sipadan+lankayan fun dive (jun 15 - 30, 2018)/ intro

旅程overview

-jun 15, 2018 (day 1) : 香港 (hong kong/ hkg) --> 飛往吉隆坡 (kuala lumpur/ kul) (住 - nil因喺吉隆坡機場無瞓到)

-jun 16, 2018 (day 2) : 轉機往斗湖 (tawau/ twu) --> 轉車往仙本娜 (semporna) (住 - best bunk beds)

-jun 17, 2018 (day 3) : am fun dive (2) --> pm fun dive (1) (住 - best bunk beds)
-jun 18, 2018 (day 4) : am fun dive (2) --> pm fun dive (1) (住 - best bunk beds)
-jun 19, 2018 (day 5) : am fun dive (2) --> pm fun dive (1) (住 - best bunk beds)
-jun 20, 2018 (day 6) : am fun dive (2) --> pm fun dive (1) (住 - seafest hotel)
-jun 21, 2018 (day 7) : am fun dive (2) --> pm fun dive (1) (住 - seafest hotel)
-jun 22, 2018 (day 8) : am fun dive (2) --> pm fun dive (1) (住 - seafest hotel)
-jun 23, 2018 (day 9) : am fun dive (2) --> pm fun dive (1) (住 - seafest hotel)
-jun 24, 2018 (day 10) : 長途車往山打根巿 (sandakan city) --> 全日休 (住 - four points by sheraton sandakan)
-jun 25, 2018 (day 11) : 全日休 (住 - four points by sheraton sandakan)

-jun 26, 2018 (day 12) : 船往蘭卡央島 (lankayan island) --> pm orientation dive (1) (住 - lankayan island dive resort)

-jun 27, 2018 (day 13) : am fun dive (2) --> pm fun dive (1) (住 - lankayan island dive resort)
-jun 28, 2018 (day 14) : am fun dive (2) --> pm fun dive (1) (住 - lankayan island dive resort)

-jun 29, 2018 (day 15) : am fun dive (2) (住 - lankayan island dive resort)

-jun 30, 2018 (day 16) : 船往山打根巿 (sandakan city) --> 山打根機場 (sandakan/ sdk) --> 飛往kk (kota kinabalu/ bki) --> 轉機往香港 (hong kong/ hkg)


fun dive package

全個行程我自己摷資料時..............."嵌"出嚟..............全部無經香港dive shop............自己直接book當地dive shop...............1共engage咗3間公司

1) semporna
-望過trip advisor comment…………check咗rank #1嘅scuba junkies有d貴…………所以揀咗另1間…………3日dives………每日3潛…………唔去sipadan…………共rm 1,000/3日 (9 dives)

2) sipadan
-因為sipadan行permit制…………每日最多只有120人入…………而呢120個permit分散比咗1 group dive shops own…………唔知呢條link有幾update
https://www.sipadan.com/Sipadan-Permits.php
-通常個rules喺連續住semporna/ mabul/ kapalai 4日…………就guarantee可以攞到1日入sipadan嘅permit
-我重點喺去sipadan潛…………所以我唯有諗船宿mv celebes explorer…………佢就可以保証你day day有得潛sipadan
-因為條船嘅operator唔收credit card…………1定要bank transfer (2次- deposit + balance)…………check咗我個bank手續費幾高…………所以最後死死地氣搵返liveaboard.com訂…………4d4n多謝eur 1,116.54/人 (liveaboard.com喺好鍾意收eur)
-其實celebes explorer條船嘅condition好受人關注…………喺trip advisor全部comment都acknowledge呢樣嘢…………船艙(瞓緊間房)內又有電油味…………為咗潛…………我可以去得好盡...........幾歹就幾歹
-唔知好彩定唔好彩…………5月12日收到通知，隻船要緊急維修…………6月開始停航…………operator counter offer改成安排住酒店…………日日由semporna往返sipadan (每日去sipadan嘅距離遠咗...........朝朝要坐>1 hr快艇去sipadan)
-我問咗operator 1 d問題............包括點保証到個counter offer compatible to original船宿.............基本上佢喺避咗.............只話會盡力做.............已經5月中............我自己諗唔到更好嘅alternative............所以唯有接受呢個counter offer..............咁我先可以潛到4日sipadan.............新嘅安排.............無住船咁relax............每日頻撲咗.............好大機會turn out會覺得over priced

