Cake

 Not entirely sure if this is a timestamp glitch or if we decided after the dessert from yesterday that it was worth more food for today. 

Presents

 A great celebration at home too. 

Birthday Dinner!

 A celebration to enjoy an amazing young woman.  Sweet sixteen for the birthday girl. 

Departure

 Departure from Mabul Island - a great trip and a wonderful time together. 

Sunset Views

 Another evening, another beautiful set of sunset pictures. 

While we were there, Gabi heard from a few colleges, including acceptance at Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Occidental.  WOW!  Oxy is offering quite a generous scholarship.  Just a couple more and then some decisions to make.

Last Day Diving

Our final day enjoyed some more diving closer to Mabul Island. 

Evening

 Another wonderful evening at the edge of the dock enjoying the sunset. 

Goodbye Sipidan Diving

 Sure hope we'll be back - and great to do some diving.  Unfortunately today, we couldn't find either the school of jack fish nor the barracudas - though still always stunning to be here! 

Sipidan Beach

 We enjoyed some more spectacular snorkeling during the surface intervals, including some fun beach photos in a stunning location. 

Taking the life preserver for greater visibility - even though there were a shockingly low number of boats there (almost like last time during covid).

Sipidan (Again!)

 

Pretty Spectacular dive!  We saw (mostly) a hammerhead (not pictured).  Gabi saw it first - and by the time we saw it, it was a tail leaving quickly.  We did see 4 types of sharks, including an oceanic black tipped to go with the white reef tipped, black reef tipped and the hammerhead.  Wow!