me snapping him.


Dawn and my *sigh* fat finger again...


A black sea cucumber.


That's me, and Yao Hong at the corner.


Don't I look like some ninja turtle in that suit?


Fish n corals.


Arrival at Mersing Jetty. Yao Hong, totally bushed. Mini van 1, Yao Hong 0.


Me, utterly disgusted at the state of the toilets. Naah, the toilets were clean. I was just very hot. I think. Also starring Yao Hong.


Jia Hui, Me and Yao Hong, nursing his bruised hand.


I'm distracted, beside the red eyed demon Yao Hong (even his chinese name means 'red), and Dawn.


These bruised fingers are the reason Yao Hong saw red.


Arrival at Pulau Aur. A view of the jetty.


Me, totally wet and nauseated.


Yao Hong, enjoying free flow milo.


Me, trying to figure where that flower crab went.


The girls' room.


The beachside 'boulevard'


Dawn, trying to dance to the beat of Village People's 'YMCA'


Jia Hui, opting for the more classic pose.


The jetty.


The narcissistic duo, Jia Hui n Dawn.


At least now you are allowed a glimpse of the background..


Eagle Island. There was once an eagle there. Once.


Coconut trees. Many people die from falling coconuts annually.


Hey, I'm trying to sleep here! NS style bunking with Yao Hong and Ming Yao.


Jia Hui in her little bed booth.


Jia Hui, invading the guys' room.


Taking a little nature snooze.


Yao Hong, the human road block on the bridge.


A closer look at his nip...erm...Yao Hong.


Enjoying the sun and the sand.


Jia Hui looks like she caught something.


Jia Hui. Sitting on a rock.


Ninja Turtle Jia Hui, beached.


Dawn, posing prettily on the rock.


Er...it takes more than a handful of sand to bury me.


Jia Hui, trying to make it look like she's balancing Eagle Island on her finger, and failing.


Dawn, not doing any better.


Ninja turtle Donatello Dawn.


Gawd...I look hideous when I'm asleep...


Beach rugby; a tussle between Dawn and Yao Hong.


Yao Hong, with the Angle (ankle) Lock.


After effects of the beach WWF tussle.


I wonder why Dawn's pointing at my butt....


Jia Hui, with the baby shampoo cum demister.


Fish at the jetty.


There are so many...


Yao Hong and Jia Hui, watching the fish. See my foot? I'm about to boot them into the sea.


Lazy to turn the picture. So incline your head. That's Dawn, Yao Hong and me. I kicked Jia Hui into the sea..kekeke...


They forced me to admit it was me who kicked her down... :(


And applied excruciating torture...I couldn't help that face...honest.


The jetty by night.


Jia Hui, shaken by the ordeal.


Jia Hui and the oxygen canisters.


The girls have a finger fetish.


The boat that takes us out to prime diving spots.


Dawn, posing with someone else's gear...har har..


Yao Hong, Jia Hui, Dawn and I...about to take a crap


Jia Hui and Dawn, so awestruck by the myriad assortment of stars they fell asleep.


Our Feet.


Jia Hui and Dawn, bathing with their clothes on??


Me, Dawn, Jia Hui, Ming Yao and Yao Hong.


Me, Yao Hong and Ming Yao.


Kitchen area.


Dawn and Jia Hui.


Beach volleyball area. We use coconuts to play here.


The beach we stargazed from.


That's the derelict they use to transport the heavy equiptment.


Partially submerged corals.


Look how clear the water is..


Another view of the beach...


I wonder if Sang Nila Utama would've chosen this site for Temasek if he'd seen this instead...


Shoreline of Pulau Aur, with Eagle Island on the far left.


Clear, clear waters. You don't see this in Singapore :(


View of the dorms from the jetty.


Another look.


Dawn, Jia Hui and Yao Hong, all ready to leave.


Narcissistic me. I'm getting fat...


The lone, brave coconut tree.


Yao Hong and Ming Yao, walking to our boat. It's the slower one on the right.


Even so far out, the water's clear enough for you to see the bottom.


Corals, visible from the surface.


Sunni, our dive instructor, perched on the ship's prow. People, we have a new figurehead.


An oil slick.


Last look at the jetty.


More underwater corals.


Our Kampong-style resort.


On the boat. Facing us is Mr. Vomit and the kid who didn't dive.


Fair weather, not as much rocking as before.


Captain's Point.


Dawn, the unlucky one who got 'triggered'.


Eagle Island from the boat.


Looks like a dormant dinosaur...


A last look at Kg Sebukang.


Dawn and Jia Hui, posing with a Dive Log that isn't theirs.


Nelson, the Dive Master who taught me so much.


Leon, the other group's Dive Instructor playing brick game.


The 2 Dive Masters conferencing.Man I wish I had abs like that...


The 2 malay Dive Instructors.


The scars of the veteran. (Trigger fish bite)


Playing 'Asshole Daidee'...I'm winning...ohh yeah! The rest got so bored of watching me win they went to sleep.


The champion starting to get comfy...


Jia Hui likes my sunglasses...


Dawn likes them too!


Dawn, with the cards she stole from me. No shit..


Haha actually by then, Dawn was starting to win. The game gets boring (haha) and we shift our attention to the sunset.


Looks like it's gonna rain...> <


Looming clouds...


Sky getting darker..


Raining in the distance.


The cloud, spending its fury on some poor, innocent trees.


Jia Hui and Dawn..looking sian coz when they start winning, everyone starts looking at clouds...


Me, Jia Hui, Nelson and Dawn.


Clockwise from Bottom: Ming Yao, Me, Sunny, Jia Hui, Dawn and Yao Hong.


Er...act cute ah?


Oh ya...now I remember...we were trying to show Dawn how much of a wreck her hair was...


Back at Mersing.


I look like I need to take a leak...


Dinner time...yum yum...


My new ride...


Yeehaw...


Yao Hong, swigging almost an entire cupful of champaigne.


Okok that was chinese tea la...don't gimme that look.


They salted and packed the fish I caught on my diving trip... 



Riding hard, fast, safely AND taking a few corners.