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    KY dives – Sepanggar Island, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

    star fish, shrimp manicure, angry puffer, clown fish

    Following my only dive trip at Pulau Kapas back in 2017, I actually managed another underwater excursion in October 2018 while on a work trip to Kota Kinabalu that involved staying over the weekends. Since this is still a blog

    KY January 15, 2019August 1, 2022 Travel, within Malaysia 13 Comments Read more

    KY Dives – Pulau Kapas, 2017

    nemo with anemone, always one of my favorite shooting subjects

    Earlier this month I went to yet another island in the East Coast of Malaysia for a little bit of R&R as well as put a bit of time breathing compressed air underwater. For this trip, everything was arranged by

    KY June 28, 2017January 7, 2026 KY TV, Travel, within Malaysia 19 Comments Read more

    KY dives – Tenggol 2016

    KY, Haze, Rich, San San at Pulau Tenggol

    The last time I went diving was October 2013 in Maldives, a full 2.5 years passed since I breathed underwater, until last week, when we revisited Tenggol Island. The very island I got my diving certificate more than ten years

    KY May 27, 2016July 31, 2022 Travel, within Malaysia 23 Comments Read more

    KY travels – back to Tenggol

    KY travels – back to Tenggol

    After 2.5 years of not breathing underwater, and over a decade since I first got my license at Tenggol island, this is the 4th time back to one of my favorite islands. Tenggol here we come! Can’t wait.

    KY May 20, 2016 Travel, within Malaysia 7 Comments Read more

    KY travels – Maldives Underwater Photos and Dive Log

    day 3 - swimming with whale shark

    This is a follow up post to the 2013 Maldives trip, while the previous post detailed the liveaboard trip in its entirety, I want to share the dive log and some underwater photos in this post. Photos are taken with

    KY November 15, 2013July 21, 2022 Maldives, Travel 20 Comments Read more

    KY travels – Maldives 2013 on board Handy Cruise

    dolphins came by and played a bit in front of our boat

    We went to Maldives for a holiday of sun, sea, and plenty of fun in the beginning of October 2013. This was the second dive trip of the year, the first was Anilao at the Philippines in January. Two international

    KY October 30, 2013July 31, 2022 Maldives, Travel 26 Comments Read more

    Anilao Underwater Photography, set 1

    emperor shrimp

    As promised, here are some photos taken from our diving trip to Anilao last Junuary (post on accommodation). These pictures were taken from the first two days of diving. For anyone who’s interested, these is my underwater set up: Olympus EPL3

    KY March 7, 2013 Philippines, Travel 13 Comments Read more

    KY travels – Dive Trip to Anilao, Batangas – Accomodation

    KY, Haze, and Rich, partner in compressed air breathing

    Two months ago, from the 1st to the 7th January, Haze and I traveled to the Philippines for a dive trip at Anilao. The week long trip includes two nights at Manila and four nights at Anilao, Batangas. In this

    KY March 3, 2013 Philippines, Travel 14 Comments Read more

    Porcelain Crabs from Anilao

    a pair of Porcelain Crabs from Anilao

    It’s been a fantastic diving trip to Anilao, the Philippines for myself and Haze over the past few days. The place is a heaven for macro and muck diving, with so many little critters going about the ocean floor minding

    KY January 8, 2013January 8, 2013 Philippines, Travel 10 Comments Read more

    KY travels – Tioman Dive Trip, 2012

    we dived in these four sites around Tioman island

    Earlier last month we did a small road trip to the South. Our ultimate destination was the concert of Snow Patrol at Singapore, but since that falls on a Monday night, we took the opportunity to stop by Tioman island

    KY September 3, 2012July 31, 2022 Travel, within Malaysia 14 Comments Read more
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