November 9th, 2009 DreamGirl
A Sunny Day of Diving in KK
Scuba Diving Trips with Borneo Dream in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
A group of teachers from International School Brunei came to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah last weekend to enjoy some diving with Borneo Dream.
Yellow Snapper
We took them scuba diving to several dive sites within Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park and at Edgell Patches, just outside the Marine Park. We took the diving at Clements Reef, Sapi House Reef, Sapi South Reef, Pulau Manukan West Reef, Sulug North Reef and a few dive sites at Edgell Patches.
The weather, and sea state, had been good for a couple of weeks before their diving trip to KK, Sabah. This meant that the visibility was excellent at many of the coral reefs we took them diving at. We also had blue skies and sunshine over the weekend and showed the Pulau Sapi and Pulau Mamutik islands during the lunch break surface interval. A perfect combination!
Green Turtle
You can enjoy photos from their diving trips by clicking here, and here.
The teachers had a great time scuba diving with Borneo Dream in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and are already thinking about how they can fit diving in with us during a future school holiday. I’m sure we’ll see them again very soon.
If you fancy arranging a group scuba diving trip to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah then please contact the Borneo Dream team.
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November 9th, 2009 DreamGirl
Pulau Mantanani
“Pulau Mantanani – The Beginning”, By Silvia Yen (PADI Instructor & Camp Manager, Borneo Dream)
“Ah…Mantanani Island…..Where is that?”
That was my reaction when I first heard about a new job opportunity as ‘Camp Manager’ for Camps International and Borneo Dream on Mantanani. I quickly did a search on Google, but nothing much came up really on Mantanani. I found out it was a small island (well in fact it’s a set of 3 small islands) off the north west coast of Sabah with swaying coconut trees, a muslin community of about 800 people, and famous for its friendly resident Dugongs in the pristine water of the shallow lagoon (they have not been seen for a few years by the way, but the locals told me about 2 weeks ago that one has been spotted hanging around the village jetty again). I pondered about it for about… 5 seconds, and then I thought “ OK, I am going to Sabah!”.
Sun, Sea & Sand
So what did my new job involve….
Basically, Borneo Dream teamed up with a UK company called Camps International, a company specializing in school expeditions and Gap Year travel ( also the winner of “best volunteering organization” of 2008 Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Award ) to set up a new “camp” on Mantanani Island. Sabah was Camps International’s first operation outside of Africa. In some of their travel programs, a PADI Open Water Diver Course or a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course plus some Marine Awareness Program dives were included, so some help from dive professionals was needed. This is where Borneo Dream came in! Read the rest of this entry »
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