Some of our chums had left this morning to head back to the mainland – M+M and G+C had all gone leaving the top deck of Senja Bay Resort a little deserted.. Apart from our lovely wall sharing neighbours of course who were still there to frown upon us…
It was another early start for me for my final dive before qualifying!! Woooo hooo!!! We were heading out to the lighthouse today. W joined us to lead a separate dive with 2 Quebecois and a Norwegian guy. They all rolled perfectly into the water as I produced another disastrous entry. Still no better at that one then… It was physically the hardest dive yet with a strongish drift current pushing against us which I found hard to swim against. Getting back on board the boat SB announced that we had a new qualified diver (me!!) to which everyone applauded. A great feeling and a great dive team to have done it with, I enjoyed it thoroughly!! So anyone who is out at Perhentian should definately go in and see the Quiver Dive team guys.
Back on land we completed the paperwork to finalise the deal. Interestingly the Norwegian guy had bought an underwater camera cover. Something to think about for sure…
The afternoon was spent lazing with SG on the beach and topping up the tan. Mid way through the afternoon SB and the dive team came strolling up the beach to the dive shop with some kind of shrimp looking thing to introduce to the reef. Good to know that conservation work is being carried out down there as we sadly destroy it… N+A also popped over to say hello and we arranged to meet for dinner later on that evening..
En route to dinner SG and I discovered that the internet connection had been re-established!! So we decided to reconnect with the world!!! It was great to see all the bday messages and to hear from everyone. Our excitement meant that we were late for dinner and N+A were nowhere to be seen. One last dinner at Mama’s and one last scrumptious milkshake. With no sign of N+A we decided to call it a night and went back to our resort where we booked our boat out for the next day. Contrary to threats on the mainland it was a piece of piss to book our boat back. Good old rough guide saved the day again 
