The entire Borneo Backpackers is on stilts and whilst the Malaysian adults go to prayer, the kids provide us with a bouncy castle experience at 5am. We opt in for 1 more fun dive and head to Stingray city. An easy wall dive with a fun drift towards the end. Spot a large friendly Broadclub Cuttlefish which I happily watch change colours for awhile. Lunch is served at 10:30am. A bonus after my bread and noodles. Ben is happy as the only dish worth eating appe...

Fans go off at 6am and we are up. Noodles and bread start my day. The dive today is to an artificial reef. Unusual as it is setup as an underwater villiage with the twin towers. A ghost town populated by large tropical fish and a variety of nudibranches. After our lunch slop, we head to scuba junkies where the only internet exists. A painful hour to check on Mo and read a few emails. Sabah as a region I am learning excel at doing the bare minimum. Lazy or ...

Electricity goes off at 6am here. Fan stops, reminiscent of Mars scene in Total Recall. Forced out of bed we delve into the prison breakfast. Rice and bread. We plan for 2 dives. First one with Ben, an American, but like his Brazilian dive master Marcello are fed up with the conditions. Like a 3rd tour in the Vietnam war they should have left a long time ago. The allure to stay being their extreme love of macro. We sit with an English dive master who barely sp...

To say I slept last night is questionable. Some guy moved onto the top bunk above me and constantly was in and out of the room. He also had his phone on which was reminiscent of Blackpool illuminations. He made the executive decision to switch off the air con which was directly above him. From about 2:30am I sat in my curved bed like a slow cooked hotdog sweating the night away. Got up around 5am as the warm common room was cool in comparison. Our taxi picks...