Singapore, Sept. 20 -- If you have spent any time at the beach, you will know that Singapore lacks the crystal clear waters that divers at regional dive haunts like Sipadan, Raja Ampat and Bali take for granted.
Unfortunately, as these dive spots are off-limits during the pandemic, the "crazy" idea to do a local dive trip came up.
A bit of searching on the Web led us to the YouTube channel of Mr Robert Tan, who goes by the nickname MRT-atis and regularly posts videos of his dives at Pulau Hantu, off Pulau Bukom, in southern Singapore.
My wife and two sons decided to see for ourselves if the videos he posted of cuttlefish, shrimp and nudibranchs were for real and signed ourselves up for a dive trip with him.
Our morning trip began fr...