Sibu - the place

We set off from Somerset, in town.

The package included the bus up, full board, lodgings and daily snorkling. However could one resist? But we waited half an hour for a family that never showed up... Gggrrrr.... Flipside was that we made friends with the other family that sat with us :) A scottish family no less! But more on that later.

We reached the jetty at Tanjong Leman in one piece, all of us needing badly to pee, but it was worthy it. Kitty alert!

Kitty was sound asleep.... she woke up for a moment when I said hello (and she was a very vocal kitty indeed! I love vocal kitties!) and then went straight back to sleep. I stroked her forehead, I rubbed her back, I even blew air up her ass - oh, how they hate that - but nary a blink of an eye. lol. Kitties!!

Then the boat arrived. Actually, the boat was early. We had to wait. Again!! For the Gray family! Argh! Bernie finally told the guy We're not willing to wait anymore! and the guy saw the show of nodding heads, told his boss They want to go now, man! and off we went. Finally!

The trip across the open water was fantastic. We had SO MUCH FUN because we were on holiday! Yay! It was a tad scary to get on board the boat, because we were lugging our bags and stuff... and you have to stoop down to get onboard. But no mishap. No one fell. *whew* Look at the wide grins on our faces!


We got to Sea Gypsy in about 15 minutes, and I almost wished the boat trip was longer. Almost! We trooped into the main lounge area, which turned out to be the receptino area as well, and were given our welcome drinks. The view was... damn, it was worth it :)

Right next door was the dive shack. And I use the word shack quite loosely here. *chuckles*

And the view from our chalet? Aw yeah!

But.... fantastic views aside.... I had forgotten this was billed as an "eco resort". D was right - the walls of the shack were not piled closely at all. The planking was uneven and you could peer down into the ground below.

Right there and then, Bernie and I promised each other we would wear our slippers EVERYWHERE. I was not going to wake up in the middle of the night, slip out of bed, and step on gawd-knows which insect :o

We also agreed that no Singaporean would ever deign to go to this place. No airconditining, no hot water, no porters or bellhops. The only help you get is when you disembark from the boat. And THAT is because there is NO JETTY. The boat is a flatbottomed dive boat and comes right up to the beach. But you still get wet. And when you're hndling your luggage... whoa... not fun. That's when the boys help you down. but that is it. lol.

Here, have a look for yourself, managed to capture the chalet itself! (Unfortunately, for some reason, my voice wasn't captured as well so you'll have to turn up the volume on this.)


Oh well. We were there, our stay was scheduled for 4 days. I looked upon it as an adventure :) Onward and upwards!