Swimming with Sharks

Hey hey hey! Guess I'm back to writing!

 From the Jetty, we hopped in a speed boat and cut through the waves of the sea. It was terrifying at first, because of the huge waves that we had to go through and also the fact that we went against the current and that made our journey bumpy. However after a while we got use to it. 

 

 

We arrived to 'Pulau Perhentian' (Perhentian Island) and felt that we were in a different world. I do not know how to describe the fantastic scenery that I had to deal with. I was overwhelmed. The water was crystal clear, the sky was clear as well, and trees were wild. It is a place where you can breath in the view, see wild monkeys, and squirrels. (I rarely see them)

It seems that nature rules the place. There were no cars nor any other road transportation. The only transportation you can find there are the taxi boats. Its a perfect place to re-connect with nature.

As soon as we see the water, we obviously dive in with our snorkeling gears. There were many types of fishes; but I did not have a water proof camera with me, so i didn't have the chance to take any pictures. =(

We went to 4 different snorkeling spots around the island with a speed boat. We went to 'Teluk Pauh', 'Shark Point', 'Tanjung Basi' and another spot which I forgot the name. I saw turtles just rolling in the deep almost my size, black tip sharks in different sizes, beautiful underwater cities (coral reefs) and colorful fishes. (I saw Nemo as well swimming with his cousins)

The 1st shark I saw was near the beach. I was just snorkeling and BAM! The adrenaline I get was different. A metre long black tip shark appeared to be relaxing on the same area as I was. It was just swimming 2m from me, minding its own business. They are magnificent creatures. 

We saw the black tip shark

In the shark point site, we went shark hunting. Unfortunetly, we couldn't find any sharks.(pretty scary)

I feel really lucky to have the chance to experienced swimming with sharks, and be very close to a huge sea turtle. I had an amazing time.

If you enjoy snorkeling, diving, going to the beach, getting tan, I highly recommend you Pulau Perhentian. It is an island that you see in most brochures that are photoshop and edited, but trust me, this is A REAL ONE.  It is worth it to visit this island.

 Hope you had an amazing summer vacation!

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¡Chao, Hasta pronto!