3) lankayan
-喺資料搜集時...............無意中見到lankayan island dive resort d相.............佢自成1角…………further check之下只得24間房...........而且仲好有保護海洋生態意識.............呢個月份仲好有機會睇到海龜仔hatching..............已經好想去
-初時我以為佢喺sipadan附近..............但check極都唔見嘅?............之後發現佢最近嘅機場喺sandakan............我就知喺有距離...............後來又喺trip advisor forum見有人話有長途coach由semporna上sandakan............我同semporna間dive shop ver咗宜家仲有呢架coach...........ticket可以嚟到semporna先買
-咁就鎖定行程串埋lankayan…………個resort會喺我relax自己嘅dream place
-個dive resort將個sales呢part交晒比全球嘅agencies去賣位..............自己只做operation嗰part.............因為唔想做警訊裡受騙個主角.............我問咗dive resort點樣可以確認嗰間agency真喺有幫我落booking............佢話未比deposit前...........dive resort會先issue booking number比番agency............之後dive resort又肯比個portal link我…………log入個booking number…………ver吓出唔出到booking details…………咁就10分穩陣喇
-基本上每日3潛..............但第1日只得1潛 (orientation dive).............我又要比單人附+費.............所以4晚多謝rm 5,475.96/人 (9 dives)


機票

今次要secure去tawau同由sandakan返嚟嘅機票..........……我即時check吓am同ua有幾多分剩

1) hong kong (hkg) --> kuala lumpur (kul)
-呢程用20,000 am換番嚟…………只需比個手續費hk$255/人
2) kuala lumpur (kul) --> tawau (twu)
-坐air asia…………買埋佢個special value pack…………包埋20kg check in luggage, 揀位, 指定飛機餐.........成為hk$836.11/人
3) sandakan (sdk) --> kota kinabalu (bki) --> hong kong (hkg)
-全條air asia飛…………同樣買咗佢個special value pack…………成為hk$1,202/人


車票

去到semporna city.................發現除咗我知嘅dyana express之外..................其實仲有sida express同madsahirun去sandakan..................第1班車都喺7:30am/ 8:00am開..............每日好似有2班

我同dyana express無嘜緣份..............佢個站特別要行遠d............問咗幾次街坊先搵到...............每次去到..................個ticket office都喺close咗..................所以我揀咗買sida express................rm 43/人

酒店

今次住咗4間酒店..............有1間喺船宿安排,包咗............我只訂咗3間............1間喺2018 mar底thru booking.com訂............1間喺2018 apr頭透過agency訂.............1間喺2018 jun 10直接同酒店book (其實之前2018 mar底喺thru booking.com訂咗..........喺出發前check到酒店個rate仲好............所以喺free cancellation前cancel咗booking.com嘅order)

買data sim card

去到馬來西亞機場先買sim card.............唔洗比passport佢影印..........上網search到digi喺主要嘅telecom service provider............所以1到kul terminal 1 (凌晨2am都開)............就買咗張for 15日...........打到電話..............多謝rm 40..............好快手就幫我換好咭

時差

香港同馬來西亞無時差

best diving season

唱$$$$ summary

出發前..............我問咗semporna間dive shop.............究竟喺kul機場/ twu機場/ semporna巿內兌rm好d...............佢即時叫我唔好喺semporna巿內兌$$$$..............佢話個rate超差............而twu機場好似無找換店..................所以只有kul機場可以試

與其喺咁...............我不如喺香港唱............好似上次去菲律賓咁...........香港個rate好過cebu機場好多

-rm 1 = hk$2.02 (上環牛記)

-rm 1 = hk$2.21 (kul機場terminal 1).................差過牛記近10%

-rm 1 = hk$2.15 (kul機場terminal 2)

hong kong station airport express check in counter

因為喺夜機....................所以1早帶埋行李去咗香港站in town check in................經過上次教訓....................今次循例check咗香港站有港龍check in counter............超多人排呀..............都應該用咗1/2鐘..............剛剛20kg..........好險

http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/checkin_info.html

photo equipment

1) land

-camera : olympus tg 4

-mobile phone : samsung c7 pro

2) underwater

-camera : olympus tg 4 + housing

-light : weefine ring light 3000