There were 3 mishaps on this beautiful trip!

1. Death

Preparations for the first dive took place as usual. We boarded the dive boat as usual clinging closely together. I took my plunge and reached out to receive her. Just as I was about the begin my descend, I realised that she was not responsive. I tugged on her but she just laid lifeless beside me. With tears welling up, I handed her over and with a heavy heart continued my dive without her by my side – it was a lifeless dive. I waited for the dive to be over to inspect on her again but… she was ………… my Canon A620 camera had just drowned itself within her casing as seawater seeped through the button and thus killing it in its sleep!

Well, photos?.. I used my friend camera but the setting was different – lets see whether it turned out well!

2. The breakdown

Well, on our way back, the other 4 wheel drive, the land cruiser decided to give some problems. First it over heated. We took a break and checked everything out. Worried we continued our journey. Then it started to smoke. The gasket was gone and water had entered it! We were a few metres away from the Genting Sempah toll and R&R. We called the MTD hotline and they towed the Ford Cruiser to the Genting Sempah R&R. There we waited for another tow truck to come and tow the cruiser to Shah Alam. Guess what? Typically Malaysian, the tow truck came after an hour or so and as he lifted the cruiser, he realised that the his tow truck tyre was flat!!! Can you beat that!? We reached University Malaya pool at about 1am dead tired!

3. The Accident

Coming behind us, maybe about 30 minutes behind, was the owner of the dive centre. Zol was driving his Hilux with his wife, heading back home to Kuala Lumpur. It was raining somewhere near Marang, if I am not mistaken, his truck skidded and turn turtle! His wife suffered from multiple bruises but both were otherwise well. They then took a bus ride home wile their 4 wheeler, was towed away!

4. The Flood

As we set out away from Dungun, we stopped over to buy newspaper and keropok lekor! Shocked, the newspaper highlighted a flood occuring at the Merdeka Square! I just wrote about the SMART tunnel before leaving to Tenggol and the comments came out true! Another high cost Malaysia Boleh project where somebody is laughing his way to the bank.

The mishaps. I hope to be able to share with you bloggers my photos I took with my friend’s camera. Cross your fingers and mine too!