Layang Layang

Layang Layang

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Been diving! Been spoilt rotten with lovely accommodation and all inclusive food - oh to eat milk and cereal for breakfast to eat fruit and fresh veggies every day. The schedule was a tough one - eat, dive, rest, dive, eat, rest, dive, rest, eat, rest, sleep and then a bit more of the same the next day. Layang Layang is an island one hours prop plane flight north west ,ish, from Kota Kinabalu. It has been fought over for a number of years, due to the prospect of oil supplies, and ended up in the possession of Malaysia who now have a navy base firmly planted on the island, along with a dive resort and a few thousands birds and that is pretty much it. As the flight was on a prop plane, on check in, not only did my bags need to be weighed but I also had to stand on the check in scales - I'm happy to report that my weight is quite satisfactory, thank you! The diving was good and the focus hear is on hammerhead shark sightings. The morning dives were often out to a point where you dive in the blue hoping to see a hammerhead, or if you are lucky a school of them. I saw the odd one swim by but they were quite deep and then I got to see a school of 15 (ish) - always an awesome sight. The reefs were healthy with plenty of life but unfortunately it was nesting season of the infamous trigger fish, thankfully only in specific areas of the reef. The trigger fish guards it's nest with ferocity, and not only it's nest but an area above it's nest in an ever expanding cone shape. If you happen to swim into its area it will attack with a very viscous bite - and it is not a small fish. The only thing you can do is avoid the area and if you happen to swim into it you need to get out pretty damn quickly - and not upwards as this remains in the 'zone' and the trigger fish will continue to harass you. I am pleased to report no injury.