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Diving Malaysia... and Editing Sony video on a Mac
5-1-08
Dear Diana,
How did you manage to read from camera into iMovie? I would very much appreciate
help!! Did you connect using USB cable direct to Mac or to Windows partition
then copy to Mac? Do you need to buy MPEG 2 plug in or some other program?
<I used the USB, but had the program "hiccup" intermittently and had to
re-start, add it bit by bit... time consuming>
Dear Bob and Diana,
Great places to dive in Malaysia are as follows:
Peninsular Malaysia:
Tenggol (5 hours drive from KL)
Perhentian (fly to Kota Bharu then 1hr taxi then 1hr speedboat)
Redang (can fly direct to island from KL)
Tioman (can fly direct to island from KL)
East Malaysia
Sipadan (of course)
Some islands off KK... one has a resident dugong but I don't know if still will
be there in 2009
Langkayan
Layang-Layang
Mataking
Sipadan is of course the best. The rest are about the same diving-wise, with
perhaps the East Malaysia destinations being a bit nicer.
Check out the following website for more info:
www.msac.org.my
http://www.kapalselam.org/
www.airasia.com
http://www.berjaya-air.com/
Thanks for the Egypt advice! Will check out those places you mentioned!
Trudy
<Thank you Trudy. Cheers, BobF>
The Fabio Bro.s
HI BOB....
I AM ITALIAN,,, AND DIVING WITH YOU IN LEMBEH CHANNOL IN AUGOST 2002...
I HAVE A QUESTION ...
1) YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT DERAWAN , SANGALAKI AND NABUCCO AREA RESORT AND SCUBA DIVING?
<Only Sangalaki... in Malaysia>
2) I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T LIKE DIGITAL UNDERWATER SYSTEM BUT YOU KNOW SOME PHOTOGRAPHER THAT WORK WITH
UNDERWATER LIGHT CONTINUOUS (HID) FOR TAKE STILL PICTURE? ...
<There are such devices, but they're not very bright. Look at the new (125 series) of Ikelite (.com), strobes... this is what I am currently using. Ciao, bello. Hello to your brother. Bob Fenner>
HAVE A NICE DAY
Casari Fabio
Kuala Lumpur
Hi Bob,
<Carl>
my name is Carl Campbell and I'm a member of the SDMAS group in San Diego.
I'm in the Navy and have a chance to go to Kuala Lumpur and wanted to know
if you had any information about snorkeling there.
<Not in KL itself... but in and about many places in Malaysia, yes. Do check
(mainly with local or Internet dive services) re possible locations.>
Also, do they export
corals?
<Some places, businesses, yes.>
I'm on an Aircraft carrier and have a 7 gallon nano reef on my desk
(and it is doing outstanding I might add). If they had a place to get some
small frags, I'd be interested in "stocking up" a bit. What is your take on
this? Thanks. P.S. Tell Ron from Octopuses Garden I said hello if you see
him!!
Carl
<Will do... think you might do well to collect your own frags... not hard to
do... with a trusty (soon to be rusty) pair of pliers... a sturdy double-bag or
screw top all-plastic container (with some holes drilled or melted through the
top, perhaps the upper sides) to hold the bits (about an inch) that you can
easily snap off underwater, stow temporarily in your BC vest (if scuba diving)
or hold in a cooler for transport if snorkeling. Bob Fenner>
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Tioman Island diving
Greetings Bob et al.... I just wanted to send you a quick update, I
have
just returned from Diving on the Tioman Island in Malaysia in the south
China Sea... Truly an amazing experience... I would definitely
recommend it
to anyone planning on going there. There are two very good dive
shops on
the Island. The coral and other denizens are truly amazing. The
vis is
good right now.... What really impressed was the almost fanatical zeal
that
they express over the maintenance of the corals, I have never
seen such an
abundance, tons of staghorn and other hard corals... There are also tons
of
anemones and their clown hosts... Beautiful nudibranchs as well. LOL
I
logged so many dives in five days that they were all laughing at me... Saw
a huge sea turtle... No sharks, apparently they are scared of the scuba
bubbles...was told that re-breathers work better to see the whale sharks,
maybe next time...anyhow have attached some photos for your benefit...
Chat soon.
Julian Hunt
<Thank you for sending your appraisal along. Haven't been there yet
(was in Kapalai, Sipadan a couple months back... It's REALLY inexpensive
to travel to Sing. and about in Malaysia now. Bob Fenner>
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