Trip review: Similan LOB 20 - 24 Feb 08
Ha ha… manta back again! Last day, final dive - it only happened with in minute (Nin, my DM actually had saw it when we are at the surface… but no body believe it. Sorry Nin!), but it’s only feet away from the group (although some diver is taking the white tipped shark and leopard shark photos - yup! All three big animals in the same spot. One of the 3 white tipped reef shark has scar on body, and they are not swimming away - mating?
Then a new nudibranch for us found in Tachai (well, not saying I know and I saw many species already. Please give me a bit time to find out the name, ok?), the maldivian pikachu nudibranch still at the same spot in Deep Six. The sea was calm and the weather was very hot - underwater visibility is good (ranged from 15 - 20m) and cleared from hydroid.
The one thing that’s strange is - it’s almost full moon around the date we dive, but there are hardly any strong current. Tidal current was caused mainly by the moon, and full moon normally will affect the sea surface condition and current, but not in this trip. May be other factor that counterpart the current and wave, I don’t know, think need more knowledgeable people to tell (certainly not me, I’m shallow, and dive shallow)
We were happy this trip - we certainly appreciate more and lower down our ‘ideal’ expectation after we lost or we missed something before; taken thing for granted is in human nature, since we cannot get rid of it, then just live with it - we missed, we lost, we regret, if we are lucky, we meet again, life goes on.
For me, Similan Liveaboard season 2007/2008 ended - see you again next season.
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