41. Pangkor Trip Day 3 @ 22/8/05

Aah...had a restful night.
Decided to lie in longer, but Nix was persistently nagging me to get up...duh~

We took a longer time to enjoy our last breakfast on the island.
Taking in the nice beach view the holiday crowd.

A stroll on the beach under the morning sun...
the seaweeds were washed ashore with the high tide.
The shore looked a bit dirty.
We covered almost the entire beach.
Towards one end of the beach, we could find lots of seashells washed ashore.
Found a unique looking shell, which we never seen before.
It has a pentagon shape, has a flower pattern (in small holes) on the shell, and it's flat and white in colour.
We collected a few shells and let the waves wash upon our toes
while enjoying the rays of the sun falling on our skin.
Chanced upon two jelly fish lying on the shore.
Took some curious looks.

12pm - Time to pack our stuff and check out.
Waited for the coach to ferry us to the jetty.
This time I dozed off during the ferry ride. Too tired I guess.

Unloaded our stuff into the car.
Took some photos at the esplanade.
Then headed to the nearest KFC for lunch. Started journey back to KL around 2pm. Followed a different route. We followed the Ipoh signs and went on the PLUS highway. Took about 1.5 hours to reach Jelapang exit. Another 2 hours drive from Ipoh to KL.

Tired we were. But smiling faces greeted us upon the door. Loaded with food and goodies we bought.

Stories to tell and share. And sweet memories to fill the days.

40. Pangkor Trip Day 2 @ 21/8/05

Woke up to another bright and sunny day. Had a nice breakfast at the terrace.

Went to book ourselves for the round island trip (RM65 per person).
Trip started out around 10am. There were another group of 5 persons with us.
Malaysian family with 3 friends from China. Good, a little more company is always merrier.

A young lad from Penang was our guide. He gave brief introduction as we stopped at few places around the Pangkor island. We stopped by the famous Pangkor Laut Resort. It was on another neighbouring island. Nope, didn't set foot on the resort. Just view it from our boat. The resort was occupying the whole island. Very nice chalets, and swimming pools. All these came with a whopping price of RM800++ per night up to USD$12,000!!

Came to a spot on the island for fish watching. No much luck. The water was a little murky due to the high tide.
Not many fishes. The spot was also rocky. We're lucky not to get any cuts or bruises. But our Chinese friends were not so lucky. Just a disappointing snorkelling trip.

Finished the trip around lunch. Took some group photos.

Freshened up ourselves and booked a taxi to the town for lunch and shopping.
We visited a chinese temple "Fu Lin Kong" on the way to town.
It was situated inside a Chinese village. This temple has many dragon motifs and a mini great way in the surrounding gardens.






Waited long (1/2 hour) for our lunch. Ordered sambal belacan kangkung, sate fish and spicy squids. Worth the waiting time, the squids were really tasty!
Went shopping for ikan sate, ikan bilis and other dried seafood stuffs at the nearby shops. Then headed back to the hotel to rest before dinner.

2nd day has just ended...

39. Pangkor Trip Day 1 @ 20/8/05

It was lovely Saturday morning when we started out..

then it started to rain throughout the whole journey to Lumut.

But it didn't dampen our spirits.

Roadsigns, turns, highways, trunk roads..after almost 4 hours drive, we arrived at Lumut safe and dry.

 

The jetty has been renovated to a modern esplanade, with new stalls and food stalls.

Had asam laksa & OJ for lunch on the 2nd floor of one of the nice stalls, overlooking the jetty and the crowd below.

Aah~ What a nice view...

 

30 mins ferry ride. Air-con was damn freezing in the ferry. Children were laughing and screaming.

Finally we landed on Pangkor Island! The weather on the island was all bright and sunny.

Perfect for a beach holiday.

 

The Pangkor Island Resort proved to be a nice surprise.

The resort itself was beautiful and the beach was just perfect.

The room was facing the sea, and you could even hear the sounds of the waves.

Everything's set for a relax weekend escapade.

 

BBQ for dinner..just the thing to stuff our hungry stomachs.

Variety of food was great, though we thought the seafood are not really fresh.

A visit to the mini mart and a few games of pool to end the night.