Tenggol Illustrated: The FINAL part

*Again, photos are courtesy of enon, temah, ayud, art, farah & azwar*

Monday, October 12th 2009

Woke up to the soothing morning breeze and chirping sounds of the birds (And soooo relieved it wasn't the squeaky sounds of Mr Rat!). Our final dive of the trip, was to go where the James Bond movie Moon Raker was shot (or so I was told). I'm obviously not a J. Bond buff, so I couldn't tell fact from fiction. For more info on the 11th installation of the James Bond spy movie series starring Roger Moore (not Sean Connery yo!), click here.

And so we started getting ready to go to this relatively new dive site, The Moonraker. It's reef apparantly stands 10m tall and has amazing nudibranches. This was the most relaxing dive throughout the whole trip and I really enjoyed myself this dive.

[caption id="attachment_408" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="DM zro helping me sort my weights out, me don't wanna be that 'Shooting Star' no mo'!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_409" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="zul, art, zol, sa'ad, enon and farah"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_448" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The Bond Girls"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_410" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="me chasing temah's 1 red, 1 white fins hehe"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_412" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="moonraker dive site"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_413" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="jebon"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_414" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="halle berry version sarawak"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_415" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="temah, ayud, farah & zul"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_417" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="happy dah surface"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_418" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="ayud pun happy juga"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_420" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="but someone is not too happy :( "][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_419" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="art yang kesejukan"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_421" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="and then it was time to put our diving gear on hiatus :("][/caption]

Back on surface, we freshened up and made our farewell bids to all.

[caption id="attachment_426" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="temah & salim ;P"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_424" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="OK? OK!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_425" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="for the sweet couple in brown ;P"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_429" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="dive crew group photo"][/caption]

and it was time to head back to Dungun

[caption id="attachment_430" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="view from the boat transfer ;P"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_431" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="farah, temah, zul, enon, hazrul, ayud & art"][/caption]

On the drive home, we made a pit stop at Dungun town for some Nasi Kukus Ayam Rempah which was excellent but soooooo the pedas!!

[caption id="attachment_434" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="nasi putih kukus, sayur nenas, ikan kering, ayam rempah with a tsunami of sambal belacan. Youchh!!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_435" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="ayud's sirap limau laici ais"][/caption]

We then stopped for some keropok lekor shopping at Geliga (Temah ;P) Pantai Mak Nik atau nama Mat Salleh nye, Monica Bay. No joke, Monica Bay.

[caption id="attachment_446" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="kedai kak yam @ kg geliga, kemaman"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_436" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="beli kopok lekor jgn tak beli"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_442" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="keropok lekor lady- 10 keping 5 ringgit ye!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_439" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="candid yang x sempat candid"][/caption]

And freshly made Satar Bakar with Keropok Lekor was our final pitstop in Terengganu.

[caption id="attachment_441" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Dok Try, Dok Ahu!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_443" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Back in July..2 hours..cuti..claim..ayat sedap..hmmm..Mana Satar nih?"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_445" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="kekenyangan satar & keropok lekor"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_444" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="makang ABC, sorry teacher! ;P"][/caption]

And so that concludes our Tenggol trip! We had great fun, thanks to all the divers and organisers. Can't wait to go diving again, but the thought of having to wait till next year just kills me!!!!!!!

Tenggol Illustrated: Part 2

*Pictures are courtesy of Enon, temah, ayud & farah*

Sunday October 11th

Awoke, afresh after 9 hours of uninterrupted beauty sleep. We headed to Tokong Timur that morning hoping to bump into this:

[caption id="attachment_363" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="whale shark"][/caption]

or this:

[caption id="attachment_364" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Manta ray"][/caption]

We were unlucky however, apparently according to local sources these giant creatures have ventured off to other oceans by the time we came. Well, hope we have better luck next season then!

And so upon return for another surface interval, we gobbled down the nasi goreng served by the resort. (x sedap, but we were out of options so whaddeheck!)

[caption id="attachment_365" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="notice the size of our plates and our servings yo! hehehe"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_366" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="farah and her camera"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_371" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="the rest of the dive crew"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_372" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="and more dive crew"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_373" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="ayud n i"][/caption]

For our 2nd dive, temah opted out due to seasickness and her craving for mee maggi (I think she just wanted to Take A Break, Have a KitKat) hehehe seeing that her Cadbury chocolate bar become rat food, so bagi can-lah dia nk makan hehehe. Somehow Temah managed to fish out a cup of instant Maggi Curry Mee from one of the Boatmen who ended up being Temah's personal 'friend' yo!;P

So, temah hung out on the beach on photo duty as we went for our next dive to Teluk Nakhoda. The outcome:

[caption id="attachment_378" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="treasure hunt to find....."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_374" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Cepat dimasak, lebih sedap dimakan (lagi2 kalau Salim yang kasi ;P)"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_377" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="off we go!"][/caption]

And so, after we completed all 3 dives of the day (Last dive was to Tanjung Gemok but this time it was at Pasir Tenggara), we all freshened up and hung out at the restaurant till dusk talking bout various random things, including some horror stories about giving enemas to constipated old ladies! hahaha

[caption id="attachment_379" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="enon & farah"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_380" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="who datt?"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_381" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="filling in my dive log while waiting for others to bersiap & dinner to be served"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_382" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="and dinner was finally served"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_383" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="oooppsss...licin yo!"][/caption]

Selepas makan, it was then lepak2 and mini-karoeke session @ dive centre pulak.

[caption id="attachment_385" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="rnt + abt = TBT (tiru buku tau!)"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_386" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="DM Hazrol penning down his autograph"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_392" align="aligncenter" width="112" caption="our dive sites"][/caption]

And that concludes Day 2. If you're wondering why gambar Temah sikit sangat, tanya dia as several beautiful and carefully planned photographs of her has been extinguished by 'tuan punya badan'. Temah Notti, eh! ;P