Back from Tenggol Island. Damn good trip. 8 of us went. We left on Friday 1130pm. Only took around 4 hours to reach Dungun. We thought it was going to take 6 hours. so we ended up arriving damn early. but the good thing is that we were able to have breakfast at McDonalds at 4am 
So we slept in the car while waiting for time to pass. We got to the Rajawali jetty at around 830am. Got to the island by 945am. 1st dive was at 11:50am. Slight problem was our rooms weren’t ready yet, so we just geared up and left our bags.
Tenggol island is such a beautiful untouched place. Not many tourists. Clean. Untouched reefs. At our first dive point, we didn’t get to see too much. Alot of nudibranchs. 2 Barracudda’s. Plenty of soft coral.
I’m malas wanna tell all the 6 dive locations we went to, so I’m just gonna tell u what i saw. My friend has pix somewhere, i’ll post them on FB. Nudibranch. Eagle Ray. Barracuda. Giant Grouper. Crown of Thorns. Angel Shrimp. Clown Sweetlip. Spotted Ray. Moray Eel. Motherfucking huge jelly fish the size of a 32 inch LCD TV. A not so motherfucking huge jelly fish the size of a 24 inch TV. Hawksbill Turtle. Green Turtle. And a few others la. I need to look my log book to remember everything. Malas lah nak ambik.
So we were diving under the guide of 2 divemasters. 1 was Roland, who works at the diveshop there. And the other is my friend who came along with us. Really good fun. The resort we stayed at is Tenggol Island Resort i THINK. i forgot also. It’s run by this dude called Zul. Nice chap. His son, has like gone for dunno how many hundreds of dives and he’s only 12. Been diving since 7 years of age. We were all like… walauuuuuu.
Anyways, so from the 8 of us, only 6 were divers. The other 2 went for the Discover Scuba course just to see how it’s like to dive. Hopefully they get hooked
So how did we spend our nights ? Saturday night, we mostly talked and exchanged stories. I KO’ed early, was so tired. Sunday night, we spent talking all night long on the beach, 8 of us, under attack from ants, sandflies and mosquitos. We all slept on the beach, under the stars and a full moon. Damn cold and damn nice. Eventually everyone slowly moved back upstairs coz we didn’t have anymore blood to donate to the wildlife and we had 1 last dive the next day.
All in all, i had one of the most enjoyable trips. Out of the 8 people who went, i only knew one personally. But i walked away from the trip with more friends.
This year there are a few more dive trips to Manado, Sipadan and Pulau Wey. But I’ve got to pass them up 
Too many priorities/mile stones to complete before i can think of another dive trip. Maybe next year So if any of you are interested please let me know
You know you’ve had a damn good time, when all your problems that run in your head, are absent for a full 3 days. Now back to KL………..
Wouldn’t it be great if i could do this every weekend ? *sigh*
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