Since there are no longer resorts on Sipadan, we headed to the nearby water village resort of Kapalai.
This was the absolute show stealer for us here. The diving was good, but the resort was just fantastic. Kapalai is a set of bungalows hovering over the water swaying on wooden stilts over a submerged reef. There's not a bit of land in sight until low tide exposes a small beach out back.
We still had our South African floaties with us. After a morning of diving, Mary tied hers to the deck and floated out in the central are
a of the resort.
Kapalai -is- a dive resort, so we didn't get get to relax in the sun too much. Every day we'd do two dives at Sipadan followed by a macro dive at nearby Mabul island. Most days finished by jumping right off our dock to hunt for the colorful dancing Mandarin fish at sundown.
With straining eyes, we even spotted a few pygmy seahorses. These little guys are like 1/4"-1/2" tall and look just like the coral they live in. The first one was pointed out by a guide, but Mary amazingly found one later on when we were staying at Seaventure.
This was the absolute show stealer for us here. The diving was good, but the resort was just fantastic. Kapalai is a set of bungalows hovering over the water swaying on wooden stilts over a submerged reef. There's not a bit of land in sight until low tide exposes a small beach out back.
It's just an amazing place. Our hut opened to the sea in every direction and had a private patio to sun and watch the schools of fish that congregate right under us.
We still had our South African floaties with us. After a morning of diving, Mary tied hers to the deck and floated out in the central are
a of the resort.Kapalai -is- a dive resort, so we didn't get get to relax in the sun too much. Every day we'd do two dives at Sipadan followed by a macro dive at nearby Mabul island. Most days finished by jumping right off our dock to hunt for the colorful dancing Mandarin fish at sundown.
With straining eyes, we even spotted a few pygmy seahorses. These little guys are like 1/4"-1/2" tall and look just like the coral they live in. The first one was pointed out by a guide, but Mary amazingly found one later on when we were staying at Seaventure.
-Steve
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