Borneo is touted as one of the top dive sites in the world, this is the reason we decided to travel here. Who knows if we will ever be as close to this area of the world again. Having been there now and dived six dives I would have to say, amazing. It is hard to find words adaquate enough to describe the array of fish, corals and colours that we saw. Look left, look right, look up and look down, everywhere was filled with spectacular sights. There are over 3000 different types of fish and all are in great abundance. Rita wanted turtles and she wasn't disappointed. One swam right out in front of her as if inviting her for a ride! Small turtles to turtles that were over one meter in length, we swam past a huge one resting on a ledge.





     On every dive we have done someone talks about looking for sharks, I personally thought it best not to go looking for trouble and hope it didn't come looking for me. During several of the dives here we saw sharks, above us, below us, and even swim within a meter of us. I believe we spotted white tip sharks, gray sharks and leopard sharks. I have to admit I felt a little uneasy, but I was one of several divers in our party and odds where if a shark decided it needed a snack I stood about a one in six chance that it would choose me.



There were lots of other things to look at, so I could always pretend the sharks were not really there. We even got to lie on the ocean floor next to a 5ft long barracuda.



 Apart from the incredible displays of fish life there was still so much more to see. So much in fact that we could just not take it all in. It's a place where you could dive every day for a year and still continue to be amazed.



Another world right here on earth, just waiting to be explored. Rita put it nicely when she said it's like wandering through a beautiful garden but one that doesn't need watering or weeding.




      Borneo is behind us now and we have travelled on. A journey of 37 hours utilizing a taxi, 3 planes, 2 trains and a bus have brought us back to where we started, in the UK. Some may think it to be the journeys end, I think not. More of a prelude of what is to come. Hey there is a world out there just waiting for us to discover it's many facets. So after a brief interlude here in the UK the adventure will continue. To those of you who have kept up with our adventure so far through reading our blogs and e-mails, we want to say thank you for your friendship, encouragement and at times support. We hope you will continue to follow our trail and we will continue to welcome your questions, for our blogs are but a glimse into what we have seen and experienced. Thank you.

 

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